A granny cowl/capelet for Anne
My friend Anne asked me a couple weeks ago if I could make a special Birthday for her best friend. She came in my studio, looked through all the accessories …
“Loup”, new hooded jacket crocheted with Lett Lopi yarn
I ended up calling this new design LOUP (= wolf in french) … because I certainly don’t feel like a Little Red Riding Hood !! 😉 A super warm and …
Crochet technique – Double, treble or quadruple crochets ? A simple visual tip
In my designs I like to use one of the coolest features of crochet: the ability to work stitches of different heights in the same row, to add shaping for …
Creativa craft fair, with free spinning and crochet workshops
Last week, I had a fabulous opportunity to show my work at a large craft fair here in Grenoble, “Creativa”. We were invited with our Grenoble knitting group to organise …
Now she has her own sewing machine…
My older daughter will turn 11 this summer, but she’s turning into a craft addict. Or rather, a sewing addict. Lately she’s been asking more and more to use my …
Wip-wednesday: waist increases for my LettLopi hooded jacket
Good progress to be reported since last week. I closed the hood, crocheted along its edge to start on shoulders, separated sleeves… and continued down towards the waist. For the …
WIP wednesday – a story of hoods…
I currently have 2 hooded jackets on the hook. This one was started over a month ago, yet I’m still not done with the hood because… It started with this …
New year, Resolutions and organisation
Happy New Year !! May it be joyfull & creative, full of love among your loved ones !! I hardly worked at all for 2 weeks, not even touching my …
Getting into Amigurumis…
Because I teach workshops locally, students have asked about an Amigurumi workshop. Well I did crochet a couple amigurumis ages ago, but not that many. Totally needed to refresh my …
Inspiring crochet – Visual artist Nick Cave
This week I discovered the inspiring world of Nick Cave (no, not the musician. Quite amazing to see there are 2 out-of-this-world Nick Caves on this earth !!) thanks to …