T-rex sweater

Peter Jensen T Rex Jumper Asos

Generous donation

FR- On m'a contactée cette semaine sur Facebook (via mon groupe Stitch n'Bitch) pour une donation de livres et magazines de tricot. Il s'agissait d'une dame âgée qui s'apprête à vendre sa maison et voulait se débarrasser d'un certain nombre de choses. Bien sûr j'étais sur un petit nuage, et je n'ai pas déchanté quand j'ai vu ce dont il s'agissait. Les livres datent en grande partie des années 80 et certains patrons sont tout juste incroyables (de par leur beaufitude-coolitude). 
EN- I have been contacted this week by a lady through Facebook and my Stitch n'Bitch group to offer me knitting books and magazines. She is about to sell her house and move and wanted to get rid of them. Of course I was thrilled and couldn't wait to see the treasures I was about to get. I haven't been disappointed at all. The books are from the 80s and some patterns are quite unbelievable... 

Deux livres en particulier ont retenu mon attention: Knitting Book de Patricia Roberts (la couverture déjà est dingue - ci-dessus au centre). Voici quelques photos de plus :
Two books really drew my attention: Knitting Book by Patricia Roberts (the cover already blows me away -center above). Here are a few more pictures:

et Designs Knitting d'Avril Kelso qui regroupe des grilles de jacquard (énormément d'animaux):
and Designs Knitting by Avril Kelso which gathers jacquard charts (mainly animals):

Si vous êtes intéressé(e) par l'un de ces patrons dites-le moi. La donation a été faite pour le groupe de tricot donc cela ne me dérange pas de partager, mais de façon privée (par email).

If you are interested by any of these patterns just let me know. Since the donation has been made for the group, I don't mind sharing ;)

**Zebra powa**

EN- I've wanted to knit something with a zebra pattern for a long time and finally made this tee. It's only my second project without any pattern but I think I'm quite happy with it so here are the instructions for anyone interested :) 

ZEBRA POWA

MATERIALS- 

3.5mm needles + 900m white cotton yarn + 1 ball of coloured yarn

STITCHES-

double decrease: 

• on the right: k3, k3tog and knit
• on the left: 6 stitches before the end of the row slip one st, k2tog, psso, k3

decrease:

• on the right: k3, k2tog and knit
• on the left: 5 stitches before the end of the row slip one st, k1, psso, k3

BACK- 

Cast on 106 stitches. 

Knit in ribs 1/1 for 2.5cm (10 rows)

Knit (stockinette stitch) until the piece measures 39cm total (120 rows)

Cast off 3st on each side.

Every 2 rows (on each side): 

• 1x1 st double decrease
• 33x1 st decrease

Meaning on each row you do it left and right. 

Bind off the remaining stitches.

FRONT- 

Cast on 106 stitches. 
Knit in ribs 1/1 for 2.5cm (10 rows)
Knit (stockinette stitch) until the piece measures 39cm total (120 rows)
Cast off 3st on each side.
Every 2 rows (on each side): 

• 1x1 st double decrease
• 25x1 st decrease

at the same time, when the piece measures 41.5cm, cast off the 14 middle stitches. 

And every 2 rows (neck side):

• cast off 1x3 st
• cast off 2x2 st
• cast off 4x1 st

When the piece measures 56.5cm, bind off the 3 remaining stitches.

SLEEVES- Make 2 (invert the right and left side at the end)
Cast on 82 stitches. 
Knit in ribs 1/1 for 1.5cm (5 rows)
Knit (stockinette stitch) until the piece measures 7cm total (21 rows)
Cast off 3st on each side.
Every 2 rows (on each side): 

• 1x1 double decrease
• 28x1  decrease

Right side: every 2 rows:

• cast off 1x4 st
• cast off 2x3 st
• cast off 2x2 st

Left side: keep making the raglan decreases, every 2 rows:

• 4x1 st decrease

Bind off the remaining stitches.

SLEEVE EMBROIDERY-
I wanted to try a different technique than jacquard and decided to embroider the sleeves (it is veeeeery long). It is completely up to you. Here is the pattern: (repeat it horizontally and vertically)

FINISH-
Sew the different pieces together, pick up stitches around the neck with circular needles and work in ribs 1/1 for 1 or 2cm. Weave in ends. DONE

I started this blog a year and a half ago now because I was unemployed and thought it would be a good way to balance my job search and not get depressed, and it worked really well. Now I've found an awesome position and unfortunately I realise that won't be able to post as much, but I am still there even if I'm a bit silent :)
Have a wonderful Sunday!

Brazilian bracelets #diy

A ma plus grande surprise, les bracelets brésiliens sont de retour ! Grosse coïncidence, avant de tomber sur les articles de Hello It's Valentine et Marie Luv Pink, je m'étais décidée à en réaliser un pour mon amoureux... 

Friendship bracelets (or as we call them in French 'Brazilian bracelets') are back! Nice coincidence because before stumbling acrosse Hello It's Valentine and Marie Luv Pink blog posts, I had decided to make a bracelet for Mr. Batman... 

Source : Marie Luv Pink

Ca a du bon de faire les cartons, on retrouve plein de trésors oubliés, à l'instar de petits fils colorés :D En revanche j'ai opté pour un modèle on ne peut plus simple ! Petites explications / tutoriel ici. 

(How nice it is to pack and find treasures you had forgotten about such as little colored cotton strands :D). I chose a very simple pattern though, the less the better for guys^^. Explanations / small tutorial here.

Source : Hello It's Valentine, kit Urban Outfitters