La Tricoteuse Bretonne

From Marseille with Love

Well, I didn't go down to Marseille as I was only for a few days in the South, but I made a nice, if only very short, stop in Carcassone. The weather wasn't on my side to take advantageous pictures of this amazing place, but here a little pic from the town :

I went to Arles though, and from there went to my nostaligic pilgrimage in the Alpilles, going through Fontvieille, next to les Baux de Provence. It is as always, very magical! The thymian was starting to bloom, and the air smelled sweet.
One of my favourite views of the beautifull rock, (sorry for the grey sky, but there again, no sunshine for me...)

So the real Marseille comes from my finishing of the Marseille pattern from Rowan mag 45. I love the yarn, the pattern, the color, and best of all : it fits!

And another best of all : I didn't have knit 2 backs, 3 fronts, and numerous sleeves before the sewing.

But the REALLY BoA is : my mum made the sewing for me!

With the blooming pears trees as a background ;-)

Pattern : Marseille from Rowan magazine 45
Yarn : Handknit dk cotton, Rowan, 10 balls
Colour : Turkish Plum
Modifications : I added 4 cm length, as I usually tend to have them short on me. Now I am not so sure it was needed, but at least my bellybutton won't show anytime soon in this one!

Yep! So when a project works so well, it makes me want to knit more, and now I am trying to finish the borders (they're like the Arlesienne : a lot of talking about, no much seeing of, I know) of the blanket AND I cast on for another project. For my mum. My reward being the sewing up of one or + sweaters. We'll see that later (she is a much MUCH better sewer than me).

It is again a Rowan yarn, wool cotton this time, and I'm making a textured jacket from the Rowan Classic Knits for Real Women book.

So now I have mainly wool cotton in the hands, as the blanket is also for the greatest part knitted in wool cotton. Not the worse to have on the needles ;-).

Posted by Stephanie at April 23, 2009 03:07 PM