<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895</id><updated>2010-08-29T22:42:25.201-03:00</updated><title type='text'>abbrigate*</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default?orderby=updated'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;orderby=updated'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>31</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-7982902219774021934</id><published>2010-08-11T12:48:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T12:48:46.698-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Here's a little preview...</title><content type='html'>...of what will be coming up in &lt;b&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/b&gt; very soon: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GywEKAtdrj8/TGLFLyxpLwI/AAAAAAAACTU/k2KBPnP99g0/s1600/manta+kuna_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GywEKAtdrj8/TGLFLyxpLwI/AAAAAAAACTU/k2KBPnP99g0/s400/manta+kuna_01.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A new take at the traditional portuguese &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&amp;q=lencos+dos+namorados&amp;wrapid=tljp128154059704620&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;source=univ&amp;ei=zMViTNnGIIL48Ab43an6CQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=image_result_group&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CCYQsAQwAA"&gt;lover's handkerchiefs&lt;/a&gt;, these babes will be ready soon for your (and our) enjoyment!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-7982902219774021934?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/7982902219774021934/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/08/heres-little-preview.html#comment-form' title='2 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/7982902219774021934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/7982902219774021934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/08/heres-little-preview.html' title='Here&apos;s a little preview...'/><author><name>Billy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07566459269797239267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10495581541185115162'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GywEKAtdrj8/TGLFLyxpLwI/AAAAAAAACTU/k2KBPnP99g0/s72-c/manta+kuna_01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-744734445239930434</id><published>2010-07-25T20:38:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2010-07-25T20:38:00.741-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abbrigate*'/><title type='text'>Caring for your wollen garments | Cómo cuidar las prendas de lana</title><content type='html'>Hi everyone! Hope you had a good weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lots of people ask how to properly take care of woollen garments. Sometimes people worry that it is too much fuss because they are not machine washable. Worry not! It´s not complicated and it does not need to be hard work. Let me take you step by step.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Hola! Espero que hayan tenido un buen fin de semana. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como muchas personas nos preguntan como se debe cuidar una prenda de lana, hoy vamos a ir paso a paso viendo cada momento. Que la prenda no sea lavable en lavarropas no hace que el cuidado sea muy complicado o trabajoso! Vamos entonces.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See below how water stays on the fibre but does not get absorbed? The reason for that is that wool fibre is resistant to water - and, therefore, stain resistant too. Most stains stay on the outside layer of the fibre, and it takes a lot to actually soil it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;En la fotografía se puede observar que el agua queda en la superficie de la prenda, y que es necesario empujarla para bajo para que se va mojando de a poco. Esto se debe a la resistencia de la lana al agua. Lo mismo pasa con las manchas: normalmente no llegan a penetrar la fibra, lo cual resulta en que la prenda no se ensucia tanto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEoqV0nsvWI/AAAAAAAAAFA/z-rRAchb-Rc/s1600/DSC08550.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEoqV0nsvWI/AAAAAAAAAFA/z-rRAchb-Rc/s400/DSC08550.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497252849549884770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEoqWIw66LI/AAAAAAAAAFI/U2p3TdpRaQk/s1600/DSC08551.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEoqWIw66LI/AAAAAAAAAFI/U2p3TdpRaQk/s400/DSC08551.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497252854957271218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I usually use an &lt;a href="http://www.eco-ball.com/"&gt;ecoball&lt;/a&gt; to wash clothes and wools are no exception. But a mild detergent is fine too. Stay clear of detergents containing bleach and other whitening agents, though! If you can´t find one, hand-wash dish detergent or shampoo are great. Let it soak for a bit and, if needed (although it is very unlikely), gently rub to remove any stubborn stains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Normalmente uso una &lt;a href="http://www.eco-ball.com/"&gt;ecobola&lt;/a&gt; para lavar ropa y las prendas de lana no son excepción. Pero cualquier detergente suave es adecuado, al paso que todos los que contengan lavandina u otros blanqueadores no son aconsejados. Si todo falla, un poco de detergente para lavar platos o incluso champú funcionan perfectamente. Dejo remojar un rato y, si necesario (lo cual es muy improbable), lavo suavemente alguna mancha más persistente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEotzwRHl5I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/r1lLcrX3Plo/s1600/DSC08552.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEotzwRHl5I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/r1lLcrX3Plo/s400/DSC08552.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497256662312392594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next step is to rinse it out and then add a bit of fabric softener. I usually combine fabric softener with apple cider vinegar, which works wonders. Let it soak for a while and then it´s ready to be rinsed. If you´re allergic to fabric softener, the vinegar on its own will do the trick - though the smell may not. Hair conditioner is a good solution too, specially for the rougher wools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;El paso siguiente es el suavizante. Combinado con un poco de vinagre de manzana, es aún más eficaz. En caso de alergias, el vinagre solo también suaviza; sin embargo, el olor no es tan rico. Otra alternativa es el condicionador para pelo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Después de remojar un poco más, se enjuaga y pasamos a la próxima etapa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEowC7EM_MI/AAAAAAAAAFY/tLw1wBq_1hM/s1600/DSC08557.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEowC7EM_MI/AAAAAAAAAFY/tLw1wBq_1hM/s400/DSC08557.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497259121932303554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To let your woollies dry, the best idea is to roll each of them into a dry towel and then - worry not - step on it to squeeze the water out of the wool and into the towel. This prevents any sort of rubbing, which can felt wool, and removes most of the water from it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;La mejor manera de secar una prenda de lana es enrollarla cuidadosamente en una toalla y luego - nada teman! - pararse encima de ella, para hacer salir el agua de las fibras de lana para la toalla. Así se evitan "accidentes" como el afieltrado indeseado!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEoxeMmrH3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/9pkczO_ZCXE/s1600/DSC08560.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEoxeMmrH3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/9pkczO_ZCXE/s400/DSC08560.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497260690008383346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last step is to let the garment dry flat onto a dry portion of the towel. And that´s it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;El último paso es dejar que la prendita se seque sobre una porción seca de la toalla. Y ya está!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEoxehfE5RI/AAAAAAAAAFo/lKonp3ScPJo/s1600/DSC08562.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEoxehfE5RI/AAAAAAAAAFo/lKonp3ScPJo/s400/DSC08562.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497260695613662482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you notice that the design used to "model" for this photoshoot is a new one? This is its prototype and it will be officially launched soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Repararon que el chalequito es una novedad? Se trata del prototipo de un nuevo diseño que será lanzado muy pronto!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a great week! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Les deseamos buena semana!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-744734445239930434?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/744734445239930434/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/07/caring-for-your-wollen-garments-como.