Precious silk from Paris

These are the silk fabrics i brought back from Paris ! That's one of the things i love most in this city : you can find soo many precious and delicate things. I'm so excited to make new things out of those ! Soon in the webshop... stay tuned !

There you go !

Here is the wooly hat i made with the yarn i bought on Lausitzer Platz :)
It didn't take long to knit it all the more as the tutorial (in French) i found here was super great !
I have to say i LOVE it, it is so comfortable, warm and soft ! I still can't wait though
for spring to come !!

Crochet flowers

I've been crocheting a lot of squares lately and i needed to do something else for a change.. so i decided to go round instead !
I enjoy very much doing things randomly all the more as i have now more and more possibilities as my collection of yarn is growing :)
I think these flowers will nicely decorate walls, windows or pillows.

Like my granny

Lately i've been working on my crochet project with the yarn i posted before.
Only three colors are used for the granny squares and the last one will be used to put everything together. I can't wait seeing the final result but i still miss a few squares...

New plans

I found this yard on the Lausitzer Platz market : it's handmade, super soft and warm, and it smells sooo good. I would like to make a wooly hat. This is quite a challenge for me because i learned to knit not a very long time ago and i don't have a pattern for the hat i'd like to make.. So i don't know how long it's going to take but i'll keep you posted. May be i'll end up making a scarf... we'll see :P

The good thing is that i enjoyed a lot the Lausitzer Platz market. My friend Ninon took me there and i think i'm going to sell my creations there on fridays (so does she), as soon as the weather is better. I can't wait !

Loops' call

There is this shop in Prenzlauer Berg named Loops, where they sell everything for knitting. I went the other day and i managed to resist buying something. But today i went back.. well i was in the area :P
I bought these colors because i have something in mind. I won't say more for now but I'll keep you posted on that !

Gardening

I sewed a lot lately, so i felt like having a new occupation. My friend Emmanuance, who knits a lot of beautiful and elaborate things, tought me how to knit, and i love it !
I began whith an easy scarf, like almost everyone i assume :) and i'm now one step further : at the moment i'm knitting some vegetables ; i already made a bunch of radishes and carrots, and i'm going to make some tomatoes too yeahh !

It reminds me a lot of my childhood when i cas playing whith my sister : we use to recycle packagings to create our own supermarket. At this time we din't have a fruit and vegetables department :P

For the occasion i gave myself bamboo knitting needles which are fantastic ! It's a lot easier to knit with and the result is a lot more regular !

k-fehin is exciting

Today i went to visit my friend k-fehin. She's a "geek" as she says, it actually means she's a gifted programmer, and i was told there's a few women on Planet Geek... She's also a gifted cartoonist : she tells the funny short stories of her life in Na Klar ! (her online cartoon in French).

She showed me the upcoming new Excuse my French website she made... it's sooooo nice, i can't wait presenting it to you !! I don't want to reveal too much about it, but she used lovely colours and fonts, made a great work on the pictures, all according to what she felt about the little Excuse my French world. I have to say she felt right !

She took me to the pâtisserie named Olivia, where she made me try the best chocolates ever (blackcurrant & basil) : i definitely want to go back there !! I forgot to say k-fehin is a genuine chocolate lover ;)

Then we went together to the market in Kreuzberg, just to have a look...

Well, as usual i couldn't resist... but i was reasonable this time : i just bought a small piece of a pastel pink tartan fabric and an old French fashion magazine. Everyone has his own vice...

In my studio

As you can see, one of my other passions is fabrics ! I love to buy them in Paris nearby Montmartre, but i also found a lot of beautiful ones in Berlin. As i cannot resist buying fabrics, i usually go in fabric shops only if i really need something in particular.
I especially love colourfull and sparkling fabrics. It may not be obvious on the picture, but i classify them (yes i do!) by type of material.

Florist by profession

Here is the final stage in my making of flowers : i add the button, the leaf and the pin.
I love to choose the button that will enhance the character of a flower.

Buttons are one of my passions and i buy tonnes of them in shops or fleemarkets. I love when they look a bit oldfashioned with lots of details.

Sweet & tasty !

So now i feel like making a lot of stuff with my new sewing partner (see previous post) to decorate my studio. I made this pillow with a japanese piece of fabric i bought on a shiny sunday at the fleemarket in Mauerpark. Until now i didn't know what would come out of this small piece of fabric, and it came to my mind it would be perfect to make my atelier's chair more comfortable. And cherry on the cake the colours fit perfectly... tasty !

How wonderfull is this ?

Yesterday i got the greatest surprise ever : my friend Bibiana offered me her old Ideal sewing machine. She's moving to Rome for a few months and it's sooo heavy she couldn't bring it there. I can't thank her enough for this...

I wasn't sure if i wanted to have this beautiful machine in the shop, so that it would also be a great piece of deco, or to have it at home... I decided to have it at home just in case i feel like sewing in the middle of the night, cos i just love it so much. This machine is not only beautiful and robust, it also makes a smooth little sound when working, it's so confortable to sew with and it can sew all types of fabrics - even leather !

So here is the picture of my new Ideal sewing machine, which fits perfectly in my studio at home (i must confess i had to tidy the place up to take the picture, it usually doesn't look like this ooops...)

Waiting for spring

At the moment the winter in Berlin is freezing, so let's think about spring, which is going to come sooner or later ! Here are the new fabrics I bought in Paris that inspire me already lots of ideas :)
Blue and pink vichy cotton
Blue flowered, yellow squared and multicolor dotted cotton
Multicolor flowered, multicolor squared and orange dotted silk