March 01, 2004

On Saturday I went into the yarn shop to pick up my one measly skein of Phil Ruban so I could finish fringing my sister's poncho, but the yarn hadn't come in yet. Sob! That means that my sister's poncho will remain in an unfinished state until Thursday when the next shipment of yarn comes into the store, and boy oh boy it had better darn well be there or I'll search out the delivery guy and box his ears.

Now, some good news: My trip to the yarn store on Saturday wasn't at all in vain. I got to go with a new knitter friend! Jillian is a British student living in Lyon, and she reads my site. Last week she wrote me a very nice message, and I suggested that we meet up. So we did, and visited La Droguerie, Phildar and Bergere de France in the premier arrondissement on Saturday morning. We had such fun browsing and chatting! I showed Jillian my sister's (partly-fringed) poncho, and Jillian showed me an Anny Blatt scarf she decided to make after she saw the one I knit. Here is Jillian, holding up her gorgeous scarf loud and proud at the fountain in the very public Place des Terreaux:




The scarf is knit using Anny Blatt Victoria, Muguet and Super Angora on large needles, garter stitch with rows of elongated knit stitches. With one skein of each you get a long and lacy scarf. My own scarf was in ocean blues, and Jillian chose lavenders with a hint of bubble-gum colors in the ribbon:




Jillian and I will definitely be meeting again, and one of the things we want to do is head back to the shops for some yarns that piqued our interest. We both fell in love with a Bergere de France lace cardi, and there was some fluffy angora yarn at La Droguerie that would make for a nice scarf. [P.S. A special hello to Jillian's mother, who also reads my site. Here's another photo, just for you!]

Speaking of meet-ups, I am in the process of setting up a group weblog and have invited a few French knitters and French resident knitters to participate. It will be about [surprise!] knitting in France. It will be bilingual, and cover several regions of France. Friends Stéphanie of Bretagne, Marie in Paris, Jillian in Lyon, Kim in Le Havre, Lou in Montpellier, Kate in Paris and myself in Lyon will be writing there. It will be a fun way for us to meet up until we get to do it in person, and I hope that others interested about knitting in France will glean some info from it. If you live in France and would like to take part in this weblog, let me know. Vous pouvez écrire au choix en français ou en anglais (ou dans les deux langues).

*Thank you to everyone who sent my son well wishes after his minor surgery last week. We had a bit of a scare on Saturday, when one of his ears got infected. He was taken to a nearby clinic for an emergency consultation and given treatment for it. Thankfully, he was already on the mend by the next day, and this morning he was able to go to school. He's such a trooper. As a special treat, I made him mini pancakes [from scratch! Quite possibly one of the few things I can cook without the need to pull out a fire extinguisher], and let him "make" pancakes with me using his toy dishes. And just for you, here is a gratuitous shot of his pajama-ed morning self proudly holding up his pan with the mini pancakes in it. Awwwwwwwwwww!

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