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/744734445239930434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/744734445239930434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/07/caring-for-your-wollen-garments-como.html' title='Caring for your wollen garments | Cómo cuidar las prendas de lana'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TEoqV0nsvWI/AAAAAAAAAFA/z-rRAchb-Rc/s72-c/DSC08550.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-8648438025785246323</id><published>2010-07-12T18:54:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2010-07-12T19:03:54.001-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello!</title><content type='html'>Things have been hectic, with all the business involved with moving to a new country. Air shipped cargo has safely arrived (with plenty of &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/a&gt; wool) but my very much missed sewing machine is still stored back in wintry Buenos Aires. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Hola, tanto tiempo! Con todo el tema mudanza hemos estado un poco lejos de este espacio. Hasta ahora nos llegó muy bien todo lo que vino por transporte aéreo (lanitas &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/a&gt; incluídas - lo que es esencial, es esencial!); pero la máquina de coser, junto con los demás bienes que vendrán por mar, siguen esperando su orden de salida de la invernosa Buenos Aires. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While patiently waiting, my studio sometimes looks this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Mientras esperamos, unos días con más paciencia, otros con menos, el espacio de trabajo se ve así:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TDuPO8VWL-I/AAAAAAAAAE4/oymTIK2En7A/s1600/working.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TDuPO8VWL-I/AAAAAAAAAE4/oymTIK2En7A/s400/working.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493141657385054178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We´ll be back soon! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Volveremos pronto!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-8648438025785246323?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/8648438025785246323/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/07/hello.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/8648438025785246323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/8648438025785246323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/07/hello.html' title='Hello!'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/TDuPO8VWL-I/AAAAAAAAAE4/oymTIK2En7A/s72-c/working.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-6313585757272876799</id><published>2010-06-03T09:09:00.006-03:00</published><updated>2010-06-03T09:45:13.216-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Leafy Vest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baby Vestmono'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baby Kimono'/><title type='text'>"Fwd: abbrigate*"</title><content type='html'>Hello everyone! We´re now blogging from Panama, after having completed our expansion to a new country. We´re expecting to give you some very exciting news soon regarding new designs and materials from the tropics. Sounds promising, doesn´t it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4479891610/" title="Leafy vests! by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4479891610_a156087c7b_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Leafy vests!" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But for now, we want to share one of the things we´re most proud of in the garments we hand-knit: their durability and resistance to wear and tear. We know that babies, in their first year, grow so much that they won´t fit into a &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/sets/72157622615053241/"&gt;Kimono&lt;/a&gt; or a &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/sets/72157623435259379/"&gt;Vestmono&lt;/a&gt; for longer than three months. And we also know that babies´ clothes may get a bit pricey, specially bearing in mind that they will only be used for a short period of time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That´s why we encourage &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;forwarding&lt;/span&gt;. Exactly, forwarding like you would forward an e-mail! It may sound funny but it´s actually very environmentally friendly and financially sound: once your baby has outgrown a garment, you can keep it for your next baby, of course, but you can also forward it to a friend of yours whose baby may use the clothes your baby outgrew. There you go!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for our garments, you can rest assured they will look as good as knew when you pass them forward to your friends! One &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; garment, two (or more) happy babies!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hola a todos nuestros lectores! Acá estamos en Panamá, después de haber completado esta expansión para un nuevo país. Estamos muy contentas y deseosas de darles notícias sobre nuevos diseños y materiales tropicales en nuestra colección de productos &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Suena promisor, no?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4408297083/" title="Baby Vestmono in pochoclo by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4408297083_2a74c24c8d_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Baby Vestmono in pochoclo" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por ahora queremos compartir con ustedes uno de los aspectos de nuestras prendas que más nos enorgullece: su resistencia al uso (intenso!) y su durabilidad. Todos sabemos que los bebés, especialmente en su primer año de vida, crecen muy rápido y que sus ropitas les sirven por periodos muy cortos. También sabemos que justamente estas prendas suelen ser bastante caras, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta de que pronto ya no les van a servir. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Es por eso que en &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; nos gusta mucho la idea de "forwarding". Como un correo electrónico, saben? Cuando a tu chico el &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/sets/72157622615053241/"&gt;Baby Kimono&lt;/a&gt; (o cualquier otra prenda) ya no le sirve, pasala a otro bebé, ya sea tu próximo hijo o entonces el de tu amiga. Una idea simple y muy práctica, no? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cuanto a nuestras prendas, podés estar absolutamente segura de que se van a ver lindas incluso después de ese uso tan intenso que tu bebé les dio. Un &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/sets/72157623435259379/"&gt;Vestmono&lt;/a&gt;, dos (o más) bebés felices!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-6313585757272876799?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/6313585757272876799/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/06/fwd-abbrigate.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6313585757272876799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6313585757272876799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/06/fwd-abbrigate.html' title='&quot;Fwd: abbrigate*&quot;'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-1388576200446684962</id><published>2010-05-12T16:24:00.006-03:00</published><updated>2010-05-12T17:49:26.950-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting ready</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4599873054/" title="abbrigate* yarns by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1170/4599873054_2956f1cb6f_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="abbrigate* yarns" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It may seem like we´ve been quiet over here, but our &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/abbrigate/144566839701?ref=ts"&gt;facebook followers&lt;/a&gt; are aware of all the new things that are coming along here for &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Our main piece of news is that we´re moving to Panama. And although it has a tropical climate, we´re not closing our business! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fear not: our wizard-partner, &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/virginia.locatelli?ref=ts"&gt;Virgi&lt;/a&gt;, will be in charge of all the magic down here in Argentina and &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/09/behind-abbrigate-introducing-billy.html"&gt;Billy&lt;/a&gt; will keep on designing and introducing exciting new products - and new materials! - to our shop. