United Kingdom
Crochet Designer, Hand Knit Designer
Sandra Gutierrez Soto
Sandra Gutierrez is originally from Mexico and since leaving in 2005 has lived in 9 different countries including the US, China, Taiwan, Argentina and Spain. Now settled in Bulgaria she describes herself as a citizen of the world and draws on her various experiences and love of travel to inspire her designs produced under the name Nomad Stitches.
Started in Valencia, Spain in 2016 she designs patterns for women, children and the home that are mainly crochet focused but with a few hand knit items included and her work has appeared in publications such as Mollie Makes, I Like Crochet and Happily Hooked Magazine. In her own words, 'My style evokes freedom and fun, while still being very utilitarian and practical'.
Her self published patterns are available in PDF format from the Nomad Stitches website, Etsy and her pattern store on Ravelry.