Random : Bilingual/Bilingue! and others/et autres...

Hi guys! I am really happy to tell you that this blog will now be bilingual, in both French and English! My readership is diversified: I have readers from the States, England, Australia, but also from France and Québec. After getting several comments about having the blog in French, I decided to give it a try. So this is for you, my fellow francophones!

Bonjour à tous! Je suis très contente de vous annoncer que ce blogue sera  maintenant bilingue, en français et en anglais! Mon lectorat est diversifié : il y a des lecteurs des États-Unis, d'Angleterre, d'Australie, mais aussi de France et du Québec. Après avoir reçu plusieurs commentaires concernant la langue de ce blogue, j'ai décidé de me lancer. Et ce, seulement pour vous, mes francophones!

Can I just say What a week I had! A great, awesome week!

Quelle semaine j'ai eu! Une super semaine!

First, let me thank you for the nice welcome you gave Tobias, my latest design. Thank you thank you!

Premièrement, laissez-moi vous remercier chaleureusement de l'accueil que vous avez donné à Tobias, mon dernier patron. Merci mille fois!

Second, here is what happened this week...

Deuxièment, voici ce qui s'est passé cette semaine...

Last Sunday, I went to see a brand new LYS that opened in the village next to my parents', Mont Tricot in Sutton. I had a wonderful chat with the lovely owner Lucinda. We spoke via Ravelry a couple of days before and it was amazing to meet each other in person. 

Dimanche dernier, je suis allée visiter une toute nouvelle boutique de laine, Mont Tricot, à Sutton, un village voisin de celui de mes parents. J'ai eu une merveilleuse conversation avec la propriétaire, Lucinda. Nous nous étions déjà parlé sur Ravelry et ce fût très agréable de se rencontrer.

But you want to know the best part? Do you?

Mais voulez-vous savoir ce qu'il y a de mieux? Voulez-vous?

I can now officially tell you that there is a great collaboration between Mont Tricot, Indigo Moon yarns (exclusively at Mont Tricot) and me! Isn't great?!  So get ready for some new patterns coming up soon!

Je peux maintenant vous faire l'annonce officiel d'une collaboration entre Mont Tricot, distributeur officiel des laines Indigo Moon,  et moi! C'est génial non?! Vous allez voir, plusieurs nouveaux modèles sont déjà en préparation!

Something else happened this week. Another great, great thing. Maybe you guys from Québec haven't heard of it yet, but in March 2013, there will be the first edition of the Festival des Arts Créatif du Fil (The Creative Thread Arts Festival?) in Boucherville. I received an email from the Director, asking me to be the subject of their very first article! I'll keep you posted!!

Un autre évènement s'est produit cette semaine. Un évèmenent vraiment excitant. Peut-être que vous, québécois(es), n'en n'avez pas encore entendu parler, mais au mois de mars 2013 se tiendra la première édition du Festival des Arts Créatif du fil à Boucherville. Je reçu un courriel du directeur général me demandant si je voulais être le sujet de leur premier publi-reportage! Ne vous en faites pas, je vous tiendrai au courant de sa publication!

Have a wonderful week!

Sur ce, bonne semaine!

New Design : Tobias

US 4.00 $

Raveled Here!

Finished measurement 

22"/56  cm  head  circumference, fits an average adult head. 

Yarn 
1  skein  of  Malabrigo  Yarn  Me-rino Worsted (210 yards/192 meters,  100  grams/3.53  oz)  or  any heavy  worsted  weight/aran weight yarn. 

Needles 
One  US  8/5  mm  32"  or  longer circular  needle  OR  one  set  of  US 8/5  mm  double  pointed  needles or size needed to obtain gauge. 

Gauge 
27.5  sts  X  35  rows  =  4"/  10cm  in Wasp  Nest  st  in  the  rnd,  un-blocked;  17  sts  X  29  rows  =  4"/ 10cm  in  1x1  Ribbing  in  the  rnd, stretched,  with  recommended needles  or  size  needed  to  obtain gauge. 

Notions 
One  stitch  marker,  tapestry  needle, and scissors. 

I am really happy to show you my newest design, Tobias. Tobias is warm. The doubled hem is folded and the CO ed-ge is attached as you knit a Latvian braid. The Wasp Nest pattern is then worked. Due to its folded hem and the slip-ped stitches of the Wasp Nest pattern, Tobias is the perfect winter hat. It keeps your ears and head warm! With just the right amount of slouch, it can be worn as a slouch hat or pulled down as a slightly long beanie. I told you, the perfect winter hat! Work with only 1 skein of Malabrigo worsted, you will want to have one in each color!

Handspun : Dawn

Broken Pattern Hand Dyed Sock Roving (Merino/Nylon) in Dawn colorway. 

Handspun on my drop spindle, 2 ply, fingering weight.

One skein, 395yds / 106g

And it'll become a nice pair of socks. Happy Easter :)

Random : Life being life

Life has the remarquable ability to be itself: life. Life being life. But when it is being itself, it doesn't leave much space for anything else. Life.

But luckily, life is taking a short break. A short break, but long enough to let me tell you that I missed knitting and this blog so much. I have a lot of stuff to show you. Why not start with some yarn candy? Because when life is being life, yarn candy is the best treat ever.

BlackSheep DyeWorks Hand Dyed Fine Lace(65% Merino/35% Silk) in Old Gold

Handmaiden fine yarn Casbah (81% Merino/9% Cashmere/10% Nylon), colorway ???

Sneak Peek : Tobias

New pattern coming soon...

Random : Sunny Afternoon Shoot

Spring was here on Sunday. I had a little fun with my camera in the Montréal Old-Port.

Spin Me a Sweater : The Planning - 360 days left

Spin Me a Sweater is a crazy idea. I challenge myself to spin and knit an entire adult size sweater... in a year... on my drop spindle. I told you, it's a crazy idea. And I'm crazy.

One does not simply spin a sweater. One needs to plan ahead, think about how to spin the fiber. 

Rovings!

First, I all had was a pile of 6 unorganized (but gorgeous!) braided roving. A mess.

Aah... this looks better. All side by side. Neat. But yet, my only weapon is a tiny drop spindle! I need to think about how to attack those seductive rovings. I know that my yarn has to be a 4 ply to be a worsted weight yarn. I know how I spin, and the 3 ply I spun turned out to be more of a DK weight than a worsted. So 4 ply it is.

I divided my 6 rovings into 4 equal parts and rebraided them for storage. I now have a lovely bunch of 24 cute mini braided rovings! 

Let the spinning begin...