Sylvie Damey

So the pattern for the Plumetis cardi is now being tested… I can’t wait for the first pics but fear the first typos (or worse ..!!) :-P I have been thinking of a top based on supersized granny squares for a while, and was looking in all my books for that special square… Until I […]

Thanks so much for all the sweet comments on my Plumetis !! :-D I’m like halfway done with the first sleeve, can’t wait to try it on and see what it looks like… ;-P We’ve been away all week-end again, which meant no knitting. I’ll give you yarn pics instead… From top to bottom and […]

Got this lovely sock yarn in the mail last week (from Destash, of course..), Trekking XXL. Just can’t get enough of those colours, Yum ! Started swatching right away… They should be my “practise socks”, probably very plain : I just love love those !! I’ve also nearly finished the crochet booties. Halfway thru the […]

Hi all… nothing but the routine this week – more Booties, more Mittenettes – so I decided to write a little Tutorial instead. Because when you’ve spent hours and hours working on a special something, you just want the packaging to be equally special, no ? This morning I finally decided on that design to […]

Ouch, busy week. I meant to post earlier … and now we’re off tomorrow for a week. Let’s hope for snow because Prune really wants to ski and whatever little snow there was has already melted long ago. Temperatures are just so high this year, it feels like spring !! My parents came over last […]

EDIT: Ooops, just realised I had published this post as “private”..so I guess nobody could actually see it..?!! ;-P P has jus grown up so fast recently. No more nappies (at least during daytime), she insists on eating with us around the table instead of her high-chair, and she’s also moved in to the “big […]

Of course, I ended up not knitting/crocheting much during this week away. A few rows on the Guinevere mohair sweater, and I started crocheting a “friend” for the little crocheted cars… Hopefully I’ll have pictures of more progress later this week.. ;-) I did get my hooks out for something a little bit more unusual […]

“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 a […]

The skirt was REALLY too short. The top was slightly too wide and kept on rolling. P 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 […]

Booh. I was getting all ready so it’s a bit frustrating now. However, I did have a few contractions again last night and she’s so very low now that I’m not losing hope. I try to keep moving as much as possible, walk, vacuum, clean up the flat ect… And we’ll try a mini-hike and […]