Irina (Karpenko) Horn is a name, certainly, known among masters of hand knitting. The author of many enchanting models of clothing made by crocheting (Irina basically crochets it), a blogger who gives valuable advice to beginners and reveals the secrets of craftsmanship, stylist and model. Irina photographs her creations, talentedly composing them with the details of her own wardrobe, she always acts as a model herself.
Horn Irina, nee Karpenko, was born and raised in Omsk. Now she lives and works in Germany, in Hamburg, devoting almost all of her free time to her favorite hobby - knitting.
Many clothing models are cited by thousands of copycats and published in knitting magazines, such as:
- "Ksenia."
- "Everything for a woman."
- On many sites dedicated to knitting, for example Knit-Crochet.ru.
On pages in all social networks, Irina has a lot of friends knitters and needlewomen who draw inspiration from ideas and author's avatars, photos and descriptions of which she generously shares.
Tops, pullovers
In her blog for those who are just mastering knitting, Irina Horn gives a description of many author's models and provides tips for making and combining to create a harmonious image. In the arsenal of the craftswoman there are quite a lot of tops and pullovers. Irina composes them with shorts, trousers, skirts, with shirts that can be thrown over the top or put on under a pullover, cardigans and elongated vests, both knitted and sewn from fabric.
Many models made in soothing colors, for example, milky shades, Horn Irina prefers and uses them for many years, composing them in different ways. But bright and bold tones are present in her collections. Very interesting ethnic models of a dress, a sundress with a pattern combining rich colors, or a red skirt on the floor, or a green cardigan, or a purple jacket. In the hands of Irina, any thread of any color turns into a unique model that every craftswoman wants to repeat, and every fashionista has to have in her wardrobe.
Skirts
Irina’s wardrobe is rich in knitted openwork and tight skirts of various lengths. She boldly combines them with T-shirts, tops, turtlenecks and cardigans. She gives her colleagues who want to bring to life the ideas submitted by Irina, some tips on knitting skirts:
- First you need a good pattern of the future product, which will need to be checked throughout knitting.
- You need to start work from above, so it’s more convenient to try on.
- Do not knit in circular rows, and start a new row with lifting loops.
- In the process of working, when changing the pattern, it is worth moistening the product or steaming it with an iron (if the thread is natural) in order to be sure of the size and following the pattern, since after steam or moistening the threads straighten and can behave differently in different patterns.
Moreover, she attaches patterns to many skirt models and describes the sequence of their combination. Many craftswomen use schemes that are publicly available on the Web and buy needlework magazines with its publications.
Cardigans and vests
Among the latest works of Irina Horne, knitting of vests and cardigans is particularly distinguished by bright and juicy shades.
Bright red, juicy orange, bold pink cardigans look new, relevant and stylish in combination with matching trousers and blouses.
As always, the image is complemented by accessories: handbags, belt, necklace or an interestingly knitted scarf.
Extravaganza colors Irina Horn
I especially want to note the work with color. Irina Horn is incredibly talented in combining colors in sets. Knitted skirts, tunics, shorts, cardigans of various colors are combined with clothing items of a different texture in a very interesting color combination and complemented with accessories. In one of the blogs, Irina gave advice to beginners on how to combine colors. She said that if there is no intuition or confidence in how to correctly combine these or other shades, you can buy a woman’s scarf where there is a tone that needs to be arranged and boldly combined with any colors that are present on this scarf.
Accessories
A very interesting detail - neck knitted accessories, small scarves with many small details to match the skirt, for example, which are almost always present in photographs of knitted patterns by Irina Horn. They can be used both as scarves and as belts, depending on the mood and configuration of the outfit.
Irina has very interesting knitted handbags, which she can change and redo over time if she wants to revive her favorite model.
Stylist
For some time, Irina has been publishing notes on new items and trends in fashion on her blog. She writes her opinion and gives photographs from fashion shows, with tips and selections of experts on which colors, textures or models to prefer for different occasions to women of different ages and weight categories.
In general, we can safely say that Irina Horn and crochet are synonyms, even more so, talented and unique knitting, elevated to the rank of art.