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We´re so excited about this! We are looking forward to showing you all the new designs we´re working on. In the meantime, we´ll leave you with some yarn photos. Who can resist &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/sets/72157623363341005/"&gt;these fantastic colours&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4599256069/" title="abbrigate* yarns by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1336/4599256069_ccfda5fe43_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="abbrigate* yarns" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Podría parecer que estamos muy silenciosas por acá en &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, pero aquellos que nos siguen en &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/abbrigate/144566839701?ref=ts"&gt;facebook&lt;/a&gt; ya saben que tenemos unas cuantas noticias para compartir! La más importante es que nos vamos a mudar a Panamá, un país cuyo clima... ajem, tropical! Pero no se preocupen porque nuestra querida hechicera &lt;a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/Virgilocatel"&gt;Virgi&lt;/a&gt; va a seguir tejiendo lindos abbriguitos para todos los nenes del mundo, mientras que &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/09/behind-abbrigate-introducing-billy.html"&gt;Billy&lt;/a&gt; seguirá diseñando nuevas prendas y incorporando nuevos materiales a la oferta de productos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estamos tan contentas con todos estos cambios y apenas podemos esperar hasta mostrarles todos los productos en los que estamos trabajando. Mientras tanto, les dejamos unas cuantas &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/sets/72157623363341005/"&gt;fotografías&lt;/a&gt; de los hilados de lana teñidos artesanalmente acá en &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Que disfruten!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-1388576200446684962?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/1388576200446684962/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/05/getting-ready.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/1388576200446684962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/1388576200446684962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/05/getting-ready.html' title='Getting ready'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-3662595388183845192</id><published>2010-04-05T07:51:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T07:51:00.418-03:00</updated><title type='text'>New model: Leafy Vest!</title><content type='html'>It took us several months to get this design ready from scratch: from the first prototypes until today, there was love and enthusiasm from the knitting-witches, all joined together to bring you...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4479882890/" title="Leafy vest em &amp;quot;laranja&amp;quot; by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4479882890_5e91dca329.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Leafy vest em &amp;quot;laranja&amp;quot;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...the Leafy Vest! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is designed for girls from ages 1 to 5 years old, perfect for using over a sweatshirt, during those chilly days of Spring - or Fall, in our case! The yarn used is 100% pure argentine merino, hand-dyed by ourselves. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We recommend hand-washing and flat drying before wearing and you´ll enjoy a warm, lightweight, breathable and water-resistant garment that will look good for years to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See available colours below and more photos &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/sets/72157623618413421/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Que alegría anunaciar la llegada de nuestro nuevo modelo, el...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4479889698/" title="Leafy vest em &amp;quot;menta&amp;quot; by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/4479889698_163b9f184f_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Leafy vest em &amp;quot;menta&amp;quot;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...Leafy Vest!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Está diseñado para nenas entre 1 y 5 años de edad, perfecto para los días más fresquitos de Otoño - o Primavera! El hilado es pura lana merino argentina, teñida artesanalmente acá en &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recomendamos lavarlo a mano y secarlo en plano previo a la primera utilización. Desupés, nada más hay que tener los mismos cuidados para que puedan disfrutar por mucho tiempo de una prenda abrigada, liviana, transpirable y muy resistente al agua.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ver disponibilidad de colores abajo o &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/sets/72157623618413421/"&gt;más fotos&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Que prazer poder anunciar a chegada de mais um modelo &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/a&gt;! Senhores e senhoras, meninos e meninas, apresentamos o...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4479888244/" title="Leafy vest em &amp;quot;melancia&amp;quot; by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2704/4479888244_b688a6d229_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Leafy vest em &amp;quot;melancia&amp;quot;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...Leafy Vest!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ideal para a meia-estação, é tricotado com pura lã merino argentina, tingida artesanalmente. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recomendamos uma lavagem à mão, seguido de secagem em plano, antes da primeira utilização para que as fibras estabilizem. Conservando os mesmos cuidados, este colete manter-se-á bonito durante muitos anos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para ver mais fotos, &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/sets/72157623618413421/"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leafy Vest available in | disponible en | disponível em:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4479298273/" title="Leafy vests - available colours by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4479298273_602e03075c_o.jpg" width="400" height="297" alt="Leafy vests - available colours" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-3662595388183845192?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/3662595388183845192/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/04/new-model-leafy-vest.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/3662595388183845192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/3662595388183845192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/04/new-model-leafy-vest.html' title='New model: Leafy Vest!'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-6970266476982630492</id><published>2010-03-26T11:07:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2010-03-26T11:09:19.671-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Abertura da Attraction Store, no Porto: é já amanhã!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4310775231/" title="abbrigate* postcard by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4310775231_d78192aa23.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="abbrigate* postcard" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É já amanhã que &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=381002807648&amp;ref=ts"&gt;abre a Attraction Store&lt;/a&gt; no Porto. Vamos lá ter peças &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apareçam!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-6970266476982630492?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/6970266476982630492/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/03/abertura-da-attraction-store-no-porto.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6970266476982630492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6970266476982630492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/03/abertura-da-attraction-store-no-porto.html' title='Abertura da Attraction Store, no Porto: é já amanhã!'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-9183586965199943135</id><published>2010-03-05T10:36:00.009-03:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T17:04:00.085-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baby Vestmono'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baby Kimono'/><title type='text'>How to buy | Cómo comprar</title><content type='html'>This is a small guide put together to answer the question we are most frequently asked: how do I buy an &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; product? Well, it´s very easy, just follow the steps below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Para responder a la pregunta que más frecuentemente nos hacen, "cómo hago para adquirir una prenda &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;?", acá compilamos una pequeña guía para ayudarles. Es muy fácil, les mostramos cómo:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Choose a design | &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Elige un modelo:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/S5FjlItb-sI/AAAAAAAAAEw/2RIJPLyNwnk/s1600-h/BK+vs+BV.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 149px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/S5FjlItb-sI/AAAAAAAAAEw/2RIJPLyNwnk/s400/BK+vs+BV.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445242914112010946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Then, choose a size | &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Después, un tamaño:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/S5FeISR5VSI/AAAAAAAAAEg/wQRedI4mbOU/s1600-h/BV-BK-tamanhos.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 166px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/S5FeISR5VSI/AAAAAAAAAEg/wQRedI4mbOU/s400/BV-BK-tamanhos.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445236920906503458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Finally, choose a colour | &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Finalmente, elige el color deseado:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/S5FiRhqJTII/AAAAAAAAAEo/pos3PCNY0RI/s1600-h/BK+vs+BV+cores.