Chez Plum

Nearly 2 years ago, like everybody else I fell in love with Stephanie Japel’s Simple knitted bodice. I don’t usually wear much white at all but at the same time two of my favorite sweaters are white mohair ones. I had this huge cone of white mohair in the stash, got gauge with it and [...]

I finally finished the body of the SKB ! I love it, but I expected it to be a bit larger. Maybe if I knit a second one I’ll go for the medium size… ;-)
I’ve only added one set of increases for the bust and knit about 5 rows extra if I remember well. [...]

Finally received my new circulars the other day and thus got back to knitting on my Guinevere-SKB (aka Glampyre-stitchDiva..). I’ve just finished on the lace section, and just need one more purl ridge before starting on the hip shaping. Can’t wait to try it on again..!! :-P

I changed the lace pattern for my usual [...]

Finally making a bit of progress on the Guinevere SKB (aka Glampyre/Stitch Diva), joining the sides now !! I’ve just added 2 rows of increase to the instructions (making size S), it really seemed too fitted before and that’s not the kind of look I want for this one. (I sooo love the way the [...]

So I made a second car, the pink and turquoise one. Encouraged by Ajour’s comment, I tried my hand at embroidering around the windows but after about half an hour and trying several different stitches, I just left it plain. I sticked to my original plan and just added Xs on the wheels. (first car’s [...]