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Kits for Brioche Seeds

A short presentation of the Brioche Seeds kits – don’t forget that the pattern is free when you buy the kit, only until Thursday 12 March 2020 at midnight (CET – Paris time)!

To take advantage of the offer, simply put the pattern for Brioche Seeds and one of the Brioche Seeds kits in your cart and place your order before Thursday 12 March 2020 at midnight (CET – Paris time).

This is also an opportunity to discover the Hanfwerk yarn, made from 90% organic merino and 10% hemp.

The small percentage of hemp gives the yarn more body than a pure merino wool, which means that it works beautifully for textured stitch patterns.

It really shines in brioche stitch, and would also enhance any cable pattern.

If you want to try the Brioche Seeds pattern, take advantage of the offer so you can also experience this yarn!

Brioche Seeds in the shop.

5 different Brioche Seeds kits (don’t forget to add the pattern to your cart).

Hanfwerk yarn in organic merino and hemp.

Brioche Seeds

I’m so happy to introduce my new knitting pattern: a one-colour brioche cowl, Brioche Seeds!

As in my Solfège design, I played with the idea of a buttoned cowl that can be worn in multiple ways.

Brioche Seeds is a great pattern for the brioche stitch beginner, who wants to work on basic brioche skills in a one-coloured pattern including increases and decreases.

Brioche Seeds is knitted in the Hanfwerk yarn, in organic merino and hemp. I have prepared 5 different kits with the yarn and the buttons – and from now and up to Thursday 12 March 2020, the pattern is free when purchased with a kit!!

To take advantage of this offer, simply put the pattern for Brioche Seeds and one of the Brioche Seeds kits in your cart and place your order before midnight Thursday 12 March 2020 (CET).

Check out Brioche Seeds in the shop!

Kits for the Blue Song shawl

I have several kits in store for you, to make a two-colour version of the beautiful Blue Song shawl, designed by EclatDuSoleil!

In Beth Chatto and Covent Garden :

You can complement the delicately nuanced freesia (Beth Chatto) either with the elegant grey Romeo (Covent Garden) …

… or with the warm brown Othello (Covent Garden).

Another suggestion is to combine the zesty green Juliette (Covent Garden) with the charcoal Campêche with a hint of violet (London).

And as a foreboding of spring, this fresh combination of the sweet freesia (Beth Chatto) and the crisp cream (London).

The pattern is not included in the kit – if you haven’t purchased it already, click here to find it.

Blue Song – crochet shawl

I’m so happy to introduce a new design by EclatDuSoleil/Hélène Marcy: the Blue Song shawl!

A beautiful design in laceweight yarn. The pattern gives you two borders to choose from, and you can, of course, place your colours any way you like!

A “colour block” style in three shades – here worked in laceweight bamboo (a yarn that is currently unavailable), but perfectly adapted to London or one of the other dyes on the same yarn base, to the cobweb held double – or why not try the fingering weight merino for a cosy winter version?

Or stripes in two colours – all three version of my wool and silk laceweight yarn will work equally well: London, Covent Garden and Beth Chatto.

Discover the pattern for Blue Song and all its possibilities in the shop!

Knit legwarmers!

One ball of Zauberball 100, a simple pattern, and here we go! A pair of legwarmers which will keep your calves warm and pretty!

Smurf-coloured leggings completely optional – in my latest video podcast, you can see them worn on black (stepping on the table).

And better still: with 1 ball of Zauberball 100, the pattern is free, provided that you add it to your cart at the same time as the Zauberball.

Would you like to knit with something else, the pattern is available for a very low price, and includes instructions on how to knit legwarmers with any yarn, for any calves.

Check out the pattern for knitted legwarmers in the shop.

Balayage, a yarn in baby alpaca and organic merino

This yarn is one of the softest I’ve ever touched! It is now available in my shop in 8 different colours:

617 Ishinca – this is actually the base yarn, on which the other colours have been dyed. As you can see, it is not a white yarn. Some of the alpaca fibers are grey, creating this beautifully nuanced light grey colour. These subtle nuances are also present in the dyed colours.

Another grey, the 618 Umayo, a magnificent elephant grey. The baby alpaca that makes up 80% of the yarn does not necessarily come from young animals. The name indicates that the fibers used are particularly fine and soft to the skin.

As a dark grey, the 619 Chachani will contrast superbly with all other colours. The merino wool in the yarn is organic and of extra-fine grade. This designation also means that the fibers are very fine.

Another option for a deep colour with good contrast is the 606 Misti. A warm, dark colour, perhaps like the interior of the Peruvian volcano it’s named after.

Colour 607 Tacna gives a brighter echo to its sister Misti. This beautiful pink is named after a city in the very south of Peru, close to the Chilean border.

A tangy yellow, the 609 Piura, clearly shows off the spin of the yarn. Being a 2-ply yarn, Balayage will give a very slight but noticeable structure to the simplest stitch pattern.

Colour 608 Iquitos is a soft orange, going as easily with the greys as with the more vivid colours. No road will take you to the city of Iquitos in the Amazonian forest – you must go by boat or plane.

This both soft and energizing green is the 610 Machu Picchu, named after the forgotten, then rediscovered city considered as a masterpiece of Inca architecture.

Each 50-gram ball of Balayage holds 175m (191yds) of yarn. The producer suggests the use of 3.25 mm (US 3) knitting needles, I recommend crocheting it with a 4 mm (US D-3) hook.

All these colours of the Balayage yarn are available in my shop.

You will find a video presentation of this yarn in my podcast #15 from the 30th January 2020.

Kits for Guinguette

Do you want to knit Guinguette?

I’m happy to present 5 versions of the kit!

Version 1, in granite grey, apricot, tangerine and hot pink. Those were the colours I used in my first prototype.

Version 2, in granite grey, daffodil, bubblegum pink and pansy. These were the colours in the test knit that resulted in the final version of the pattern!

Version 3, in mouse grey, apricot, tangerine and hot pink. The vivid colours in version 1 take on yet more intensity against the backdrop in darker grey.

Version 4, in granite grey, bubblegum pink, hot pink and fuchsia. I could not resist suggesting an assortment of pinks, here subtly enhanced by the granite grey.

Version 5, in mouse grey, bubblegum pink, hot pink and fuchsia. Set against a darker grey, these pinks take on a rock’n’roll flavour!

Check out the kits in the shop – after clicking the link, you can scroll down to find all versions.

Guinguette

I’m very happy to introduce my latest pattern: Guinguette, a knitted shawl!

It’s a crescent-shaped shawl, mixing an easy, textured stitch pattern with stripes. The bottom edge is finished with a garland of pompoms, reminiscent of the string lights in traditional French taverns called “guinguettes”.

I have also prepared some kits – I couldn’t stop playing with my beautiful fingering merino, so there are 5 versions available!

Check out my joyous Guinguette in the shop!