Sylvie Damey

Argh, ChezPlum was hacked earlier this week, apparently due to a security hole in WordPress. :-/ Thankfully my husband managed to finally fix things today, reinstalled the last version of WordPress, migrating ChezPlum to a new server and re-uploading all the pictures. It will probably look all wonky for a while until we manage to […]

My Kureyon Roselette got featured in a “Smitten” Treasury this morning.. :-D

It snowed a bit here in France this week-end and we went up to the local mountain for the girl’s first ski session of the year. LugeContreSkienvoyà© par sylvchezplum Here’s them both, Prune on skis and Maud in the little sledge. Maud also did her very first ever session of ski, but she seems to […]

This week I received my brand new Ashford hand carders. Of course I had to try them right away !! The first tries were not great : from looking on Youtube I see I wasn’t doing it properly, will watch some videos next time I try!! I first tried to card some random white wool […]

I have lovely models for my shawl around… :-) It’s now blocked and looking pretty perfect. I finally decided against the button closure. It’s just lovely, lightweight and warm around my shoulders… In fact I’m wearing it this morning as I type this post. Oh and I realised I forgot to add details. The yarn […]

I just finished the “Friday knitting Club” a couple weeks ago & really loved it.. And guess what, a sequel called “Knit 2” will be available at the end of this month, and you can win copies here. I just left a comment, now let’s cross fingers..! :-P Finished my feather and fan mini-shawl yesterday. […]

When designing new patterns, I like to have a look at a million pictures of related-or-not projects, as it seems to help decide what I actually look for in that new design. As some of you may have figured, I’m on this total granny-square kick lately. So I’ve been hunting the internet, looking for all […]

So cool, my Granny mitts were featured in Lime & Violet this week. :-D Craftzine chose instead to feature my old “Handmade gift pouch” Tutorial… Hey why not, it’s a freebie so might as well get twice more use.. ! :-P Late post this week, but we’ve been away all week visiting my in-laws. We […]