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Archive for September, 2011

Of chaperons and liripipes… Introducing my Jehanne hooded cardigan

Posted: Saturday, September 24th, 2011 @ 8:54 am in Crochet, FO, Published | No Comments »

Thanks to the very helpful feedback and edits of Krysten TenDyke, great feedback on my questions on Ravelry… and after another quick triple-check of the sizing on another cardigan (that’s how it always works, start a new project to validate the former one, right ? ;-)

I’m now VERY happy to introduce the long-awaited [...]

Green bobbles and icelandic wool

Posted: Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 @ 5:06 pm in Crochet | No Comments »

This may look like an entire new design… yet it’s meant to double-check my final edits on the Jehanne cardigan.
If all works well, I’ll also have a pretty colored cardigan at the end .. :-)
The yarn is icelandic Lett Lopi, highly recommended by Helene Magnusson so I had to try it !

Design thoughts and process

Posted: Thursday, September 15th, 2011 @ 2:42 pm in Crochet, chezPlum Patterns | No Comments »

Some designers are super methodic, very fond of math and will tell you all about their grading systems, with 5 to 10 sizes for a single pattern… This has always scared me so much, looking like a different language I could never understand let alone speak.
For all the garments I designed so far, I [...]

Introducting “Fibre créative”, mon site en français / my french site

Posted: Monday, September 12th, 2011 @ 11:31 am in Vercors, french | 1 Comment »

For once, I’ll be posting in french to introduce my new french site, “Fibre créative” dealing with my fiber experience in Vercors, France: knitting and crochet pattern-writing, workshop teaching, and translating craft books and individual knitting, crochet and sewing patterns.

Bonjour,
Une fois n’est pas coutume, j’écrirais ce post en français, histoire de vous présenter mon [...]

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