Knitting - Crochet - SWAP - 14 gramms of… - Balls - Well, my BB isn't… - Oh Happy Day !!!!!! - Tribulations - Did it !!!!!!!! - WIP...... - Hexagons - Finished!!!

Mercredi 21 octobre 2009

SWAP

I took part in the Grannymaniacs potholders swap,

I made one which I sent on October 15th :

And I got a great one from Margote :

along with some little treasures :

The photos were taken by Margote, the weather right now not being compatible with picture taking!!!

It was a great adventure and I hope that my swapee has received the one I made her, sor far no news !!!!

Merci Margote, I Love It !!!!!!!!!

Thank you Grannymaniacs !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mercredi 7 octobre 2009

14 gramms of happiness...

The other day I received 14 gramms of handmade happiness :

pumpkins

and

eggplant

from Sab's Cupboard......
Lightweight and so soft soft soft.................

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Samedi 12 septembre 2009

Balls

What to do with leftovers???

Here's my next project for the fall.

I've been working on redoing my workroom and there's a lot of organizing to do, sorting, etc.... I've already thrown out lots of stuff, but absolutely not my yarns!!!! Here are a few leftovers that are in my big yarn drawer. I put them together to make something I have in my head.

I'll show you once I'm finished !!!! I started this afternoon....
Just had an urge............

We'll see how it comes out!!!!

My good resolution is starting well, but will I stick to it?????
(see previous post)

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Samedi 8 août 2009

Well, my BB isn't about to be finished !!!!!!!!!!

I wanted to hurry up to finish it, in order to get on to something else.... I made rounds and rounds... And now, I'm stuck!!! Yes and for 2 reasons :

1.Intensive crochet has given me tendinitis, no way to crochet, knit, or even weave in the yarn ends to the BB!!!!

This is where it stands now :

Here it measures about 116x112cm, but see how it's wavy??? Hopefully blocking it will straighten it out, if not, too bad!!!

2. I had planned to put flowers all around it as I explained HERE in my blog, but alas, I'm out of flowers!!!!!

See for yourself :

Here they aren't placed in the final way, but as you can see, I'm missing easily half of what I need, expecially since I don't want just a row of flowers one after another, so I'm missing a ton!!!! And with the tendinitis, it's not ready to be finished!!!! SIGH!!!! Boo Hoo !!!!!

So my Babette Blanket remains a WIP, or UFO, or whatever you want to call it ........

Any suggestions????

My BB was made with my Phildar Lambswool yarn that I had used to make the flowers for an earlier project... plus some other colors added since, because some colors were not renewed.... I who had wanted to finish before going away on holiday, to feel accomplishment in having at least one big project finished !!!!!!!!!!! DARN!!!!!!!!

EDIT - August 9th 2009 :

The pattern is Babette Blanket by Kathryn Merrick - you can get it HERE I made the translation into French with Kathy's and Interweave Press' authorization, just ask me for it!

The yarn I used is Lambswool by Phildar in these colors : Curry, Fushia, Perruche, Pistache, Curaçao, Papaye, Soleil, Turquoise, Verveine, Muscat, Goelette, Paon, Velours , Jungle, Bronze, Vert d'eau, Ecosse, et some touches of Vésuve, and some various leftover yarns from here or there... crochet 3mm
The flowers are from a crochet scarf of various flowers and leaves pattern by Phildar in their fall/winter 2005-06 catalogue n°440 which to my knowledge is no longer in print.

Now you know everything!!!!!!!!

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Samedi 2 août 2008

Oh Happy Day !!!!!!

I did it, who thought I would, I finished the Gilet de Jeanne - a pattern by
COCO with a few little changes, see for yourself :

To follow the saga of this little sweater, you can re-read here, here and here

I added long sleeves, because I shiver easily, and boy is this coton yarn soft and so pleasant against my skin............!!!!!

I get the feeling I got younger by 20 years when wearing this little top with my old faded and recently patched up jeans.....

As a bonus, I'm even showing you my face..........

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Lundi 9 juin 2008

Tribulations

My adventures continue ....

After having redone 2 fronts of Jeanne with a larger size needle, I realised in measuring them that one was smaller than the other!!! (see my article in French here : Penelope or Not Penelope???)

Not remembering what I had done to achieve this, I unraveled them - again!!! First I made balls, then a few days later I figured that the fibres had sufferred and that they were going to be taut in the balls, so I unwound them onto the back of a chair and made one big skein to let the fibres fill out again :

And I'm putting it aside........ After a break, maybe my spirits will be clearer and I'll be able to knit this sweater !!!!!!!!!

In the meantime, I'm creating a Thing..... a mystery........

Have a nice sunny day !!!!!

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Jeudi 29 mai 2008

Did it !!!!!!!!

A WIP or UFO, Finished!!! YESSSS!!!

And I'm really happy and proud of myself because I finally understood 2 new knitting techniques !!!!!

I've just finished "Diane" by Coco and I stole the idea from Cécile for the closure......

And here's my version :

or rather :

Knitted in PhilMèche Taupe color from Phildar..... Model by Coco......

So, here's what I learned :

How to make nice seams on the side:

Do you see the seam?????

To learn how to do this, go here :

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/knitting-tips
Go to "Finishing" et click on the Mattress stitch video ......

And for invisible shoulder seams :

To learn how : http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/casting-off
go down the page et click on the "Three needle Bind off" video

Thank You KnittingHelp!!!!!

Now all I need to learn is how to nicely pick up stitches and how to make nice looking buttonholes, and how to nicely assemble sleeves..... THen I can finish Jeanne (without sleeves) by Coco as well......

HELP!!!!!!!