Thank you!

Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my last post !  Some of you asked me if I would share the pattern of the bag, which has now been named "Victoria", and I am delighted to oblige.  The problem is : I am a bit retarded in the technical world and I don't seem to be able to make a link in my sidebar to the pattern... So for those of you interested, just give me a shout and I will e-mail it to you.  If someone, on the other hand can explain to me the best way to put the link to the document in my sidebar, I would be grateful.

The children will be on holiday next week, which means that if I want something done it will have to be THIS week !  I will try to finish the bag for my swap. I had a few problems with this one and I have decided to start all over again as I was not 100% satisfied with the way it was going.  On the other end, I thought I was doing well with my Icelandic shawl as I was reaching the 300 sts mark which should be the beginning of the border... until I realised that I am not even near the stated measurement! The wool I am using must be finer,  so it means I will probably end up with a million stitches on my needles before I can think Border... Sigh!

PS: I have managed to put a link on the right so help yourselves! It is primitive in Microsoft Word with no picture, I know... but it is the best I can do for the moment...

Comments

[peg]

I would love the pattern for the bag. How appropriate it that you call it Victoria and today in Canada we are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. I also live about a three hour drive from the city of Victoria. Looking forward to getting a pattern from you and thank you so very much!

[dawn]

Your lace may block out a lot. If you are seriously worried, put your stitches on a LONG piece of cotton (in a neutral colour!) and roughly wet block the shawl. I would use a length of cotton that it about 3x the blocked measurment and then tie the ends together (Ms Paranoid typing). I've seen miracles happen with dressed lace!

[Noa]

Francoise, I would *love* to get the pattern, if that's not too much to ask. As for the helping you bit, I would also love to oblige, but unfortunately, I am not familiar with typepad. I shall look into the matter, though, and get back to you if and when I figure something out.

[Marie]

I sympathize about the shawl. I'm working on one right now and still have many more repeats to go. I second Dawn's suggestion though...maybe if you tried preliminarily blocking it...
If it is not too much trouble, I would love to get the shawl pattern from you.
I'm not very technical so can't think of a way to post a link on your site...sorry.

[Regina]

I would love to get the pattern of the bag and to try and make one myself. I am a regular reader and admirer of your wonderful works ... I enjoy your lovely pictures. I dont have a website of my own, but as a kind of reward for the pattern I'll send you the url of "The little Knitters" by the Swiss painter Albert Anker (hope this works ok).

[Christine]

Merci mille fois pour le patron de ton splendide sac ! Je maintiens que tu aurais dû le proposer à Knitty, il le mérite !
Bon courage pour le million de mailles de ton châle !

[carol]

Wonderful - thank you so much for sharing the bag pattern. Off to look for suitable yarn now!

[erin]

Yay, you've got a pattern up now! Maybe the next one will be a sewing pattern for the other bag?

[Louise]

Merci beaucoup pour le modèle, c'est très gentil de ta part.
Je crois que je vais faire un petit tour chez Phildar très bientôt,
A bientôt

[Dorothée]

Chouette on va pouvoir se faire un joli sac pour cet été ! Merci Françoise.

[eivlys]

this is a delightfull place to be ! I love it, spent a wonderfull time going through!
go on please...