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Fukinsei – My Zen garden shawl

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La Provence sweater

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Day 10 (phew!): I was nominated by @handknitlife to present 1 piece of my work each day for 10 days, with a nomination of another artist to do the same.
10 images, 10 nominations, no explanations, all to promote creativity, passion, and the love of what we do and to support our artistic friends.

I'm nominating Sandrine @sand_meije

#fukinseishawl
#wabisabi_book
#strandsoflifedesigns

Day 9: I was nominated by @handknitlife to present 1 piece of my work each day for 10 days, with a nomination of another artist to do the same.
10 images, 10 nominations, no explanations, all to promote creativity, passion, and the love of what we do and to support our artistic friends.

I'm nominating Muriel @txiki.txiki ❤️

#doucefoliesweater
#strandsoflifedesigns

Day 8: I was nominated by @handknitlife to present 1 piece of my work each day for 10 days, with a nomination of another artist to do the same.
10 images, 10 nominations, no explanations, all to promote creativity, passion, and the love of what we do and to support our artistic friends.

I'm nominating Kaori-san @kao_knit ❤️

#grownupstarry
#strandsoflifedesigns

Day 7: I was nominated by @handknitlife to present 1 piece of my work each day for 10 days, with a nomination of another artist to do the same.
10 images, 10 nominations, no explanations, all to promote creativity, passion, and the love of what we do and to support our artistic friends.

I'm nominating Derako-san @knitail ❤️

#alexandrecardigan
#strandsoflifedesigns

Day 6: I was nominated by @handknitlife to present 1 piece of my work each day for 10 days, with a nomination of another artist to do the same.
10 images, 10 nominations, no explanations, all to promote creativity, passion, and the love of what we do and to support our artistic friends.

I'm nominating Midori-san @midori_hirose_knit ❤️

#springthawmitts
#strandsoflifedesigns

Day 5: I was nominated by @handknitlife to present 1 piece of my work each day for 10 days, with a nomination of another artist to do the same.
10 images, 10 nominations, no explanations, all to promote creativity, passion, and the love of what we do and to support our artistic friends.

I'm nominating Noriko-san @noriko_ichikawa_ ❤️

#laprovencesweater
#strandsoflifedesigns

Day 4: I was nominated by @handknitlife to present 1 piece of my work each day for 10 days, with a nomination of another artist to do the same.
10 images, 10 nominations, no explanations, all to promote creativity, passion, and the love of what we do and to support our artistic friends.

I'm nominating Joanna @joangknit 💙

#deepseasweater
#strandsoflifedesigns

Day 3: I was nominated by @handknitlife to present 1 piece of my work each day for 10 days, with a nomination of another artist to do the same.
10 images, 10 nominations, no explanations, all to promote creativity, passion, and the love of what we do and to support our artistic friends.

I’m nominating Bernice @yamagara ❤️

#rectoversosweater
#strandsoflifedesigns

Day 2: I was nominated by @handknitlife to present 1 piece of my work each day for 10 days, with a nomination of another artist to do the same.
10 images, 10 nominations, no explanations, all to promote creativity, passion, and the love of what we do and to support our artistic friends.

I’m nominating Hélène Magnússon @helenemagnusson ❤️

#mylittleblackcardigan
#strandsoflifedesigns

I hope you are not tired of seeing my feet 😬?
I finished a new pair of Tabbies (ankle length this time) with Archangel. Ripping out a beautiful scarf was not easy but I'm really happy with them ❤️🧡💜
#nonusedfodecluttering
#malabrigosock

Day 1: I was nominated by @handknitlife to present 1 piece of my work each day for 10 days, with a nomination of another artist to do the same.
10 images, 10 nominations, no explanations, all to promote creativity, passion, and the love of what we do and to support our artistic friends.

I’m nominating Eri @eritml ❤️

#tabbiessocks
#strandsoflifedesigns

タビーズを編む間放り出していた #fukinseishawl ですが、@woolissime さんのアルパカ混のウールで3枚目も編み始めています。アルパカはラクダ科の動物なので、1枚目のキャメルと似たような編地になるかなと思っていたのですが、意外とそうでもなかった！糸は編んでみないと本当にわかりませんね。
#wabisabibookkal

