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Clockwise from
top left,
Florentine
(
3Calders
) puts
feeling into every
cake theymake;
the entrance of
All YouKnit Is
Love; if you don’t
see what you
want, make it
yourself – All You
Knit Is Love can
kit you out with
wool and needles;
one of Pinza’t’s
bagsmade from
recycled products
“We’ve just brought it up to date
with modern ideas and technology.”
It’s not just here that craft is on
the rise – from London to Berlin
and beyond crafty types are
embracing a do-it-yourself vibe, as a
backlash against consumerism and
a reflection of the thrifty times – but
it seems El Born was ahead of the
zeitgeist. Shops like All You Knit Is
Love (
8 Carrer de la Barra de Ferro
)
have been keeping the knitters of
Barcelona happy since long before
half the world went craft crazy.
It’s a special place, which is why
in 2010, shop owners, artists and
artisans formed the Made a Mà
(Made by Hand) collective to try
and showcase its unique products.
They devised a craft-shopping
route through the backstreets and
published a map (available from
local shops). Currently there are
26 featured destinations, but
this number is growing
all the time.
It’s said that the
globalisation of
clothes stores
means we all
dress increasingly
alike. Fortunately,
in this city,
there is a crafty
alternative.