Anatomy of a lemon

As my knitting projects are still pending I am posting pictures of a new painting that will be shown during my next exhibition in September.

This painting is really an exercise with all the required thin coats of painting of the Flemish technique...

I am fascinated by this art even though it's not a very free approach of painting but I must confess I am still very shy in front of a white canvas!

The skin of the lemon below belongs to another painting that I will show later.

I hope you like them...

Something different!

I don't know why but I wanted to show a piece of my recent work as a decorative painter!!

Do you like this? For my part, I am very found of the XVIII French spirit...

A bientot!

The Vittadini Pullover I was dreaming to knit!!

I managed to knit this winter several pullovers I was dreaming to do for several years.

There were always good reasons not to start: children, home, painting, etc, etc

The Vittadini pullover from Vogue knitting Winter 2002 is one of us! I really love 'vintage Vogue' from the 90's. Much more than the last ones!!

The yarn (JCA Trina from Vittadini has a beautiful stitch definition even though it is worked with needle size 9 (US).

That's a really good project for speedy knitters who want to see an immediate effect. I did not resist to talk about this project on Ravelry .

I will talk to you very soon on another passion I have : knitting, crocheting for babies and toddlers...

Have a nice week!

JUST STARTING

Hi everybody,

This is my first post and a long time I wanted to but no time. Sorry for my English, I am French and there are several years that I did not practise...
I have lots of projects to share, lots in mind and several already finished.!I will show you them as soon as I can.

To start I get to share with you my first cable pullover of last winter. We have moved last summer in a colder region and a colder house too and I do appreciate now knitting and wearing warm cardi and pullovers!
This one is a pullover from Phildar of last winter issue 480.
I really enjoyed the cable work. It's an easy one you can easily do while watching the TV...


The most difficult part was in fact the sewing. The chest band is sewn to the body before the collar is knitted. Like many knitters I have sewing but this project was impossible to modify!
I have knitted the collar with a circular needle instead of sewing it when finished as the instructions mention. Most of French mags don't use circular needles.

I don't know the yarn used by Phildar. It usually contains too much synthetic fibers for me! I have chosen a great yarn from my stash (50% alpaca, 50% merino).













I am adding several pictures of what is either finished or ongoing.... Talk to you soon and have a great week !
Catherine