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/S5FiRhqJTII/AAAAAAAAAEo/pos3PCNY0RI/s400/BK+vs+BV+cores.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445241477700078722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Send us an &lt;a href="mailto:abbrigate@gmail.com"&gt;e-mail&lt;/a&gt; with your request or visit our &lt;a href="http://abbrigate.bigcartel.com/"&gt;online store&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Envíanos un &lt;a href="mailto:abbrigate@gmail.com"&gt;correo electrónico&lt;/a&gt; con tu pedido o visita nuestra &lt;a href="http://abbrigate.bigcartel.com/"&gt;tienda virtual&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-9183586965199943135?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/9183586965199943135/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/03/how-to-buy-como-comprar.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/9183586965199943135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/9183586965199943135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/03/how-to-buy-como-comprar.html' title='How to buy | Cómo comprar'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/S5FjlItb-sI/AAAAAAAAAEw/2RIJPLyNwnk/s72-c/BK+vs+BV.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-5133165442595997522</id><published>2010-03-05T12:29:00.008-03:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T15:00:52.895-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baby Vestmono'/><title type='text'>Introducing the Baby Vestmono! | Les presentamos el Baby Vestmono!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4408317055/" title="Baby Vestmono in crema del cielo by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4408317055_b8e0189ffd_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Baby Vestmono in crema del cielo" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Crema del cielo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4408318595/" title="Baby Vestmono in frambuesa by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4408318595_f578c63a00_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Baby Vestmono in frambuesa" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Frambuesa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4409084570/" title="Baby Vestmono in cohete by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4409084570_5b79534aea_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Baby Vestmono in cohete" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Cohete&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We´re happy to introduce our brand new model, the Baby Vestmono! It´s a variation of our classic Baby Kimono, ideal for the not-so-cold days due to arrive soon in Spring (up there in the north) and in the Fall, down here south.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It´s knitted with the same yarn as the Baby Kimono, which is a blend of the best argentine wool and a hypoalergenic synthetic fibre. It comes in the same vibrant colours as its "sibling", as well as two very exciting flavours: chocolate and lemon curd. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sizes available are 1-3 months and 3-6 months. To buy, send us an &lt;a href="mailto:abbrigate@gmail.com"&gt;e-mail&lt;/a&gt; or visit our &lt;a href="http://abbrigate.bigcartel.com/"&gt;online store&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4408317581/" title="Baby Vestmono in lemon curd by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2803/4408317581_d3d1fb8297_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Baby Vestmono in lemon curd" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;New colour: lemon curd!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4409061422/" title="Baby Vestmono in chocolate by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4409061422_b8b2d08f4d_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Baby Vestmono in chocolate" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;New colour: chocolate!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les presentamos el nuevo modelo de abbrigate*, el Baby Vestmono! Es un "hermano" del clásico Baby Kimono, perfecto para los días no tan calurosos que se acercan ahora en Otoño. Para quienes viven en el Norte, es ideal para los días no tan frescos de Primavera. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tal como el Baby Kimono, el Baby Vestmono está tejido con el mismo hilado que combina la mejor lana argentina con una fibra sintética hipoalergénica, ideal para bebés bien chiquitos. Viene en dos tamaños: 1-3 meses y 3-6 meses. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vieron los colores? Lindos y comestibles como siempre y con dos nuevas adquisiciones: chocolate y lemon curd!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esperemos que les gusten. Para comprar, &lt;a href="mailto:abbrigate@gmail.com"&gt;escribannos&lt;/a&gt; o visiten la &lt;a href="http://abbrigate.bigcartel.com"&gt;tienda&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-5133165442595997522?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/5133165442595997522/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/03/introducing-baby-vestmono-les.html#comment-form' title='8 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/5133165442595997522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/5133165442595997522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/03/introducing-baby-vestmono-les.html' title='Introducing the Baby Vestmono! | Les presentamos el Baby Vestmono!'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-6115694217679064737</id><published>2010-03-01T18:54:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T18:55:42.916-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Chile</title><content type='html'>Our thoughts are with the people of Chile, after the terrible earthquake last Saturday. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please let us know if there´s anyway we can help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A todos cuantos nos visitan desde Chile, sepan que estamos pensando en ustedes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si saben de alguna manera en la que podemos ayudarles, escribannos, por favor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un abrazo!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-6115694217679064737?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/6115694217679064737/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/03/chile.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6115694217679064737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6115694217679064737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/03/chile.html' title='Chile'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-7346907971406932496</id><published>2010-02-22T16:14:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2010-02-22T16:20:40.094-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Quiet? No...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4379952112/" title="Kettle-dyeing by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4379952112_a277baaa7d_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Kettle-dyeing" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It may seem like we´ve been very quiet around here but... no! We´ve been very busy working on different designs and shipping orders but the latest challenge has been to dye our yarns. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting them to &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4379951656/in/photostream/"&gt;dry&lt;/a&gt; with this terribly wet weather is a whole other story, though!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Podría pensarse que estamos demasiado silenciosas por acá, pero no: estamos desarrollando nuevos diseños y despachando encargos! Pero el último desafío fue teñir nosotras mismas las lanas! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Que se &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4379951656/in/photostream/"&gt;sequen&lt;/a&gt; en este tiempo tan húmedo y lluvioso es otro tema...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-7346907971406932496?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/7346907971406932496/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/02/quiet-no.html#comment-form' title='1 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/7346907971406932496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/7346907971406932496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/02/quiet-no.html' title='Quiet? No...'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-3190739160996774332</id><published>2010-02-11T14:07:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T14:08:47.508-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Coming soon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4346758121/" title="new colours coming up! by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2797/4346758121_cd797e3561_o.jpg" width="400" height="533" alt="new colours coming up!" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New colours coming soon! * Nuevos colores muy pronto!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-3190739160996774332?