Tomorrow, the children go back to school and life goes back to its normal routine... Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed the past two weeks with first, visitors and then, school holidays but it will be so nice to have peace back in the home... (Boris, our cat, is nodding its head in agreement...) It is a good thing I didn't join the Knitting Olympics, I would have had to start on the second week!
Even so the knitting had to slow down, I had spare time to think of ideas for Project Spectrum and I have a couple of projects already lined up for the first two months. I am quite excited by the whole thing (it reminds me of "long-ago" days when I had to prepare school projects). It is a great opportunity to explore colours and experiment with different crafts (I don't intend to stick to knitting).
And if it wasn't enough to keep my mind occupied, I have come across a new knit-along which have just started for this:
Hirondelle from the Bergere de France 's magazine Printemps-ete 134.
I am not going to join but I will definitively order the pattern. Hirondelle will end up in my to-do list for sure...
So many distractions....
Hirondelle is distracting indeed. I am looking forward to all the spring magazines, even though there are patterns from last year's magazines that I have yet to knit!
Posted by: erin | February 20, 2006 at 01:19 AM
Oh my, that looks like something I would wanna knit too! Are the instructions in French?
Posted by: lyn | February 20, 2006 at 03:11 AM
Ohh now that's very pretty, don't distract me too;)
Posted by: Tracy | February 20, 2006 at 10:15 AM
that's a lovely design, there are just sooo many knitting magazines out there now! I've just received (and lost in the stash) another of their magazines, Designer knits for women which is great, lots of cables!
Dawn:)
Posted by: dawn | February 20, 2006 at 02:08 PM
Hirondella is charming! And thank you for advicing me to Project Spectrum, I just have joined, it´s such a brilliant idea! And you are right, it´s like preparing for a test, wondering whether anything comes into my mind.
Posted by: Suzi | February 20, 2006 at 02:31 PM
Efectivement, ce modèle est très beau. As-tu déjà commandé le catalogue Bergère de France.
Posted by: caro | February 20, 2006 at 09:17 PM
Hirondelle is such a lovely pattern. I just wonder if it's easy to translate the pattern instructions to English :)
Posted by: Emy | February 21, 2006 at 03:35 AM
Oooooooooh. I love that sweater! Gorgeous, gorgeous. You should totally knit that! Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) for me, my French isn't good enough to knit a pattern en francais.
Posted by: Elizabeth | February 21, 2006 at 04:11 AM
that is a gorgeous sweater... just think how elegant would it be with a linen floaty skirt? (hint!!)
Posted by: blossom | February 23, 2006 at 06:03 AM
I found you on the web looking for Hirondelle. DO you have the pattern in English. Unfortunately French classes didn't work out for me and I also took Spanish and got them mixed up! (:
Posted by: Page | January 30, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Did you ever make the Hirondelle? I have been looking for that pattern but haven't been able to find it. ):
Posted by: Page | February 01, 2008 at 01:08 PM