mercredi 20 janvier 2016

Soooooo lucky again !!!

De nouveau gâtée !!
Et oui !!
Ce matin j'ai reçu par la poste une enveloppe contenant une surprise géniale !!
Encore !!
Cette fois, il s'agit d'une surprise de la part une copinaute française Mine du blog Rose and Mine, particulièrement agréable et amusant !!

I've been lucky again !! 
Yes !
This morning I've received an envelope with a great surprise inside !! 
Again !!
This time it's a surprise from an other bloggy friend of mine, a french one : Mine from the blog Rose and Mine, a lovely and funny one !! 


Voici ce que l'envelope contenait : 
This is what was inside the envelope : 


Un joli porte-monnaie avec d'un côté un petit chat brodé et de l'autre côté un espace pour y ranger des mouchoirs en papier. 

A wonderful handmade purse with a little cat enmbroidered on one side and on the other side a space for tissues. 

Pour Mine ce cadeau est en remerciement pour ce snood que je lui avait tricoté dernièrement avec de l'alpaga que j'avais moi-même filé. 

Mine gave me this present by way of thanks for a snood that I had knitted recently with an Alpaca yarn I had spun myself. 

Photo prise par Mine

Je ne sais quoi dire sauf encore une fois MERCI !!! 
Merci Mine !!

I don't know what to say ! Except once again THANK YOU !! 
And Stop !
Stop sending me some wonderful things even if I love them but you don't have to !!!!!!

I hope you're all fine ! 

Please Take Care
and 
See you soon !

gb

dimanche 17 janvier 2016

Gifts from bloggy friends Fiona and Valentina ...


L'année 2015 s'est terminée avec deux surprises venant de deux copinautes ...
En 2016, j'utilise déjà ces deux super cadeaux.

The year 2015 ended with 2 surprises from 2 bloggyfriends of mine ...
In 2016, I already use these 2 greats gifts !

L'un est celui de FIONA, du blog Made in a muddle. Je les trouve trop choux !! 
One comes from FIONA from the blog Made in a muddle. 


L'autre est celui de VALENTINA, du blog Weaving Olden Patterns ... un joli snood crocheté tout en Alpaga tout exprès pour moi !! 

The other one comes from VALENTINA from the blog  Weaving Olden Patterns ... a very pretty crocheted snood all alpaca made specially for me !!! 



Elles m'ont véritablement gâtée !! 
Alors, je n'ai pas d'autres mots que MERCI, MERCI et MERCI !!!!! 

I've been really spoilt and I have no other words except THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!!

I'm grateful for your support ...
I hope you've had a very lovely weekend and you'll have a very happy week ahead ...

Please Take Care
And 
See you soon !

gb

samedi 16 janvier 2016

Photo du vendredi


He loves this TV series !!!

Il adore cette série !! 


Happy Week end ! 

Happy Spinning ! 
Happy Hooking 
and Knitting ! 

gb

vendredi 8 janvier 2016

jeudi 7 janvier 2016

Un matin pluvieux

Un matin pluvieux permet d'essayer mes nouveaux joujoux ... 
A rainy morning gives me the opportunity to try my new toys ... 




de ranger quelques fils en attente de retordage ou de teinture ....
To tidy up some handspun yarns awaiting for plying or dyeing ...



de boire une bonne tasse de thé ... 
To drink a good cup of tea ...


de savourer des petits bonbons au coquelicot ...
to enjoy some poppy-flavored candies ...


de réfléchir aux objets à créer pour le prochain marché médiéval ...
To think about some stuff to make for the next medieval market ...


De ranger quelques objets offerts par un certain barbu ...
To tidy up some stuff given by a certain bearded man ...



De crocheter ...
To crochet ... 


Vous faites quoi vous un matin pluvieux ? 
What about you ? What do you do on a rainy morning ? 

Bonne journée créative !
Happy creative day ! 
xx

vendredi 1 janvier 2016

Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016 !


HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

BONNE ANNEE !! 

Je vous souhaite à toutes le meilleur pour 2016 ! 

I wish you the best for 2016 ! 

vendredi 18 décembre 2015

lundi 14 décembre 2015

Christmas Market

Last weekend I was at my first christmas market stall in my medieval town, Provins. 
I sold my handspun yarn and some knitted and crocheted hats, scarves, slippers, wreaths. 
I also demonstrated the spinning and all the work on raw fleeces prior to it. 
It was a big success for my non making-profit association. 

I let you see ...



Many many people came and asked me many many questions about the spinning. 


I'd tried to explain as I could ...



Many children were also very interested and sometimes very funny with their questions about the Sleeping Beauty ....



Many people wanted to know more about the work on raw fleeces. 





That took place in an very old vault (13th century). 




My weekend was wonderful. 
I loved spending my time with all of the visitors. 
Thanks to my husband for the pics ... 

I hope you're all fine and 
Thanks for stopping by ... 

Please Take Care
and
See you soon
xx


dimanche 13 décembre 2015

It was just a little robin ...


On the 13th of november, I was far from home (860 kms) in the south of France because of some medical cares for painful joints. I was there alone. 
The days after, a big sadness, a sorrow, a huge angriness were in my heart and I had an overwhelming feeling of powerless. 
One day, I tried to find again a semblance of calm by spinning. I decided to do it in the sun. 
As I was spinning and been lost in my thoughts, I heard a sound around me. 
A tiny sound of a bird.  
I looked up and I saw a little robin on the fence just front of me. 


He/she stayed with me for a while. 
I mean one hour at least ... 


He/ she was so cute, so sweet, so peaceful ... 
This little robin helped me to smile again.


He/ she surprised me in that he/ she stayed around by watching me. 
Sometimes still on the fence, sometimes in the grass. 



He/ she seemed to be so curious. 
 Why did this little bird stay here for so long ? Was it the wheel ? Was it my sorrow ?


Finally I don't mind why he/ she stayed there. 
He/ she made me happy at that time. 
He/ she was the beauty in this dark period of horrors. 



He/ she made me think about the incapability of humans to love each other. Most of animals are able to help, to share food, to share territories, to take after, to play with individuals of other species. Why most of humans do the opposite and kill the difference ? 
We can write tons of pages about this matter, it wouldn't change anything ! It's getting worse every day !!
I'm exhausted by how politicians are unable to take right decisions for people. 

This little bird gave me a quiet and peaceful moment ...
It was just a little robin ... 
that helped me to forget for a while the atrocities of this world. 

The days after, I saw a robin on my balcony. 
I bought some seeds ... 


What it the same robin ?
Was it  another one ? 
I don't mind. 
I fed him/her and I was happy to do something back for him/her. 
It was my way to thank them to be there and so kind !

I hope you all have some small things that help you surprisingly to feel better when everything becomes dark and completely mad all around you...

Please, Take Care 
and 
See you soon 
xx

vendredi 11 décembre 2015

Photo du vendredi

My beloved Hippolyte is a hunter ... ! 


Happy Week end ! 

Happy Spinning, 

Happy Hooking and Knitting ! 

xx

lundi 7 décembre 2015

My life between cats and wool.

Ces temps-ci je vis entre mes chats et ma laine ...
Avec mes chats parce que je suis beaucoup à la maison, ne travaillant généralement pas les matins. 

These days I've been living with and between my two beloved cats and my wool ...
With my cats because I'm very often at home. I'm not working in the morning. 


Hippolyte, après presque 3 mois passés à la maison prend ses aises dans mon atelier. 
After 3 months at home, Hippolyte likes spending his time in my studio. 

Il adore être avec moi lorsque je travaille sur mon ordinateur. 
He loves being with me when I'm working on my computer. 


