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Portuguese designer and creator of the new Simply Crochet CAL Ana Morais Soares explains her passion for big blankets, colour and how she cannot live without crochet
Devoted designer Ana often spends 12 hours a day working on her crochet projects
When you imagine an idyllic place where you could spend all day crocheting, you may envision something that’s very close to Ana Morais Soares’s reality. Based in a beautiful fishing village on the west coast of Portugal, Ana has an affinity with the ocean that feeds her creativity and nourishes her soul on a regular basis. “I love the sea,” she explains. “My grandfather was a ‘sea wolf’, the name we give here to those men involved in cod fishing. He was a captain on one of those ships that sailed to Newfoundland and stayed in the open sea for almost a year. It was hard fishing in severe temperatures, and many men lost their lives. I learned to respect the sea as something that gives but also takes. I love it but respect it even more. I love all the blue and green shades of a stormy sea as well as the paradisiac colours of the beach. I love the sea’s sound and smell. It really relaxes me.”