Valentina Devine (September 9, 1933 – June 5, 2023) was a German fiber artist who lived in Los Alamos, NM. This article from the Los Alamos Daily Post has a photo of Valentina in her fiber studio. She taught many classes over the years and published a number of designs. The designs that caught my eye 20 years ago or so were the ones that featured modular knitting and the freeform log cabin Creative Knitting designs.
Her specialty was her free approach to knitting, crochet, and projects that combined both. Scroll through her Facebook page to see her original creations. I was looking forward to meeting Valentina at the On Higher Ground retreat in Taos, NM later this year. At age 89, she was not traveling to teach any longer, but she taught classes in her fiber studio, and she was going to give a talk at the retreat about her life, her designs, and her fiber practice in general. When I learned that she died a couple of months ago, I was inspired to make something that featured her freeform log cabin style, using photos of some of her original designs for color inspiration as well. This reversible mini poncho is the result.
If you look closely, you can see some of my favorite things: garter stitch, crocheted linen stitch, eyelets, crocheted spirals, knitted mitered squares, seed stitch, crocheted granny stripes, and a bunch of handdyed, textured yarns. It was a very satisfying project to make, the best way I could think of to remember such a talented soul.
Freeform Yarny Things 
This is a lovely tribute.