Sylvie Damey

Have you made your first swatch from Episode 6 yet ? Great ! Take it in front of you and let’s explore all the differences we can find between – dc in both loops – dc in between stitches – linked dc – extended dc (all worked in rows at this stage)   Btw, make […]

My daughters have been relentlessly asking for summer boleros with long elf hoods… Now they each have their own Bertille bolero !! (but dumb me: I can’t find my own now, so no group photo !) For the younger one I aimed at making a size 10 yo with fewer body sts and a shorter […]

My blog was hacked, and it turns out they’ve actually hacked my WordPress theme. Until we can figure this out, I had to change the theme… resulting in a very weird look. Sorry about this ! But at least you won’t be redirected to spammy websites any more (crossing fingers) ETA: Yipee for my husband […]

Let’s explore today more variations on the DOUBLE CROCHET: – starting again with the dc in both loops as refence – dc in between stitches – linked dc – extended dc First, choose your yarn. No fun fur or bouclà© yarn, you want neat stitch definition for this project. I’m using the long-discontinued Rowan “All […]

    Coming soon: An in-depth test of all the best crochet hooks on the market. So far, Clover, Addi and Tulip kindly sent me samples to test. More might follow soon… Those will also be at your disposal to test during all the fairs and yarn festivals I’ll attend (next date – March 20th […]

Last week I mentionned crocheted CABLES as being the most common use of the Front/Back post double crochet. Crocheted cables ? What ? How do you do that ? How about we take a closer look… For this episode we’ll use both dc in both loops and Front post/Back post dc. Our goal: take advantage […]

Two amazing ladies came to my corner of the Alps to learn how to crochet a sweater or cardigan without a pattern during 2 days of crochet workshop. We started with having a look at the 20 pages document I gave them, choosing the style of garment they wanted (sweater or cardigan, short or long […]

Have you made your first swatch from Episode 3 yet ? Great ! Take it in front of you and let’s explore all the differences we can find between – dc in both loops – dc in 3rd loop – front post dc – back post dc (all worked in rows at this stage) 1/ […]

Once again, I had the pleasure to be invited along with the Greblogueuses at the big local craftfair “Creativa”. A perfect opportunity to connect with crafters, see again familiar faces… and share my love of crochet and spindle spinning with others ! Here are a few pictures of those 3 days… Learning how to spin […]

Viele Hà¤kler wollten die “Loup” Kapuzenjacke machen. Katharina Sokiran hat die Anleitung ubersetzt. Anleitung fà»r die Kapuzenjacke Loup ist jetzt auch auf deutsch erhà¤ltlich !! :-D Ravelry – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/loup-hooded-jacket Etsy – https://www.etsy.com/shop/SylvChezPlum?section_id=18480869 Loup is now available also in german ! If there’s enough interest, I might have more patterns translated too…