Is it fall yet? It sure doesn't feel like it now, but we see it coming, right? Red leaves, Halloween, and the best of all, sweater season! Now is the time to get ready! Lineage Sweater, the knitting pattern I'm releasing today, might just be what you'll want to wear in a couple of wee[...]
My baby -- or should I say toddler -- is now 19 months old! Wow, time flies so fast when you're not sleeping! More than two years ago, I became pregnant and my whole life started spinning around this little human being. Surprisingly, I did not jumped right away into knitting baby stuf[...]
The beginning of a new knitting project is always one of my favorite moment in my knitter's life. I like collecting everything I'll be using and setting up a loving and cozy mood for the project. This time, I'm casting on a new shawl pattern that I've been thinking about for a few wee[...]
Summer is here! Weirdly, I think it's the best time for knitting. I don't need to wear gloves anymore so my hands are free to knit while I drink lemonade under the sun. Are you wondering what to knit for this season? My new release is a tank top knitting pattern and it's perfect to kn[...]
The first thing I wondered when I started knitting was "how do I start my knitting project"? I quickly learned that starting a knitting project was called casting on and that there were many many ways to do it. I first learned this cast on technique called "long tail cast on" and it i[...]
Have you seen outside? Spring is coming! I love all season changes but this time of the year is probably my favorite. Exit gray sky, dreary mornings and lack of light, welcome sun, green sprouts and flowers! Today, I'm releasing a shawl pattern that is perfect for spring, because[...]
Raise your hand if you hate weaving in ends! (I'm raising my hand very high here.) This tutorial is for you! It will show you how to weave in ends while knitting, which means that there will be basically no ends to weave in at the end of your project. My always excellent test knitt[...]
I just finished knitting my third project made in Lolo's Favorite by Lolo Dit It. I'm a little sad that this project has come to an end, because I wish I could work with this yarn all day everyday. Yes, it's that kind of yarn. The perfect kind. It is beautiful, soft, surprisingly stur[...]
It's cold outside. My advent calendars are my favorite things right now (I have one with chocolate and one with tea). I listen to Christmas songs all day long and I can't wait to set up the tree with my man and our baby, for the first time as a family of three. It's cold outside, so[...]
My mission in this winter life is to find a way to knit a hat that will keep me warm all winter long. I tried several things and I still need to wear earmuffs over my hat so my ears don't freeze. This time, I think I might have found a good solution to this challenge! The winning comb[...]
Itâs already November! I canât believe time is flying so fast. In a couple of days Iâll celebrate yet another birthday, next month my baby will turn one, then it will be Christmas, the New Year, winter, snow, chills, wet scarves and cozy blankets. I like this time of the year, h[...]
I love Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off! It's my go-to method when I need a simple bind off with flexibility, but sturdy enough to look good on long rows. This technique by Jeny Stainman is meant to be worked on K1, P1 ribbing but it also works perfectly fine on stockinette[...]
I always need a knitting needles size conversion chart. A couple of times, my test knitters reported mistakes in my conversions and it troubled me because they were based either on what I could find on the Web or on those little needle sizing tools. It made me curious. After some rese[...]
I've been knitting all summer long in secret. I'm blaming pregnancy brain followed by baby brain. All the knitting projects are so exciting to me that I said yes to everything. When I see calls for submissions or when I'm being offered to feature one of my patterns in a subscribers[...]
Daylight Shawl, my latest shawl knitting pattern is released today! Two releases in two months, I'm quite happy with this pace considering that being Ălizabeth's mom is my main and favorite activity right now. Designing is definitely my second favorite activity though, so I[...]
I have new pattern out today. YAY! It's not easy, designing, when you're moming 24/7, but I did it! And, you know I'm not one to brag much, but I am so happy with this design, it is one of my all time favorite <3 Fox Tails Shawl This 3-color, asymmetrical triangular shawl is an ad[...]
Miss Ă, my baby girl, came to the world on December 18, after an endless delivery (40 hours of active labor!) but overall uneventful. She was weighing 6 lbs 1 oz, measuring 19" and she was and still is in perfect health. Â Since then, she is at the heart of my little happy and loving[...]
in collaboration with Lolo Did It Cupcake Shawl is a two colors crescent shawl, meant to be knit with a variegated yarn and a contrasting solid or semi-solid color. Its size is fully adaptable and the lace top and border are gorgeous and fun to knit. The pictured shawl was made usin[...]
Today, I'm reviewing a very fun yarn I've been trying lately. I must say I went out of my comfort zone with this one. It's nice sometimes to be pushed to explore new things, isn't it? I probably would never have tried it if I hadn't been kindly asked by yarncanada.ca to review it with[...]
Lately, I've been extra tired, sick and not so well in general and I've been seeing myself doing only the bare minimum. I worked just enough to fill my clients' requests and I posted some pictures on Instagram but not as many as I'm used to. I haven't even been able to knit much! But[...]
Spring is the best season for knitting and wearing shawls! Who's up for a knit-along? Let's sum it up: Choose a shawl pattern from the ones listed here. You can work from a pattern you already have if it's on the list, from the free pattern available there [...]
I am happy to be the designer of April's Classic Yarnbox! I must say Yarnbox is one of my favorite businesses in the yarn industry and I was thrilled to collaborate with them on this project. They are awesome. Inglenook Shawl was made using Kollage Yarns Happiness DK in the col[...]
I love thrumming, and I love the resulting thrummed projects. They are easy to make, soft, and create a very warm fabric. This is one of my favorite ways of getting my knit accessories to another level of warmth! I just finished knitting these very warm mittens, they are made in Fair[...]
2015 is now behind us. For me, it's been a year rich in creations, projects, ideas, dreams and realities. Here's my summary! I ended the year with 1 big bronchitis. No cool. I spit my lungs during a month and a half including Christmas and the New[...]
I have a nice active summer. I'm knitting, working, walking and traveling a lot. I'm in love with my husband, my pets, my family and my friends; my knitting, my garden, my walks to the park. This is great. I don't remember being that much happy and I try to taste every sweet bite of m[...]
These days, I'm working with some super fancy yarn named Rimu by Zealana. Believe it or not, this yarn is made of possum fur! My love for animals being so overwhelming, the first questions that pop in my head when I work with animal fibers are "how is it taken from the animal?", "does[...]
April was overwhelming. I had a busy winter, I'm now in the middle of a busy spring and I feel exhausted. I'm still trying to effectivly split my time between work, working on my patterns, my flooded basement and the music school my husband, a few friends and I are going to open. Plus[...]
I'm taking part of a super cool project. It's called #the100dayproject and it takes place on Instagram. The concept is simple - you do something every day during 100 days and you post a picture of your everyday progress with a small blurb of text explaining what you did (or not). You[...]
I told you I was not religously knitting only with hand dyed, natural fibres, even if I usually prefer them to every other yarn. Today I'll share my thoughts about a commercial brand and a not so natural blend, Lion Brand's Amazing. Lion Brand is an American yarn brand, established i[...]
For my second yarn review, I decided to talk about two things at once. A yarn - of course - and a wonderful way of discovering new yarns. I know you're eager to know what this way is so I'll talk about it first. I recently subscribed to Yarnbox. It's the perfect concept. You pay a fix[...]