Au suivant

I have finished my shawl for the Christmas party - Hooray, crisis over, no pashmina to buy last minute! It really needs blocking and cannot be seen as it is now. So pictures to come (with the whole outfit - oh yeah!). Anyway, one project finished, it is time to pass to the next one! Do you remember my little dilemma about my Mamy's present, I decided that she needed a Gingko! She doesn't know it, but believe me she does. Thank you to juicyknits for giving me a link that works - pattern is now printed and in my bag.

J'ai fini le Jardin des Plantes de la Droguerie mais je ne peux pas le montrer dans son etat actuel. Il faut le 'bloquer' (c'est comme ca qu'on dit?), pour les photos ce sera lundi. Je peux donc passer a mon projet suivant - le cadeau de Noel de Mamy. J'ai bien reflechi (au moins 2 bonnes minutes) et je pense que ce qu'elle veut vraiment c'est un gingko. Ca lui manque et elle ne le sait meme pas! Donc me voila de retour sur Ravelry pour voir qui a fait quoi, comment et avec quelle laine... et je crois que j'ai trouve trois modifs qui feront de mon Gingko le cadeau ideal...

So back on Ravelry, to check out the different Gingko projects and I found some interesting modifications. These are the 3 I am considering doing.

DDknits repeated rows 1-16 four times to make a lacier & larger shawl (I am loving this project). Un Gingko plus grand, j'adore..

Wyvon54 put beads on the stems of the leaves. Mamy loves some bling bling, and this would be right up her street - but I have never done it, so could go really wrong and slow me down. Perle ou sans perle, telle est la question? Ma Mamy ADORE tout ce qui brille, alors ce serait une super modif pour elle - mais j'ai peur de ralentir le projet a trop penser comment mettre les perles... A suivre.



Finally Kessalin used laceweight yarn instead of fingering-weight and kept to 4mm to achieve sheer lacey texture. Need to sample then (and I am not really good at that). Un changement de texture en changeant la taille des mes aiguilles - il va falloir faire des essais (et c'est pas franchement mon truc, moi j'aime bien commence toute de suite...)

So here we are. So what do you thing guys? Should I go for a pimped-up Gingko? Anyway it is Friday and I cannot wait for 5pm! Hope you all have a great weekend.

Qu'est-ce que vous en pensez? je me fais toutes les modifs ou seulement une (ou deux)? Tout ce ce qui compte pour le moment c'est qu'on est vendredi et a 17h00 c'est le weekend! Alors bon weekend!!

Decisions, decisions, decisions

So you have seen them... Yes the Christmas adverts have arrived, and it is time to think about presents for my family. I try to knit/crochet a shawl for Mamy (my Grandma) every year. She is always cold, and she loves telling ALL her friends that I have made what she is wearing. So where do you go for inspiration.. yes, ravelry. Here is my selection so far (if you want to get the pattern, I queued them all on my ravelry profile). But what to choose?



I chose a mix of winter-y shawls and more spring-y. It is all colour neutral now, so I cannot get influenced by the colour - does it make it easier, not sure?

There are all very different and requiring varying degree of skills, and varying lenghts of stockinette. I really don't want to get bored otherwise, it will never happen...

And then there is the outsider: the SHRUG. I really do like it, but is it Mamy's style, not sure... I am wondering if she is not a Navdanya prayer shawl... Decisions, decisions, decisions...

So what is your favourite guys?? Have you already thought of Christmas presents - even started making them??

PS: Just ONE day to go before my holiday, I am SO excited!