先日編みかけ写真を投稿した#tabbiessocks 靴下版が完成しました😃
その時にも書いたのですが、10年以上前にレース模様のマフラーを編んだ糸を再利用しています。マフラーは当時フラ語ブログ界で流行っていたパターンで、流行を追いかけて作ったのはいいのですが、10年で数回しか使うことがありませんでした。でもこの色は本当に好きだし、普段使う作品に変えてしまった方が糸としても糸冥利につきる（そんなものがあるとして）のではないかと思い、勇気を振り絞って解きました。
で、解いてよかったと思いました。糸の色の移り変わりを追いかけるのが楽しくて楽しくて。。。💜🧡❤️靴下版だけでは編み足らず、他の編みかけを放り出して、アンクル版も編んでいます。ヤーンチキンにならないといいのだけれど😓
#malabrigosock #strandsoflifedesign

#zakkuricardigan 編み終わり～🥰糸始末もしました！
後はボタンホール作りとボタン付けです😅
All the knitting done and even the ends woven in. All I have to do now is make buttonholes and sew on buttons 🙄

#dererumnaturagilliatt

This is a newly cast on Tabbies, and for a new pair, I'm reusing the yarn I knit a lacy scarf with about ten years ago. The pattern was very popular in the French blogosphere at that time and I followed the movement. The scarf was beautiful but I wore it only a couple times in ten years... So I unravelled it to make a new pair of #tabbiessocks I'll wear everyday for sure. Too bad for the scarf and I needed a lot of strength to rip it out but I think the yarn (and every yarn) deserves to be (re)used instead of being stored in a box until getting molded or eaten by moths.
And this is also because I'm still in love with the colorway of this yarn: Alchangel of #malabrigosock !! The second photo shows better the changing colors of this shade 😁
And you, do you have any projects that could be recycled?

#yarndecluttering #reusedyarn #kutsushitabbies

苔寺ショール？の最終セクションに入る前の写真です（大人の事情でしばらく前の写真です😇）。
ウールが入っているし、ブロッキング前なので、リブの目がキュッとして、端が丸まっていますね。
次はグレーのアルパカ糸でも編みます😊
This is the moss temple fukinsei shawl just before the final shaping section. The yard containing wool and the shawl not being blocked yet, the ribbing looks much tighter and the edges curl inwards.
I'll knit the shawl with the grey alpaca yarn I shared the other day. Can't wait to see how it'll look.
#fukinseishawl #myzengardenshawl #wabisabibookkal

#猫の日ですので寝子（変換間違い）を流します😌一体どういう格好で寝ているんでしょうか😶
Today is National Cat Day in Japan 🐈

Hiya 🙂 Today is the last day of the introductory discount on #daisycardigan available on Ravelry and on my website. Enjoy 🥰
#strandsoflifedesigns #fontyfado

#daisycardigan
大は小を兼ねるので、娘に編んだカーディガンを着てみました🙂私の方が骨格が2回りくらい大きいので、肩の落ち加減が違いますね。
strands of life日本語サイトにカーディガンの紹介の記事をアップしています（プロフィールのリンクからサイトに飛べます）。リリース割引は明日12日パリ時間深夜までです。
This is a picture of Daisy cardigan on me. I'm taller than she is and have broader shoulders, so the cardigan's shoulder falls differently.
And, the introductory discount ends tomorrow (Feb 12) at midnight in Paris.
Ceci est une photo du Daisy cardigan sur moi. Je suis plus grande et plus large d'épaule que ma fille, du coup l'épaule du gilet ne tombe pas pareil.
Je me permets de vous rappler que la remise de lancement se termine demain le 12 février à minuit, heure de Paris 🙂
#strandsoflifedesigns

#daisycardigan
やっとカーディガンの名前が決まり、先ほどリリースしました😊日本語版はstrands of life 日本語サイトで。2月12日パリ時間深夜まで15％オフです。
This cardigan has a name at last! Daisy cardigan is now available on Ravelry and on my website where you can purchase the English version alone at a lower price. You can get an automatic discount of 15% on both sites until midnight of February 12th, Paris time 🙂
Le gilet a enfin un nom ! Daisy cardigan est maintenant disponible sur Ravelry ainsi que sur mon site où vous pouvez acheter la version uniquement en français à un moindre prix. Vous bénéficirez d'une remise de 15 % jusqu'à minuit 12 février, heure de Paris 🙂
#strandsoflifedesigns

#wabisabibookkal
苔寺を思いながら編む、2枚目の#fukinseishawl 進んでいます。サンプルがキャメル100％なのに対し、こちらはウールが入っていて糸が少し太いので、ゲージや模様の出方が異なるのが面白いです。
I've been knitting my second #fukinseishawl, thinking about Moss temple (Saiho-ji) in Kyoto. Unlike the 100% camel yarn I knit the first shawl with, this green yarn is thicker and contains wool, which results in different texture, behavior, and even gauge - curiously I have to knit more rows to reach 10 cm!
#strandsoflifedesigns

