Archive for December, 2005
Posted: Monday, December 26th, 2005 @ 3:46 pm in Crochet, FO, Family, Knitting, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
Well first, I hope you all had a really nice Xmas with your family or friends around.
We did. It was nice, but tiring as usual. Yesterday we went to bed at 8.30 !
Plus I had been a bit sick all week before (after prune of course), and add finishing knitting and crocheting my last presents… [...]
Posted: Monday, December 19th, 2005 @ 9:57 am in Crochet, FO, Yarn | 2 Comments »
Really, it’s not on purpose but it seems all my fos lately are in blue-greenish tones.. Not for lack of other colours in my stash though.. ;-)
On saturday, I finally decided on the perfect use for that cotton yarn that I had been saving for a long time for THE right project (..plus what do [...]
Posted: Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 @ 4:24 pm in Crochet, Family, Knitting, WIP | 2 Comments »
So I have this Sociolinguistics oral presentation to prepare for thursday, and a Translation studies paper to write (same deadline), and yet what do I do ? crafts… Not very reasonable.
Actually, it’s really hard to work with Prune around. Like I tried this afternoon, but she’ll stick around me, pulling my papers and requiring more [...]
Posted: Sunday, December 11th, 2005 @ 8:38 pm in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Just bought 2 patterns I’ve been drooling over for ever, Kate Gilbert’s Elisabeth and Annie Modesitt’s silk corset. Yum !! The corset I might not make for myself, but it’s just too beautiful for words. And I’m just in love with the elisabethan collar. I have to figure out which yarn to use. So [...]
Posted: Monday, December 5th, 2005 @ 6:28 pm in FO, Knitting, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Just finished a little set for my niece who lives in Reunion island. It’s summer there – and pretty much all year round- , so I had to find ideas for summer knits.. ;-)
Apparently she looooves bags so I made her an Isabeau purse (slightly modified with no button for safety, and 2 handles like [...]
Posted: Friday, December 2nd, 2005 @ 3:08 pm in FO, Knitting, Uncategorized, chezPlum Patterns | No Comments »
That’s it, at last the pattern for the Handbag and Tote is ready to go. Check it out here.
And I just finished a pair of little mittenettes with a skein of Phildar Nebuleuse. I was hoping for something approaching the very beautiful ones Marnie Mc Lean made recently.. but the boucle yarn makes them a [...]