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/3190739160996774332/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/02/coming-soon.html#comment-form' title='2 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/3190739160996774332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/3190739160996774332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/02/coming-soon.html' title='Coming soon'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-2237785016220854431</id><published>2010-01-27T16:57:00.004-03:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T17:14:04.891-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='news'/><title type='text'>News | Noticias</title><content type='html'>As we´ve written here before, &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was born as a fun and entrepreneurial project undertaken by two friends and partners, &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/09/behind-abbrigate-introducing-joji.html"&gt;Joji&lt;/a&gt;  and &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/09/behind-abbrigate-introducing-billy.html"&gt;Billy&lt;/a&gt;. We started out having lots of work paired with lots of fun, learning new things about creating and running a small-scale business and, mostly, rejoicing with every single kimono shipped to a new home. Each knitted garment felt like an accomplishment, because we truly believe that handmade goods are special and unique.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But life takes its turns and it is with a kind of nostalgia mixed with happiness that we have to share with you that Joji, &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/09/behind-abbrigate-introducing-joji.html"&gt;one of the wizards behind the brand&lt;/a&gt; and the designer of the Baby Kimono, had to part ways with us. We´re sad to see our friend and business partner leave - doing business with Joji was fun! - but we´re happy to know she´s now fully focusing on her ongoing projects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, as sad as we feel to see our partner leave, we´re happy to know she´s happy and... well, she is always around when help or advice are needed. Cheers to you, &lt;a href="http://jojiknits.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joji&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ya habíamos mencionado acá que &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; nació como un emprendimiento de dos amigas y socias, &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/09/behind-abbrigate-introducing-joji.html"&gt;Joji&lt;/a&gt; y &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/09/behind-abbrigate-introducing-billy.html"&gt;Billy&lt;/a&gt;. Comenzamos esta aventura con mucha alegría y también mucho trabajo, aprendiendo con cada etapa de nuestro proyecto y, sobre todo, viviendo con mucha emoción la confección y venta de cada una de nuestras prendas. De cada vez que salía de nuestras manos un nuevo Kimonito, sentíamos una ilusión muy grande porque realmente creemos que las prendas hechas a mano son especiales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero la vida tiene sus cosas y es con mixto de nostalgia y también de felicidad que les contamos que Joji, &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/09/behind-abbrigate-introducing-joji.html"&gt;una de las hechiceras de nuestro cuento&lt;/a&gt; y la diseñadora de los Baby Kimonos, tuvo que dejarnos. A pesar de tristes por su partida, estamos muy contentos porque sabemos que ahora Joji puede concentrar toda su energía en sus proyectos. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Y, por suerte, siempre está disponible para ayudarnos, así que felicidades para vos, &lt;a href="http://jojiknits.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joji&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-2237785016220854431?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/2237785016220854431/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/01/news-noticias.html#comment-form' title='2 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/2237785016220854431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/2237785016220854431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/01/news-noticias.html' title='News | Noticias'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-3394033311291717435</id><published>2010-01-18T12:42:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T12:49:59.120-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Help is needed</title><content type='html'>This is a quick post to join worldwide efforts on the relief of the people of Haiti. Please consider a donation to a NGO of your choice. Here are links to some NGO´s:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uma curta mensagem para que nos juntemos todos na ajuda ao Haiti. Várias entidades recebem donativos em dinheiro; abaixo, seguem alguns links:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un mensaje corto para sumarnos al esfuerzo de ayuda a Haití. Abajo están algunas de las ONG que están en el terreno y necesitan urgentemente nuestra ayuda:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cruzroja.org.ar/new/"&gt;Cruz Roja Argentina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cruzvermelha.pt/cvp%5Ft/"&gt;Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.redcross.int/"&gt;International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.msf.org/"&gt;Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors Without Borders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.medicosdomundo.pt/"&gt;Médicos do Mundo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you! Obrigada! Gracias!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-3394033311291717435?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/3394033311291717435/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/01/help-is-needed.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/3394033311291717435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/3394033311291717435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2010/01/help-is-needed.html' title='Help is needed'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-6357567898853731933</id><published>2009-12-17T10:32:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2009-12-17T10:44:39.530-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Holidays are coming!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/Syo1uLOVbQI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Spao7L57qD4/s1600-h/abbrigate-boas-festas.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/Syo1uLOVbQI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Spao7L57qD4/s400/abbrigate-boas-festas.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416200569269611778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holidays are coming and the excitement is huge: being with our families and friends is probably one of the best things about Christmas, isn´t it? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt;, we wish you a beautiful holiday season, full of joy, and that the new year brings you peace, love and health.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our shop and blog will be closed until January 18th. We hope to see you then! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las fiestas están llegando! Les deseamos a todos fiestas muy felices, junto a los que más quieren, y un año nuevo lleno de amor, alegría, paz y salud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nuestras tiendas y blog estarán cerrados hasta el 18 de Enero. Los esperamos en el nuevo año!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-6357567898853731933?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/6357567898853731933/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/12/holidays-are-coming.html#comment-form' title='1 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6357567898853731933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6357567898853731933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/12/holidays-are-coming.html' title='Holidays are coming!'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z-90zbODfsQ/Syo1uLOVbQI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Spao7L57qD4/s72-c/abbrigate-boas-festas.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-6207012483235877246</id><published>2009-12-09T16:34:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2009-12-09T16:43:41.120-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Waiting to be shipped... | Esperando el envío...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4172542366/" title="Kimonos waiting to be shipped! by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2790/4172542366_3518fdee9a_o.jpg" width="400" height="533" alt="Kimonos waiting to be shipped!" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...these kimonos are patiently waiting here, on my table, where I can see them. They´re going to be sent to new homes and I like to look at them and imagine where they´ll be and, most specially, who they´ll be warming. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We´re happy to share that holiday season is almost upon us and, therefore, we´re not knitting new items for shipment before Christmas at this point. We have some lovely kimonos in stock; may you wish to buy one, just &lt;a href="mailto:abbrigate@gmail.com"&gt;drop us a line&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a great week!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...estos kimonitos están acá sobre mi escritorio, donde yo los puedo mirar e imaginar sus futuros hogares. Y, muy especialmente, los más chiquitos que los van a vestir. