Sylvie Damey

Can you believe thanks to Sheryl‘s help, the XL size for the Isabeau shrug is finally available ?!!!! She made hers with rayon yarn as her Olympic project, simply gorgeous ! As for me, I’ve been working on some buttonholes issues for the choker pattern but it’s coming along nicely … Thanks Yvette for your […]

… a Psycho Tomato !! I had a bit of a hard time getting started on it this morning: am obviously not a crochet expert !! But after a false start, I got into the groove again and it took only a few hours to make. I really LOVE LOVE the popping eye, do check […]

Just took some better pics. With the finally-finished detachable flowers. Closeups of the slanted lace choker, lacey cable choker and flowers. Pattern should be available by next week chez Plum. (…And thanks to Nicola and Yvette for helping testing it !! ;-) )

So here I was this morning. Thinking “Phew”, I’ve nearly got all of it in there ! (except the crap of course, which shall stay in my plasticy 5-drawer thing; and the rest, still stored in Grenoble.. ;-) ) Please ignore the mess btw, it’s an in-progress pic… But I still had that feeling, like, […]

Here she is, modelled while trying to tuck in my tummy as much as possible !! ;-) She’s a delight to wear, and fits quite well. Although I’m wondering wether size small would have been better. I wasn’t too sure and chose the Medium so I could wear it this winter too… We’ll see how […]

Yeah ! Can you believe Emmie started a knitalong on Crafster for the Isabeau purse ?!! She made a very nice one too, as well as dancingbarefoot : see the new pics in my Gallery ! Which reminds me, I can’t wait for the first pictures of the totes, and more shrugs … I’m thinking […]

I did it. Went on a yarn binge. Probably a very small binge for other people but it’s like the first time I buy real expensive yarn and end up buying more than just 2 skeins at a time… I guess there’s always a first time. And I’m not feeling overly guilty because I’m using […]

I had my second ultrasound a couple hours ago.. and we’re having a second girl ! With this second pregnancy SOO different from the first and everybody telling me it’d be a boy, I was kind of prepared for a little guy, but no. So it’s cool, I’m slowly getting used to the idea. A […]