I've been busy working on my newly opened etsy shop: http://happyskein.etsy.com i will keep adding items regularly, as soon as i get pictures taken... j'ai été occupée à travailler sur ma nouvelle boutique etsy: http://happyskein.etsy.com je continue à ajouter des articles régulièrement, dès que je prends des photos... but, back to out shee

After that wonderful weekend in the cévennes, we headed for toulouse. again, we weren't sure what was the best way to go and we took the back roads to carcassonne. carcassonne is a well known fortified town and it is even an unesco site ( www.carcassonne.culture.fr ). before we got there, it was lunch time and we were hungry and tired. we tried to

The weekend before last, i dyed some wool. i did five different colors: dark purple, red, light purple, light blue and turquoise. i didn't have anything in mind when i started. i carded the colors separately, then i started mixing them. i had very roughly 1/3 dark purple, 1/3 red, 1/6 light purple, 1/6 light blue and 1/6 turquoise. i first passed a

First, i need to mention that all pictures from this trip were taken by me. after our stay in provence we headed for the cévennes. after debating which route to take (either the autoroute, which is faster or the back roads, which takes longer but is definitely more scenic), we decided to take the scenic route.when driving in france, don't try and

M&m is no more. he had disappeared about a month ago and last night me found his remains. he is now in peace with his brother mars. m&m n'est plus. il avait disparu il y a environ un mois et hier soir me a trouvé ses restes. il est maintenant en paix avec son frère mars.

In order to help you wait while i finish writing the end of the story of our trip , i am showing you a picture of my latest work: afin de vous aider à attendre pendant que je finis d'écrire la fin du récit de notre voyage , je vous montre une photo de ma dernière réalisation : it was the first of the kind, but it won't be the last. i actually

I can't believe it has been so long since i last posted! i'm still here! well, i did move... not very far though, but i'll talk about it later. right now i can't wait to show you my new babies. je n'arrive pas à croire que ça fait si longtemps depuis mon dernier message!je suis toujours là! bon en fait j'ai déménagé... mais pas très loin et

Obviously, i haven't been knitting fast enough lately. i ran out of yarn!i am knitting a square shawl in the round. sounds suspicious right there, doesn't it? but no, be reassured, it works.anyway, i had three balls of yarn for the shawl. upon finishing the first one, i thought i wouldn't have enough to finish, so i modified the pattern to make it

As i am struggle with facebook (i am on dial up and cannot get facebook to load at home), i remembered that once upon a time, i had a blog. it is moving slow, but at least i can write something (don't know about posting pictures yet). the flock has slowly grown over the years. we now have 13 shetland ewes, 1 shetland ram, 3 shetland wethers, 5 shet

Yes, what i showed you earlier is boutis. boutis is a technique unique to the provence area in france. in short, two layers of fabric are quilted together (no batting) and the shapes thus delimited by the stitches are stuffed. when properly done, it is completely reversible.i just discovered the technique, by accident. while at the silk museum in t