Buba Handmade: The art of crochet

Today we are going to meet Buba, one of our new collaborators. If you are looking for unique and fun garments, you shouldn't miss her original designs. Hats, caps, bags, bracelets, necklaces, slippers, ornaments, and even dolls emerge through the magic of her fingers. But where did this project come from? As often happens, it's a series of unexpected events that embark you on an unknown but stimulating journey. Dubraska Peña, Buba as her friends call her, is a Venezuelan living in Madrid who, since childhood, enjoyed sewing dresses for her dolls and crocheting with her grandmother. As the years passed, knitting became something that allowed her to unleash her creativity and escape her job as a civil servant. After becoming a mother, she remembered what she learned from her grandmother and created her first designs, inspired by her two little ones. 

 Dubraska knitting.[/caption] At some point, Buba began to accept commissions from her friends to crochet covers for mobile phones and tablets. From there, a new world opened up before her eyes. After seeing a group of people making their own shoes with the crochet technique, Buba decided to test her talent and create her own garments with models and colors that no one else could have. Little by little, her orders increased, at the same time her technique improved. Buba's project and the art of crochet began to take shape. Self-taught and demanding, Buba makes and undoes her garments until they are perfect. Her style consists of letting her imagination fly, thus overcoming any limits that the mind can impose. Thus, her designs are not so much concerned with following a pattern as with letting herself be guided by her instinct. Her designs, imbued with a freshness and joy that make them unique, become essential to wear this summer. From a hat with flowers and her evening bag to matching slippers, as well as decorative elements such as tapestries. Since not all design focuses on clothing, Buba is also capable of going further. Do you want the little ones in the house to enjoy new and original dolls? Or do you prefer to give a gift to a special person? The strength and firmness with which Buba uses the threads allow her to create from nothing dolls in the shape of colorful unicorns or other figures such as the very Frida Kahlo. 

 Hat and bag made by Buba with Caricia Frescor.[/caption] On the other hand, her work does not end there. If you want to learn the secrets of the art of crochet and be able to make garments like these, Buba shares her knowledge by giving workshops like those she held last June at the Bichus craft store in Madrid or the Alpargatas al Aire Libre workshops. You can get to know Buba better through her social networks, where she not only shares her experiences and her new models, but also provides you with the patterns she uses to make her garments. Since last June, you can find on her website and ours how to knit your own daisy hat or your own owl backpack. The materials you need, macramé knots, how to make the crown of a hat or the insteps of some slippers will no longer be a secret for you. As she herself writes on her website, "My idea is to share, and what's yours?" 

 Bag made by Buba with Caricia Nature.