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Porque las fiestas están ya muy cerquita, ya no estamos tejiendo encargos para antes de Navidad, pero si tienen ganas de ofrecer un kimono, tenemos algunos acá, de reserva. Para saber cuáles colores todavía están disponibles, &lt;a href="mailto:abbrigate@gmail.com"&gt;escribanles a las hechiceras tejeriles&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les deseo una buena semana!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-6207012483235877246?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/6207012483235877246/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/12/waiting-to-be-shipped-esperando-el.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6207012483235877246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6207012483235877246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/12/waiting-to-be-shipped-esperando-el.html' title='Waiting to be shipped... | Esperando el envío...'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-5365376069168375954</id><published>2009-11-30T10:31:00.004-03:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T10:52:49.538-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='news'/><title type='text'>New model: sneak preview!</title><content type='html'>Hi everyone! We had a short blog-break here at &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt; due to a short trip to Rio de Janeiro. The weather was lovely and warm, very warm, too warm even to think about knitting, but the knitting-bug bit anyway. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we´ve mentioned before, we´re developing a new design for older kids, which we hope to be launching very soon. We´ll be using a new yarn called &lt;a href="http://jojihilados.blogspot.com/2009/09/big-merino.html"&gt;Big Merino&lt;/a&gt;, custom dyed by Joji specially for us. It´s 100% argentine merino wool, super soft and bulky weight. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exciting news, right? Can´t wait to share more with you. In the meantime, have a great week and thank you for stopping by!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4146528623/" title="new abbrigate* design coming soon! (I) by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/4146528623_af8b320011_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="new abbrigate* design coming soon! (I)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4146528773/" title="new abbrigate* design coming soon! (II) by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2513/4146528773_6bbe1702fd_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="new abbrigate* design coming soon! (II)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4147285214/" title="new abbrigate* design coming soon! (III) by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4147285214_7fe9448870_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="new abbrigate* design coming soon! (III)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hola a todos, después de esta cortita pausa en el blog. Anduvimos viajando por tierras bien veraniegas, donde solamente pensar en tejido nos hacía transpirar. Sin embargo, como todos sabemos, el tejido es un camino de ida y no pudimos dejar de tejer un poco, a pesar de la altísima temperatura. Así que el prototipo de nuestro nuevo modelo está casi listo. Para este nuevo diseño vamos a usar una &lt;a href="http://jojihilados.blogspot.com/2009/09/big-merino.html"&gt;lana&lt;/a&gt; especialmente teñida por Joji, integralmente compuesta por lana merino argentina, muy suave y de altísima calidad. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por acá, hay muchas ganas de compartir el nuevo modelo con ustedes, así que vuelvan pronto!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-5365376069168375954?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/5365376069168375954/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/11/new-model-sneak-preview.html#comment-form' title='2 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/5365376069168375954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/5365376069168375954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/11/new-model-sneak-preview.html' title='New model: sneak preview!'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-670677357490601135</id><published>2009-11-16T09:52:00.005-03:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T10:56:23.850-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='castellano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abbrigate*'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='english'/><title type='text'>Spring is here! | Primavera</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4109351508/" title="New design in the making by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2750/4109351508_53c25e10be_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="New design in the making" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spring is here! Soon we´ll have some exciting news to share, but until then, let us tell you that a new design is now being "baked" by the wizards at &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt;. Above is a quick preview of our work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We´re so anxious about launching this new garment because it will cater for toddlers and pre-schoolers, which means that we´ll be able to share the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt; love with more people. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the meantime, we´d love to know who you are. Yes, you, the ones sharing this adventure with us. Could you leave us a comment telling where you come from and how you got here? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you and have a great week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se viene la Primavera! Muy pronto tendremos novedades para contarles, pero por ahora levantamos un poquito el misterio contandoles que estamos elaborando un nuevo modelo para chicos un poquito más grandes, hasta los 3 años. Esto nos hace muy felices, porque hasta este momento solo podíamos "abbrigar" a bebés hasta los 6 meses y muy pronto podremos compartir el cariño de nuestras prendas con chicos más grandes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mientras tanto, tenemos muchas ganas de saber quienes son ustedes que nos leen y nos acompañan en esta aventura. Cuentennos quienes son, de donde son, como llegaron hasta acá... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muchas gracias por vuestras respuestas y, ya que es lunes, les deseamos muy buena semana!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-670677357490601135?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/670677357490601135/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/11/spring-is-here-primavera.html#comment-form' title='2 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/670677357490601135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/670677357490601135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/11/spring-is-here-primavera.html' title='Spring is here! | Primavera'/><author><name>Abbrigate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08260442271246779528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05333694860086141858'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-4164732566261285135</id><published>2009-11-09T09:23:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T10:00:01.768-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Alchemy | Alquimia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdesignstudio/4088857295/" title="Primavera no Rosedal de Palermo by Ana Isabel Ramos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/4088857295_a080f33a81_o.jpg" width="400" height="245" alt="Primavera no Rosedal de Palermo" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many people believe that a knitted garment is nothing more than a knitted garment. For the &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/09/abbrigate.html"&gt;"wizards"&lt;/a&gt; inside us, a knitted garment is an intricate mesh that holds in its fibers not only colour, but also feelings and molecules of the places they´re knitted in. All these different elements are combined and influence the final look of a garment. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That´s why we enjoy taking our knitting outside, enjoy beautiful urban parks or take it along when travelling. Somehow, I believe that every garment is a sum of its parts and something else: the love and care we insert in every single stitch. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It shows in our Kimonos, doesn´t it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para mucha gente, una prenda tejida es nada más que una prenda tejida. Para nosotras, &lt;a href="http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/09/abbrigate.html"&gt;"hechiceras"&lt;/a&gt; de profesión y devoción, una prenda tejida es una colección de sensaciones, lugares y moléculas que se fijan en los puntos que tejemos y que terminan influenciando su aspecto final. Por lo tanto, tejer en otros lugares además de nuestras casas les confiere a los kimonitos (y a nuestros tejidos personales) un carácter totalmente distinto de una prenda hecha masiva e industrialmente. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Siempre que tejo algo, pienso en la persona que va a usar la prenda y trato de impregnar cada punto con cariño; si me impaciento con el tejido - cosa que a veces también pasa - lo dejo un ratito y me voy a hacer otra cosa, para retomarlo cuando haya recuperado la tranquilidad. