Picasa, my best friend

These past months, I didn't just knit on my vest. I made a few little things.... and it's easy to get them lost in the craft basket. But then there is this lovely thing called "inventory". After all, I have to prepare for 3 Christmas fairs this year. So this means making a list of what I have, and the prices... and pictures.

This is where Picasa is a very handy tool. I can upload pictures and keep them in chronological order, with notes, in just one click. So I invite you to check out the album with the 2012 creations, and of course the little things I made.

And because we all love pictures, here is the tawashi rose I made for my grandma's birthday. I made a few more in different colours, well, the petal part at least. I think it's so lovely we don't dare to use it to wash the dishes, but still... ;)

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Ces derniers mois je n'ai pas fait que du tricot sur ma veste, j'ai aussi fait des petits trucs, en vue des marchés de Noël de cette année.

Mais c'est tellement facile de les perdre à droite à gauche qu'un inventaire est nécessaire, et donc photos.... mises sur mon album Picasa. C'est très pratique, toutes les photos des créations par ordre chronologique, sans mes blablas. Donc je vous invite à aller voir l'album de Craft 2012 pour tout voir.

Mais comme on aime les photos, voici la rose que j'ai faite pour l'anniversaire de ma grand mère. C'est un tawashi, mais on n'oserait pas faire la vaisselle avec ! ;)

Back from the dead?

Hum, can we say this blog has been heavily neglacted? I could say it's work and stuff, but I think I would blame laziness and the lack of interest for blogging. Not to mention that I feel that the experiment "one language, one blog" ment double work, so I think I will come back to just this blog here.

Also, the world has changed. Now people are on Facebook, Twitter, and blogs tend to be a thing of the past. Which is a shame, as the blog format is way nicer to read, especially for crafting blogs where we like to see pictures of the projects, and don't need to see all the other fancy stuff....

And just yesterday, I discovered Pinterest. Now that is an interesting tool. Watching pictures, sharing the ones we like.... I feel I will use it as a sort of project ideas board. If you want to follow me on Pinterest, click the button on the right

But once again, it's gonna be time consuming. Just like... facebook games. The new baby is Chefville. And when you play.... you don't craft. But...

If you remember, last time I showed you my knitted vest at the beginning. Just then we entered a heatwave, hard to knit something big while sweating ;)

I'm glad (and proud) to say the body and arms part is done, and I'm now knitting the hood ! This is a near miracle, as I tend to give up in the middle of such big projects....

Now that was a long blab, so I will stop here, but more will come soon...

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Ce blog a été très négligé, et on ne peut pas dire que le concept de "un blog par langue" soit un succès, vu que cela demande bien plus de boulot. Donc retour de la langue française ici.

En plus, le monde a changé, et il semblerait que les blogs doivent donner la place à Facebook et Tweeter. Pourtant, pour les bricoleurs comme nous, le format blog est toujours intéressant, montrant les choses de manière claire et chronologique.

Hier j'ai découvert Pinterest, et par contre, je trouve que je vais pouvoir y passer des heures rien qu'à collectionner les idées. Si vous voulez me suivre sur Pinterest, utilisez le bouton sur la droite.

Au niveau création, j'ai tricoté ma veste, et je suis fière d'être presque au bout, alors que ce n'était pas gagné dans mon cas, car j'ai tendance à abandonner les gros projets en cours de route.

ca fait beaucoup de blabla, donc je vais m'arrêter là, mais je parlerai bientôt...

The challenge cardigan

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Everything started with my favourite hoodie going in the washing machine one time too much. It's still ok, to wear, but I doubt it would live much longer.

I felt that as a knitter and crocheter, I should make my own, but I never made a jumper before, and all my projects are small. I fear that a whole jumper would get boring quickly.

But then I came across this pattern. I know it's originally for a little girl, but the pattern itself is very adaptable. Plus it's knitted all in one go, So I wanted to start straight away. Problem is that it was 7am, and I had to wait till the wool shop opens at 10am. But it's summer, so I was home at 11am, without having to fight the market crowd or anything.

It's knitted straight, but on circular needle because of the raglan increase. And because I have to handle the whole front, back and sleeves at once, I'm using 2 circular needles already.

Here is how it looks after 1 day of knitting :

Jam pot cover

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In the same idea as the Santa socks (I see a pattern on the web and need to make it straight away), here are jam pot covers made with this pattern.

A while ago, my step mother suggested that we make some pot covers, but I don't eat jam, don't make jam, so I didn't see why I would spend time and yarn on this. But this pattern is made in about 30 minutes, so it's worth it ;)

I think I will tie a ribbon around it in time.... The red is the first I made, but it's a bit big, so I try a smaller hook with pink, and yet a small er hook for a second (5, 4 and 3 mm hook repectively)

Enjoy !

Santa socks

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I know it's way early to make Christmas stuff, but I came across this pattern and I had to try it ! The pattern is for the big sock, but then I thought it was a bit too big, and I didn't make enough rounds for the ankle part anyway, so I adapted the pattern to make the small one. These are so quick to make and so much fun I think I will make a few of those...

Tawashies a gogo

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This is quite a productive period. But not for blogging. The thing is that tawashies are so much fun to make, and so fast !!! We are back to the relaxing craft with instant satisfaction : In about one hour or two, you get one of those cute things !!!

Now I have to get the courage to actually use some of those to clean dishes ! I use the first spiral tawashi I made, intensively, but to use the Santa for exemple.... I guess it could be a kitchen decoration or a pan holder.

Anyway, here is the collection :

Summer crochet

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I really can't concentrate on blogging, but I have loads to show. We are back from holidays. This time we decided to drive to Normandy and Brittany, driving about 3h max at a time, through the lovely country that is France, avoiding highways.

Lots of fields, cows and wind turbines, but not many people ;) And it was the occasion to crochet in the car. I had chosen to make a slouchy hat with this pattern. In the end it's quite big, and it will be comfy this winter. It was an ideal project as it's repetitive but nice to do.

Before leaving I made a few tawashies, just because I love it. Here they are :

Bottle apron

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I found this pattern on Ravelry, and thought it was super cute. I made it quite fast, but then this apron doesn't fit any bottle I have at home. Oh well, never mind...

Can cosy

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We are going on a road trip to Britanny soon, and I thought it would be cool to have cosies to carry hot and cold drinks.

I thought it would be helpful to DBF who loves coffee on the go, and tends to burn his hands with the cardboard cups.

So I made cosies with a bottom, in order to be able to use them with any size recipient. The only problem with the pattern used here is that the holes are too big for protection. The next cosy will have a more dense pattern....

Lip Balm cosy

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DBF : "But you are making cosies for everything!!!"

Hum, he might be right.... Why make a cosy for the lip balm that I carry in my bag all the time? Will I really hang it to my key ring?

Oh, anyway, isn't it one of the cutest thing you've ever seen?

Pattern here