Chez Plum

So the pattern for the little car/tractor/van (pic just below) is in its final stage being edited, proofread and tested…BUT I’m still not too sure of the name. Any ideas…? Leave me a comment with your suggestions and win, what, patterns or whatever I can think of… maybe stitchmarkers from my Etsy shop …? You’ll [...]

Emmie sent me these pics of the beautiful Felicie choker she made for her roommate’s birthday. Yay, that’s the first time I see it knit (and worn) by somebody else !! can you tell I’m excited ?!! Read more about it in her Crafster post… & Of course those pics are also in the Gallery.. [...]

Look what came my way just a few minutes ago :

In case you’d not recognize her, that’s Prune wearing her dad’s biking gear (helmet & sunnies)… I couldn’t help but laugh… and grab the camera right away !! :-D
Also, while I’m here, have you seen Brooke’s superb Isabeau tote in the Gallery [...]

Or at least that’s how it feels !! Last week daycare reopened after being closed for a full month and it was fun to take Prune there with her little backpack.. really felt like first day of school !!
It’s nice anyway, leaves me time “on our own” with Maud and I really enjoy that. This [...]

Hey, how do you like my new blog / site ? I so loooooove it ! it did take us a while, but I think it was worth it.. ;-)
I still have a few things I want to work on (like the “patterns” page), and maybe I need to fix something on the RSS [...]

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 [...]

We had a great week-end over at my parents with a lot of my family on my dad’s side. There was 23 of us, ranging from 1 month to 95…! Not all of us, we’re a large family, but already quite a bit.
It was really cool to spend time with them. Plus my mum [...]

“La canicule” is a super hot summer. Like the one they had in 2003 (we weren’t in France then) or this one we’re having now ! Everyday I fight against the heat to keep it away as long as possible. Closed blinds all day and going out only in the morning… I so need [...]

Thanks to “ChloeZ” in the Tote Knitalong for noticing a big bad typo in the Isabeau handbag and tote pattern :
In the “body of the bag” section, right after the seed stitch section it should read
“Next, work 33(53)rows in lace pattern” ( instead of 37/57).
I’ll be sending the corrected pdf tonight to [...]

The skirt was REALLY too short. The top was slightly too wide and kept on rolling. Prune wouldn’t keep it on. All this for nothing..?
So I took my hooks, leftovers of Cotonina in an close-enough light blue… added a sc few rows around the waist with eyelets for an i-cord belt (but turns out she [...]