Anthony Casalena
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Casta was designed for The Yarnover Truck for their fabulous event at Stitches West 2016 called Camp Yarnover Truck. I was inspired the thought of sitting by a campfire looking up at the starry sky. I wanted to relay the shapes and movement of a flickering fire in this beautiful color by Yarn Love Yarn, coincidentally called Starry Night.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Alluna was inspired by a napkin….yes I admit it! My inspiration came from a beautiful napkin I received from a fragrance company called Fragonard. The lines, the curves and the bottom of her dress inspired me to design Alluna. I hope that you all see what I’m talking about when you see Alluna! Happy Knitting!!!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
The vampire Dracula is pretty unambiguously evil. The members of the Crew of Light, the group dedicated to destroying Dracula, are unambiguously good. Sure, each of them makes mistakes – they’re only human. But their intentions are always good. In short, Dracula is a classic story of good versus evil. You know when you start reading the novel w...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
I was asked to create an exclusive design for the Yarnovertruck using this exclusive color way from Zen Yarn Garden yarn in color California Love. So once i was told about the inspiration of this fabulous colorway…The mix of blues, greens and browns is inspired by the beautiful nature in California!!! That’s all I needed and Bella Vista (Beauti...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
LuLù was designed for a very special person that I met on our trip to Milano in July 2014, owner of the shop Lulù Unfilodi. When my friend Laura Manfredi (Raverly / IG: lamosca24) saw that I would be coming to Milano she invited My Partner Aldo and myself to visit a beautiful yarn shop in Brianza called Unfilodi Knit House to talk about 3 of my...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
The inspiration for Serrati came to me during the 2014 Yarn Crawl LA when I walked into a LYS called The Little Knittery http://www.thelittleknittery.com and Kat showed me a cowl she designed using this twisted looking drop stitch, but it’s not a drop stitch at all. She proceeded to show me how to knit this stitch, and I thought to myself I rea...