Silk Bijou Cacheur des Rides du Cou

I wanted something small like a fichu or less, in a fleshy colour to hide an older woman's signs of the time. you can use makup and facelifts but the hands and neck give you away.

So here's a little jewel i designed for everyday wear to wear gracefuly and quite quietly.

You can flount this around instead of both a Hermès from tante Alice and even skip that row of pearls aunt Céline gave you, this one has both the silk and the pearls and is muted, powder blush, just what you want.

Je voulais quelque chose de petit, un fichu peut-être dans une couleur chair pour cacher les signes du passage du temps...
On peut toujours recourir au maquillage et au lifting pour le visage, mais les mains et le cou nous trahissent.

 Donc j'ai créé un bijou du cou à porter au quotidien avec grâce et subtilité.

Vous pouvez vous l'exhiber au lieu du duo Hermès de votre Tante Alice et même ranger dans votre tiroir le rang de perles de votre Tante Céline, ce Bijou du Cou, cacheur de rides du cou, est discret, couleur poudre, juste ce que vous vouliez.

lien de lin / linnen lines

un peu de lin filé par chris en S pour un lien d'AmourS en Z puisque doublé, scintillant en douce.

some spun linnen in S beaded halfway with clear beads then plyed in Z on a cashmir and cotton fabric

Marché de Noël 2

je suis partagée entre la satisfaction d'un travail bien accompli et la colère:

1. j'ai réussi à obtenir une bonne place cette année -quoi que, avoir le vendeur de chapeaux made in china avec les lumiéres dessus et tout et tout à 3 euros, manquait plus que la boîte à musique avec "jingle bells" incorporé, ne soit pas la meilleure chose pour mon stand puisque je vends essentiellement des chapeaux ou bonnets.
2. mon stand a hérité de la boîte électrique bien en face, trés visible avec les fils de tous les voisins, même s'ils sont gentils ça n'arrange pas le look du stand.
3. je ne sais pas comment ma tente est noire, il n'y en avait pas l'année précédente?! du coup tout devait être accroché à l'avant plan parce-que tout disparaissait à l'arrière. les années précédentes j'avais au moins profité des murs du fond pour accrocher de grandes photos qui attiraient le regard sur mes articles et la manière de les porter.
4. ils nous ont fait payer le double pourtant c'est beaucoup moins joli donc je n'ai pas pu faire de bénéfices.
5. la pluie s'est faite plus rare et je ne me suis pas retrouvée les bottes nageant dans une eau de quinze centimétres, il a quand même plu et cela a affecté le nombre des visiteurs, mais bon.
6. je dois prévoir des rallonges hyper longues, et certaines de mes petites lampes de noël toutes mignonnes ne fonctionnent plus.
7. je dois me rappeler que les parents ont peur de la couleur pour leur petits garçons encore bébés même (j'ai eu un: "le rouge fait fille"), alors, je me le demande, quand auront-ils le droit de mettre de la couleur, à 75 ans comme cette mammie mignonne qui a fait mai 68?
8. je dois prévoir un drap pour cacher les caisses puisque le plancher c'est le trottoir et que du coup elles doivent... oups non! je dois les mettre dans la voiture aprés les avoir vidées.
9. je dois arrêter de me prendre la tête et accepter qu'il y a aussi les AUTRES! que tout n'est pas "under my control".
10. je suis contente d'avoir fait de belles rencontres, c'est ça ma récolte à moi.

trumpet oya

i wanted to knit a flower that would look good either hanging down from a knit or facing one, so i chose trumpet, a long flower which i think looks like a morning glory, so dear to the scotts.

it is very elegant, knit with lace mohair, all of it. a small culture sweet water pearl forms the pistil end.
i will be making more of this, perhaps as hatpins, perhaps as oya in a row but then i'd have to make the flowers much smaller...
this is a rather big flower, almost 8 cms (around 4 inches minus...)

tulipe hatpin

i've always loved hatpins, i prefer the system to that of brooches, they're long and elegant.

this one is my first, i used a shape that resembles a tulip, put a pearl above and tied a baby blue ribbon, glued them all.

