How do you say “Embrase” in english ?
So we went to my parents last week-end. And my mum wanted something to hold the curtains (can’t find the word in my online dictionary, they’re called “embrases” in french) …
Playing with fiber, and a bloggy Award ! :-)
I recently became obsessed with textured batts and fiber. Spent hours drooling over some on Etsy, indulged in one lot, and started daydreaming about the day when I can afford …
Surprise for the 200th !!
This is what I call summer: after a good swim in the lake this morning, generous fruit smoothie and an ice cream cone for the afternoon snack.. Life is good …
Pattern download now thru Ravelry, and more spinning
I kept having troubles with the pattern download system so I’ve now moved it all so the downloads go through Ravelry. Don’t fret though, apparently there’s no need to be …
Bottlegreen and Gunmetal, somehow..
Here’s the final pics of the Corriedale roving I dyed for katy, the winner of a custom skein of handpainted and handspun yarn. She said her favorite colors are bottlegreen …
My Mother Marion kick-spindle : a quick review
I wanted to make a review of my new Mother Marion kick-spindle for a bit, as I used to look up every source of info when wondering whether I’d buy …
Some knitting, and lots of spinning/dyeing
Hi eveybody, so I think I’ve fixed some things around here. For some reason there was some automatic rewriting of my main url (chezplum.com becoming chezplum.com/blog). Seems it blocked some …
And the winners are…
The winners of my Summer Raffle are : (I had to draw an aditional number as I thought it’d be more fair not to have one person win several prizes) …
I’m back & Last days to buy your Raffle tickets !
Hi, I’m back ! Hope you all had a great week ! We did, sharing our time between the beach, the swimming pool and the garden. Nice warm weather. But …
Upadte on the Raffle and more
Many thanks to all the generous people who have already contributed : So far we have raised $84 for my friend with the Raffle ! 🙂 There’s still 10 days …