Il ne s'entend toujours pas avec Agathe de presque 8 ans son aînée. Nous les faisons alors se croiser pour éviter un trop grand stress pour tout le monde.  

He doesn't get along with Agathe, the 8 years older cat.
Then we prevent too much stress by making them avoiding each other and not meeting each other in the house or in the garden. 


Dans ma laine en raison de quelques marchés de Noël passés et à venir où je présente mon activité lainière. 
En Septembre dernier, j'ai crée une association de loi 1901 "L'Atelier des Laines" visant à promouvoir le travail de la toison au fil. Je peux ainsi présenter mon travail sur des marchés. 

In my world of wool because of some past and future christmas markets where I'm spinning and showing my work with the homespun yarn. 
Last september I created a non-profit-making association "L'Atelier des laines" (that means "the workshop of wool") which the aim is to promote the work from the fleeces to yarns. Thus, I can now have stall in markets to show and sell my work. 
On the pic below it's where I was the last weekend.  

Ci-dessous, le week end dernier. 




Le prochain marché est prévu les 12 et 13 décembre au coeur de la ville médiévale de Provins. 
The next market will be on the 12th and 13th of december in my medieval town, Provins. 

Je vais tenir un stand d'animation de filage au rouet. 
A cette occasion, je vais présenter l'ensemble du travail que j'ai déjà effectué cette année sur les toisons de mouton Texel et d'Alpaga. 
Je vous laisse voir.
Vous pouvez en voir une partie ici, dans un ancien article. 

I let you see what I've done with some ewes' fleeces and Alpaca. 
You probably remember some pieces I had showed here.



Ici quelques pelotes d'alpaga filé main et tricoté en une écharpe en côtes anglaises. 
Here some balls of grey alpaca handspun and a scarf knitted in 
fisherman ribs. 

J'ai également tricoté un col avec cette même laine. 
I also knitted a cowl with this yarn. 



Sur la photo, un bonnet tricoté avec un fil que j'ai fabriqué à partir d'une partie de toison de brebis Bizet. 

On the pic you also see a hat knitted with a handspun yarn made with a fleece's ewe (Bizet). It's very rustic ... and warm. 


Une toison d'Alpaga Suri noire que j'ai commencé à filer avec de la soie bleue.  Le travail est en cours.

A black Alpaca Suri fleece, I've started to spin with a blue silk. I'm still working on it. 


J'ai également travaillé du baby Alpaga ...

I also worked on a Baby Alpaca fleece ... 


Qui donne une laine somptueuse ... 
That gives a magnificent yarn ... 

Je me suis fait plaisir à filer sans chercher de la régularité avec de l'Alpaga blanc. Je pense que je les teindrai aux pinceaux.
I was pleased to spin without seeking to make an even thread with white Alpaca. I think I'll dye these skeins with paintbrushes.


Une toison noire a donné un fil super doux ... 
A black and grey fleece gave a very soft yarn ... 


J'ai pour l'instant 785 mètres de fil et il l'en reste autant à carder et à filer. 

I already have 856 yards of yarn and there's as much as I've carded and spun. 



J'ai encore beaucoup de nappes en cours de préparation et des filages en cours. 
Le soir venu, je tricote ou crochète pour répondre à quelques commandes. 
Celle en cours est un poncho pour une fillette de 2-3 ans. 
Je profite de telles commandes pour vider mes stocks de laine du commerce ....



I have a lot of batts to card and then to spin. I also have many spinning yarns on the go. 
At night, I like knitting or crocheting. 
I produce some handmade things ordered and currently, I've been knitting a poncho for a 2-3 y. old girl. 
These orders are a good way to use up some stash yarns ... 

Thank you sooooooo much for stopping by and for reading my words ...
Thanks also for your supports after the killings in Paris. I'm safe because I'm not living in Paris but in 80 kms from it
We must also think of all people affected all around the world by these atrocities ! 

Please Take Care
and
See you soon ! 
xx


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