the pin even has a "stopper" at the end. it's an old matt gold color, just right for this yarn that's knit in the back.

you can make one yourself, you need:

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  a hatpin in yellow brass with a closure end
  
  
  
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  some metal/wood/all purpose glue in a tube
  
  
  
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  a flower shape finding in matt old gold
  
  
  
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  a fake or culture water pearl just a tiny bit bigger in diameter than the flower
  
  
  
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  about 4 inches (10 cms) length of 0.20 inch (0.5 cms) wide blue satin ribbon
  

i suggest you take your knit item with you when shopping to best match the colors, shapes, motifs if any.

my knit piece had flowers on it. and the yellow in it looked like old gold, mottled.

put glue on the tip of the pin, enough for the height of the pearl and pearl you'll be putting in it together.

i suggest you try those on it before deciding how long your glue streak should be.

take your piece of ribbon and fasten it around the pin under the flower you just made, knot tight but not too tight, satin will slip and you will always be able to tighten later. do that a bit down from the flower, you always can put higher.

now make a nice knot do not pull too tight yet.

put a dot of glue right under your flower and pull the ribbon bow on top of it.

now you can tighten real hard, keep your hand firmly on for 5 mns till dry.

the best part: get your good sewing cissors ant cut both ends on each side at an angle, much nicer, no?

now a trick: get a box of matches and bring the flame in a parallel motion to the end to keep it from fraying.

this will form a bit of a "seal" to your satin fabric.

wear with pride, give away, enjoy!

put some glue the hight of the

put some glue on the top of the pin for about a

Marie-Antoinette's Guillotine Cuff

it is said that Marie-Antoinette had her jeweller design her guillotine cuff links after her favorite castle chef’s dessert: a chocolate “biscuit” drizzled with a “crème à la pistache” and topped with a “cerise confite”.

this is my crochet version of it, in homage to my gourmet sense of taste and let's hope for the best for me.
you will notice that the cuffs, having been on the woman's neck formed a "ribbon of blood" that was silky
yes, death "is sweeter" on the more gracious necks.

how to make chiffon flowers

knit knot tantra knot

much is happening for the coming year, most important of all is going to visit mom who's been sick and dad who's been ageing.

i feel as though christmas is gone because of my christmas fair having taken place already and because i am not in a festive christmas spirit. my gift this year will be seeing mom and dad.

one other important thing is related to the item i am posting here.
it was made as a tiny part of my big MAROON project. i wanted to come up with something to offer or to wear (depending on how shy or audacious i'd be), and i thought that Lama Gyurme might wear this.
Lamas are much cooler than all of us lay people put together, wether silver or gold or just yarn to them it's the Love and symbolism and beauty of an object that counts.
they are like kids: when a kid makes something, they always will run to show you what they've made, they have this "energy dynamics" that is not blocked, when an adult makes something they will be scared of "outside eyes".
Lamas seem to not have this self-consciousness so typical of adults.

in short, thank you Lama Gyurme for your Beautiful concert.

noeud tantra fait pour le concert de Lama gyourmé au Bois de Vincennes.

"mon coeur" hat and "kool heart" necklace

i made these a while ago but it was not until now that i took the photos.

the "mon coeur" hat is a bit pointed at the top. a little white heart was stitched on it using the double stitch technique. the earflaps were knit seperatly and sewn on lightly to keep the effect of layering. two staps made of long i-cords were added for extra wamth, to be tied under the chin.

the "kool heart" necklace is made of two hearts sewn together in raspberry red thin mohair used in double. the white i-cord is thick off white mohair, it can be left long or shortened by tying behind the neck.
both the heart and i-cord were fulled seperatly to hold stitches better together.
the heart is filled with very smooth material but i decided that i will only be using material that can turn to ashes when burnt from now on, so no acrylic and no plastic, etc...

i am planning to make a range of "kool" necklaces with forms attached to them, so if you have something that you'd like but cannot find it anywhere do not hesitate to contact me with your "wish". my email is righ under my profile picture to the upper left.