Altadena's baby designs: la droguerie

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Pretty in Pink

My pretty in pink cardigan

Yarn: La Droguerie Plumette, Bébé phoque and La Droguerie Surnaturelle, Thé rose

Pattern: Largely inspired from pattern here, here and here for pockets and ribbing

A few notes to remember for future cardigan

✏US7- knit both yarn at the same time

✏ribbing 2K 1P for 30 rows for borders

✏cardigan is much longer and full lengh sleeves

✏ribbing 2k 1P for 20 rows for each arm and bottom

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Trip to France, Part 3: Paris will always be Paris

I had just a couple of days to cover Paris, so I did it through shopping from one district to another one

Fron top left

Montmartre

Sacre coeur

Montparnasse mural

Empty subway car

Place Edgar Quinet

A few store display

Knit shop in Montmartre

Chocolat shop in left bank

Atelier Rrose Selavy, learn to knit with Mlle Sophie

L'Oisivethé, great selection of tea and yarn

1. Alice from Juno from L'Oisivethé, pure softness in baby alpaca/silk/cashmere

2. Bias from La Droguerie, my little guilty pleasure

3. Buttons from Tissu reine, 4 floors of fabrics, buttons, ribbons...

4. Bensimon snickers, with liberty laces, a must for all Parisian fashionista this summer!!

1. Voile cotton and batiste from La Droguerie

2. Small pieces of fabric for 1 euro at a local farmer market

3. Vinyl fabric for bathroom pouch from Cultura

4. the ultimate shopping bag from Bonton, a must!!

5. More little pieces of fabric from farmer market

6. Liberty voile cotton from Entrée des fournisseurs

7. New fabric collection from Frou-frou found at Mercerie Moline

8. Fat quarters of floral prints from Frou-frou found at Mercerie Moline

Some great books and patterns

Motifs et compagnie found at Lil Weasel

Toute la couture found at Japanese bookstore

Aime comme Marie pant pattern found at Lil Weasel too

I couldn't resist for this new collection of "couture facile" from Frou-frou at the Moline mercerie.

This shop is a zoo but if you find the nice lady to help you it is a very nice experience.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Time for a new story, "The blue GRR"

Here we go again,...one of my favorite. I have been knitting this La Droguerie pattern for many friends in the past (here for example) and it is about time I do one for me ☺.

Chapter 2

"GRR" by La Droguerie, mix of Sky Classic Elite Alpaca sox and Heavenly Rowan Kidsilk Haze

11/14/2012
Gathered the yarn, except I first picked Berroco Ultra Alpaca as the pattern called for mix of alpaca and mohair but after swatching it is clear it is not going to work!! Way to chunky for me. I looked at my gigantic stash and found a fingering yarn that was a perfect match for the blue kidsilk haze. However, I only have 2 balls of the Alpaca sox and I am afraid I am not going to be able to have a long sleeve cardigan. I am going to stick to a short sleeves like the one in the book. Oh well, winters are mild in California!!

11/15/2012
I was playing around so much with yarns that I chose US6 as my best choice for this pattern. I like my garter rows tight. I found a lot of projects for this pattern have large round neck. I will try to make mine a little narrower and I believe tighter garter rows will do it. (~~Let's hope so!!~~)

11/16/2012
Cast on an extra 10 cm, I am knitting with smaller needle and is afraid it will come shorter. Also La Droguerie pattern tents to size a bit smaller.

11/17/2012
Finished the left front. Moving on to the 1st sleeve. Bummer I forgot how to do it, I have to look at the patten again!! One would think that after making a dozen of them I would how to knit one ☺.
I had to stop and frog a large part and now I am annoyed at having to rewind the yarn. It is a mess with the kidsilk. This yarn does not like to be frogged.

11/18/2012
Moving on to the back. The good part of that cardigan is that you can hold it next to you and see if it fits right away, adjust if need and make it perfectly sized to your body.