Chez Plum

I finished the Mouchelette yesterday night. And Prune’s wearing it today of course !!! … I know, at first sight it looks exaclty the same at the first “prototype” but Nah.. scroll down to the aug. 11th post. See the difference ? The sleeves were too narrow, the top of the chest area was [...]

Yesterday we went on a little hike in the Aravis, the part of the Alps that sits just beside Annecy. So we went to the “confins” near the ski resort of “La clusaz”. Was super pretty, wide bowls (?) and sharp mountains, pine forest and dry grey rock. Plus the unexpected bonus of finding lots [...]

So we’ve had troubles with the computer and connection for a while now. But all this was nothing. Today all my “knitting” files disapeared. Yes, ALL.
I mean, ok there was my huge collection of patterns, either free patterns collected all around the internet, or just scans stored there.. But I just found an old backup [...]

but I finished my second take on “Mouchelette”. Wasn’t perfect yet (but I’m not sure I’ll get it “perfect” anyway..) plus there was too many knots right in the middle (was knit directly from #1) so I frogged it straight away. It’s such a small piece. I guess I’d have it done in a day [...]

So I received a package. I thought it was from a swap or something.. But no : I actually WON something !!! Yeah, there was this competition-thingy in a french mag where you had to send pics of something you designed yourself and could win a Phildar yarn kit or a subcription to their mag. [...]

Huh Huh Huh !! See that ? I have no idea what you’d call it in english, but in french it’s apparently called a “rouet”.

It’s been sitting in the family cabin for ever, and this afternoon my grandparents said they’re giving it to me. Yes, ME !! Ha, I still really can’t believe it. [...]

Okey dokey, so the free pattern for the Isabeau purse pictured below is here. I’ve added the link in the sidebar as well..
Laurent has also installed Wordpress as an in-between for me to “play” (that’s his words) until we put up the real thing. :-D
So if you’re really bored, you can see the [...]

Well it sucks. We’re having connection problems, so the connection goes on and off randomly. And it’s not even our ACTUAL internet connection, just our internal network connection. Like the other computer will work fine (the Linux one..) but not the one I have all my stuff on. So I keep on starting on something, [...]

Round 1 is over, I finished the first prototype.
Looks promising, but lots of things to fix. I’m frogging it and trying again. One good point is that my 3-and-a-bit skeins are going to be plenty, so I don’t have to worry about that. :-)
And I’ve been tagged by Christine. Like I said before [...]

So I’ve started on a new project : a little raglan top for Plume. I’m using the Mission falls cotton Yahaira sent me and it’s fun so far.

If the final result looks like I want it to, I’ll probably call the thing “mouchelette”, after one of my favorite songs as a kid (”mouche-mouchelette, moucheronette-moucheron, demain [...]