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se nota el cariño puesto en nuestros Kimonitos, no?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-4164732566261285135?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/4164732566261285135/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/11/alchemy-alquimia.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/4164732566261285135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/4164732566261285135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/11/alchemy-alquimia.html' title='Alchemy | Alquimia'/><author><name>Billy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07566459269797239267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10495581541185115162'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-8826502833097551571</id><published>2009-11-03T12:01:00.004-03:00</published><updated>2009-11-03T12:42:22.305-03:00</updated><title type='text'>The embroidering / Los bordados</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c0KpupOtwx0/SvBOaLpaM6I/AAAAAAAAA_U/xxitSRPtNh0/s1600-h/Resize+of+DSC07989.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c0KpupOtwx0/SvBOaLpaM6I/AAAAAAAAA_U/xxitSRPtNh0/s400/Resize+of+DSC07989.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399902164927263650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We realised we hadn't shown pictures of our emboridered kimonos...  This week we had to deliver two Baby Kimonos to a baby girl who hasn't been born yet, and when we embroidered them, we took some pictures for you to see.&lt;br /&gt;We do our embroiderings with a freehand technique.  This means that we embroider without a model to follow, as if we were writing with a pencil.  We believe in the uniqueness of our products, and this is a way to make sure that even when we embroider twice the same name, a Baby Kimono will never look like another one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c0KpupOtwx0/SvBOaE7UfJI/AAAAAAAAA_M/GnO7wl8yzKk/s1600-h/DSC05338.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c0KpupOtwx0/SvBOaE7UfJI/AAAAAAAAA_M/GnO7wl8yzKk/s400/DSC05338.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399902163123338386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hasta ahora no habíamos mostrado fotos de nuestros kimonos bordados...  Esta semana tuvimos que entregar dos Baby Kimonos a una pequeñita que todavía no nació y al bordar su nombre aprovechamos para sacar fotos.&lt;br /&gt;Hacemos nuestros bordados a mano alzada.  Esto quiere decir que vamos bordando sin un modelo para seguir, como si estuviéramos escribiendo con un lápiz.  Creemos en los productos únicos, y esta es una manera de asegurarnos que incluso bordando dos veces el mismo nombre, un Baby Kimono nunca será igual a otro.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-8826502833097551571?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/8826502833097551571/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/11/embroidering-los-bordados.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/8826502833097551571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/8826502833097551571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/11/embroidering-los-bordados.html' title='The embroidering / Los bordados'/><author><name>Joji</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c0KpupOtwx0/SvBOaLpaM6I/AAAAAAAAA_U/xxitSRPtNh0/s72-c/Resize+of+DSC07989.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-6593460197570109814</id><published>2009-10-26T12:44:00.006-03:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T17:57:51.824-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Labelling our products | Etiquetas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GywEKAtdrj8/SuXNARDR8jI/AAAAAAAACEw/5t0xLONLgdw/s1600-h/abbrigate+Baby+Kimono+palta+01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GywEKAtdrj8/SuXNARDR8jI/AAAAAAAACEw/5t0xLONLgdw/s400/abbrigate+Baby+Kimono+palta+01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396945132934263346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GywEKAtdrj8/SuXNAIbtojI/AAAAAAAACEo/WSbp4b3G6Yw/s1600-h/abbrigate+Baby+Kimono+palta+02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GywEKAtdrj8/SuXNAIbtojI/AAAAAAAACEo/WSbp4b3G6Yw/s400/abbrigate+Baby+Kimono+palta+02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396945130620822066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Products need labels. Some are very sophisticated, like barcodes, some are very handmade, like ours. Labels exist mainly to convey basic information to a product´s user. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When designing our labels at &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt;, we wanted to keep it simple, ecological and fuss-free. Our labels are printed on partly recycled paper and attached to the garment with a cotton thread looped around a button. No scissors are needed to tear it apart! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our labels tell mammas (and daddies!) they´re holding a unique handmade garment in their hands. Each piece is numbered and tracked by us to ensure it made it to its new home in perfect conditions. Washing and care information complete what we believe are basic informative elements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To order a Baby Kimono, just send us an email to abbrigate [at] gmail.com or visit our &lt;a href="http://abbrigate.etsy.com/"&gt;etsy&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://abbrigate.bigcartel.com"&gt;bigcartel&lt;/a&gt; stores. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for stopping by and have a good week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hay etiquetas muy sofisticadas, como los códigos de barras; y hay otras, como la nuestra, que son hechas a mano, como todo en nuestros productos. Tanto unas como las otras sirven para informar el usuario.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cuando diseñamos nuestras etiquetas, teníamos la intención de hacerlo de una forma clara, pero sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que somos personas que los hacemos a mano para que otras personas - bien chiquitas, por supuesto - los disfruten. Por esa razón numeramos cada prenda, le escribimos el nombre del color a mano y explicamos cómo cuidarla. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En el reverso de la etiqueta, nuestra marca y la dirección de nuestra web completan la información.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para comprar nuestros productos, solo hay que mandarnos un correo a abbrigate[arroba]gmail.com o también pueden entrar en nuestras tiendas virtuales en &lt;a href="http://abbrigate.etsy.com/"&gt;etsy&lt;/a&gt; y en &lt;a href="http://abbrigate.bigcartel.com"&gt;bigcartel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gracias por compartir esta alegría con nosotras.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-6593460197570109814?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/6593460197570109814/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/10/labelling-our-products-etiquetas.html#comment-form' title='3 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6593460197570109814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6593460197570109814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/10/labelling-our-products-etiquetas.html' title='Labelling our products | Etiquetas'/><author><name>Billy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07566459269797239267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10495581541185115162'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GywEKAtdrj8/SuXNARDR8jI/AAAAAAAACEw/5t0xLONLgdw/s72-c/abbrigate+Baby+Kimono+palta+01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-8161961580006939461</id><published>2009-10-18T16:19:00.004-03:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T16:58:19.342-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Wool? / Por qué lana?</title><content type='html'>Maybe it's time to talk about why we chose wool and not other fiber for our first designs for &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Wool has a lot of properties that make it stand out from other materials:&lt;br /&gt;It's a very resistent and durable fiber, but it behaves in an elastic way, adapting to the baby's little body and movements.  It's almost impermeable unless it's inmerse in water.  It's much more resistant to stains than cotton fabrics.  Wool can keep a baby really warm, even when it's wet.  It takes dyes beautifully and you can get really saturated bright shades which last even if the garment is washed a lot or exposed to sunlight.  &lt;br /&gt;But also, it's a renewable, sustainable resource, not pollutant and biodegradable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are enough reasons to choose it as first option, aren't they?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c0KpupOtwx0/Stty9CwE2fI/AAAAAAAAA8c/oqIoKL2pEC4/s1600-h/derwent_lamb_470x354.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c0KpupOtwx0/Stty9CwE2fI/AAAAAAAAA8c/oqIoKL2pEC4/s400/derwent_lamb_470x354.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394031371742403058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quizás es hora de que hablemos de por qué elegimos lana y no otra fibra para nuestros primeros diseños para &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;La lana tiene muchas propiedades que la hacen destacarse de otros materiales:&lt;br /&gt;Es una fibra muy resitente, pero que se comporta de manera elástica acomodándose al cuerpito y a los movimientos de los bebés. Es prácticamente impermeable a menos que esté sumergida.  