Leonora / patrón para POMPOM MAG

Leonora Cardigan, this pattern I wrote for POMPOM Mag.

Leonora is an invitation to paint with yarns and construct a surrealist work of art in knit form! Renowned for their dream-like paintings, surrealist artists of the 20th century employed techniques such as automatic drawing to tap into the fantastical potential of the unconscious and produce scenes that blend the real and recognizable with the magical and extraordinary. Similarly, I hope makers will adopt a freestyle approach to knitting whereby creative instincts are prioritized, giving way to a cardigan that celebrates the unconventional. However, charts are provided if your making and wearing enjoyment would be maximized by replicating MY vision.

The cardigan commemorates Leonora Carrington (1917-2011),
a British-born surrealist artist and one of the founders of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Mexico during the 1970s. Carrington rejected the voyeuristic and passive representation of female muses by some of her contemporaries and explored themes such as female sexuality, independence, and rebellion in her work. Leonora channels the surrealist sensibility to ‘let go’ but does not take this liberty for granted; note the beads incorporated throughout to symbolize the obstacles we encounter in our search for freedom, reminding us that progress is an undulating path.