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Saulė Nr. 1. Thrifted mohair on polymer frame, d 90 cm. Handknitting. 2025

Saulė Nr. 2. Thrifted mohair on polymer frame, d 90 cm. Handknitting. 2025

Spark. Thrifted mohair, synthetic metalised fibers, metal wire. 2,5 m x 70 cm. Handknitting. 2025

We knit Čiurlionis. 2025

A social project dedicated to the 150th birth anniversary of M.K. Čiurlionis, famous Lithuanian painter and composer. In July-September 2025 the knitting community was invited to knit colorful sweaters with a portrait of Čiurlionis. The pattern was publicly shared on social networks. Currently, over 1700 knitters all over the world have joined the initiative, determined to knit a Čiurlionis sweater and thus spread the word to the world about the Lithuanian culture genius.

Reconstruction of traditional Lithuanian mittens. 2025. Wool.

As lifestyles change and industrialization advances, traditional handmade woolen mittens risk disappearing. The project seeks to reconstruct multicolored Lithuanian mittens from old (1930–1935) Lithuanian photographs, using handspun, hand-dyed wool and 1.5 mm needles—over 100 hours per pair—honoring rich knitting traditions, patterns and techniques. „Reconstruction“ was presented at Forrsa Textile Week 2026, Finland, as an installation, consisting of 50 mitten pairs, as a connection to our roots, cultural heritage, ancient crafts. I‘m considering this project as the handknitting project of my life, recreating knits from old Lithuanian photographies, and maybe one day it will become a huge imaginary forest of the handknitted mittens. For this installation some mittens are knitted by myself, some are by my grandmother, my mother and some are collected from other elder ladies in Lithuanian villages. The project was awarded with the grant and financial support by Lithuanian culture board.

The (Re)Birth of a Sweater. 2025.

Recycled cashmere, mixed materials.

A multidisciplinary sustainable fashion object and a series of photographs documenting a slow, mindful creation process—manual yarn recycling, spinning, and handknitting—as a counterpoint to fast fashion. The textile piece was handknitted using recycled yarn made from old cashmere sweaters. Shot on film, the photographs challenge the photographer to focus on the essence through a limited number of frames. The project is a collaboration of 3 artists: a textile artist Gintare Murauskiene, a fashion designer Kenzo Terada and a photographer Rita Stankevičiūtė.