Funchal · Madeira

Maria Leonor Gois

Hand crochet, made one at a time, in the colours of the Atlantic.

A pink bobble-stitch crochet pencil case lying closed on grass — Closed

The same pencil case unzipped, showing the crochet lining inside — Unzipped

Piece no. 01 · Pencil case · One of one

There is no second one. The yarn was bought once, the stitch count lives in her head, and the afternoon it came out of doesn’t repeat.

Someone standing in the Atlantic surf at sunset, spray lit up around them — Where the colours come from

How it happens

She learned at nine, at her grandmother’s kitchen table. No machine and no pattern — she starts in the middle, counts in her head, and undoes a whole afternoon when the shape argues back. Washed, blocked, dried in the sun on the balcony.

Want one of your own?

Tell Leo the colours you have in mind and where the piece will live. Custom work and collaborations both welcome.

marialeonorgois@gmail.com

Maria Leonor Gois · Funchal, Madeira