Es mucho más resistente a las manchas que una prenda de algodón.  La lana puede mantener a un bebé realmente abrigado, incluso estando húmeda.  Toma los colores de una manera bellísima y se pueden obtener tonos muy intensos y brillantes resistentes a los lavados y a la luz solar.  &lt;br /&gt;Pero además es un recurso renovable, sostenible, no contaminante y biodegradable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suficientes razones para elegirla como primera opción, no?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-8161961580006939461?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/8161961580006939461/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/10/why-wool-por-que-lana.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/8161961580006939461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/8161961580006939461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/10/why-wool-por-que-lana.html' title='Why Wool? / Por qué lana?'/><author><name>Joji</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c0KpupOtwx0/Stty9CwE2fI/AAAAAAAAA8c/oqIoKL2pEC4/s72-c/derwent_lamb_470x354.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-6100805075135346229</id><published>2009-10-12T08:49:00.004-03:00</published><updated>2009-10-12T12:37:58.237-03:00</updated><title type='text'>"The wool and the snow" | "La lana y la nieve"</title><content type='html'>I´m reading a book called "The wool and the snow", by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferreira_de_Castro"&gt;Ferreira de Castro&lt;/a&gt;, one of Portugal´s 20th century literature classics.It was published in 1947 and tells the story of Horácio, a young man who is a shepherd near Manteigas, a country town near Portugal´s Serra da Estrela. This region is historically known for its wool industry and bitterly cold weather, which are the backdrop to the portrait of communities who lived in great hardships and worked extremely hard to make a meager living. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the book, an interesting procedure, directly related to the production of wool, is described. Since most of us, urbanites, have probably never seen or heard about this, it was surprising for me to learn that ram´s horns must be shaped in order to protect the animal from piercing itself and others. The author describes the process, which appears to be painless for the animal: each horn is inserted into a boiled potato, still hot from the pot. The warmth and humidity contained within the potato soften the horn, which is then flexible enough to be reshaped, so that it does not pierce the animal´s eyes or neck. Who knew that? Not me, certainly!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estoy leyendo un libro llamado "La lana y la nieve", del autor portugués &lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferreira_de_Castro"&gt;Ferreira de Castro&lt;/a&gt;, uno de los precursores del neo-realismo y un clásico de la literatura del siglo XX. El libro, publicado en 1947, cuenta la historia de Horácio, un joven pastor de un pueblo serrano del interior de Portugal, conocido por su producción lanera. En el libro se cuenta no sólo su historia sino que también se describe la vida difícil de su gente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A pesar de mi pasión por el tejido y por la lana, la verdad es que como urbanita que soy no sabía que A los carneros jóvenes hay que amoldarles los cuernos para que no lastimen. En el libro describen el proceso: con cada cuernito se pincha una papa hervida. La humedad y el calor de la papa suavizan el cuerno lo suficiente para que se vuelva flexible y se pueda cambiar su forma. ¿Quién hubiera dicho?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-6100805075135346229?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/6100805075135346229/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/10/wool-and-snow-la-lana-y-la-nieve.html#comment-form' title='2 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6100805075135346229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6100805075135346229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/10/wool-and-snow-la-lana-y-la-nieve.html' title='&quot;The wool and the snow&quot; | &quot;La lana y la nieve&quot;'/><author><name>Billy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07566459269797239267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10495581541185115162'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-6463139549717858383</id><published>2009-10-05T10:14:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2009-10-05T10:14:18.310-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Help is on the way… / La ayuda está en camino…</title><content type='html'>The launch of abbrigate was a surprise for us, because we immediately received a lot of orders!  That meant that our project was a success, but also that we had to get knitting a lot.  We realised that we were going to need another “wizard” with knitting powers to help us, so we went to Joji’s mom, who happily offered to help.&lt;br /&gt;The problem was that since we are very careful with detalis, we saw that her knitting was a bit looser than ours…  And we wanted all the kimonos to look the same!  So we went out hunting for some super-special knitting needles so that her tension is the same that ours…  And thay were so hard to find that we had to order them in the United States.  So the help is on the way!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c0KpupOtwx0/SsnxHPFszGI/AAAAAAAAA7E/zMZVfopBBm8/s1600-h/straights-vase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c0KpupOtwx0/SsnxHPFszGI/AAAAAAAAA7E/zMZVfopBBm8/s320/straights-vase.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El lanzamiento de abbrigate fue una sorpresa, porque inmediatamente recibimos muchos pedidos!  Eso significaba que nuestro proyecto era exitoso, pero también que había que ponerse a tejer mucho.  Nos dimos cuenta de que íbamos a necesitar a otra “hechicera” con poderes tejeriles para ayudarnos, y recurrimos a la mamá de Joji, que se ofreció contenta.&lt;br /&gt;El problema fue que como somos muy atentas a los detalles, vimos que ella tejía un poco más flojito que nosotras…  Y queremos que los kimonos queden todos iguales!  Así que salimos en busca de unas agujas de tejer super-especiales para que su tensión quede igual que la nuestra…  Y tan difícil fueron de conseguir, que hubo que encargarlas en Estados Unidos.  Así que la ayuda está en camino!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-6463139549717858383?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/6463139549717858383/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/10/help-is-on-way-la-ayuda-esta-en-camino.html#comment-form' title='5 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6463139549717858383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/6463139549717858383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/10/help-is-on-way-la-ayuda-esta-en-camino.html' title='Help is on the way… / La ayuda está en camino…'/><author><name>Joji</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c0KpupOtwx0/SsnxHPFszGI/AAAAAAAAA7E/zMZVfopBBm8/s72-c/straights-vase.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231515970946901895.post-1613539347294785832</id><published>2009-10-02T11:31:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2009-10-02T11:35:41.283-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facebook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abbrigate*'/><title type='text'>We´re on Facebook! | Estamos en Facebook!</title><content type='html'>We´ve been busy preparing and shipping orders (&lt;i&gt;thank you for buying our Kimonos!&lt;/i&gt;) but we managed to open a Facebook page for &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt;, right &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/abbrigate/144566839701"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Thank you for spreading the word!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gracias por todos los kimonitos que nos están encargando. Entre la pilita que tenemos para enviar, pudimos encontrar un tiempito para abrir una página para &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;abbrigate*&lt;/span&gt; en Facebook, que pueden visitar &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/abbrigate/144566839701"&gt;acá&lt;/a&gt;. Los esperamos!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1231515970946901895-1613539347294785832?l=www.abbrigate.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/feeds/1613539347294785832/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/10/were-on-facebook-estamos-en-facebook.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/1613539347294785832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1231515970946901895/posts/default/1613539347294785832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.abbrigate.com/2009/10/were-on-facebook-estamos-en-facebook.html' title='We´re on Facebook! | Estamos en Facebook!'/><author><name>Billy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07566459269797239267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10495581541185115162'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>