🤭
1月は誕生月なので気が大きくなっております😂
@woolissime さんのROMYというベビーアルパカｘシルクｘカシミアの柔らかくすべすべな中細糸💕これでショールを編むつもりです🥰
Je me suis fait plaisir (deux fois) car janvier est le mois de mon anniversaire (et de soldes!). ROMY de woolissime, composée de baby alpaga, soie et cachemire, est un fil fingering, très doux et lisse. J'ai hâte de le mettre sur mes aiguilles !
January is my birthday month and I treated myself twice 🙂
Woolissime's Romy, made from baby alpaca, silk and cashmere, is very soft and smooth 💕 Can't wait to work with it!
#woolissimeromy

キラキラでない🙃カーディガンの着画です。
こんなカーディガンを編まれたい方もいるかと思って（？）パターンを書き始めたのですが、名前が決まりません（今のところtwenty-three😅）
Here's a correct (not too bright) modeled photo of the cardigan.
I've begun writing the pattern but I have no idea how to call it (called twenty-three for now 😅)
#strandsoflifedesigns #daisycardigan #fontyfado

カーディガン全体像です🙂
陽が出ていて娘が家にいる時に急いで撮ったら、レンズのホコリに光が反射してキラキラ写真になりました🤣
Here's the whole cardigan.
We did the photo shoot in a hurry when my daughter was home and it was sunny (!) and the dust on the lens gave this too bright photo 🤣
#strandsoflifedesigns #daisycardigan #fontyfado

カーディガンにボタンがつきましたよん🙂
The cardigan got the buttons!
Le gilet a eu ses boutons!

#strandsoflifedesigns
#fontyfado
#daisycardigan

Cacao~🍫
Gilliatで編みたいパターンがあり、De rerum natura さんが新色Cacaoを出し、しかも現在セール中で、買ってしまいました😆
チョコレートのように、やや紫がかった茶色です。2枚目の写真は色が飛んでいますが、無染色の羊な茶色と比較してみました🙂

I have a design I want to knit with Gilliat, and I saw a post by De rerum natura about their new colorway, and it was on sale. How to resist it?
Cacao is purplish brown, like chocolate 🍫 The second photo, though too bright (sorry for the photo quality), is to show you how it is different from natural sheep brown 🤎
#dererumnaturagilliatt #frenchyarn #lainefrancaise #jachetelocal

Hiya 🙂 This is a little reminder that the launching discount on Douce folie pattern ends today, Jan 22, at midnight, Paris time (GMT +1). Have a lovely Sunday ✨
こんにちは。本日22日パリ時間深夜（日本時間23日午前8時）でDouce folieパターンのリリース割引が終了します。残り少ないですが、ステキな日曜日をお過ごし下さい✨
Bonjour à tous et à toutes 🙂 Ceci est pour vous rappeler que la remise sur le patron Douce folie se termine ce soir le 22 janvier à minuit, heure de Paris. Je vous souhaite un agréable (froid mais sec!) dimanche ✨
#doucefoliesweater
#theuncommonthreadeveryday
#ladroguerieplumette

#doucefolilesweater 冬の間、こちらは曇りか雨の日が多くて写真を撮ることが難しく、晴れ間のある日には急いでカメラを取り出して（着替えて）写真を撮ります。でも明るい写真は、特に青系は色が飛んでしまい、糸の色の良さがきちんと出ない。
この暗めの写真は日が陰った時に撮れたものですが、Quiet follyとBleu horizonの色が一番よく出ているように思います。2枚目は日が現れた時の写真で、モヘアのふんわりはうまく撮れたと思うのですが、青みが飛んでしまっています。それにいつも曇っていて薄暗いので、1枚目の写真が普段のプルの色なのです。
Douce folieのリリース割引は明日22日パリ時間深夜（日本から8時間遅れ）です。すでにお買い上げいただいた皆さま、ありがとうございました❤️お好きな中細ｘモヘアレースの組み合わせで編んでみて下さいね。Storiesでテストニッターさんのお写真をシェアさせていただいているので、ぜひ色選びの参考にして下さい😊
In winter in France, we have very gloomy skies almost every day and on rare sunny days, I take out the camera (and change rapidly) to take pictures of my knitting. Bright photos however don't always do justice to the real colors of the yarns, in particular to bleu ones.
This dark photo was taken when the sun was hidden but reflects, I think, the real colors of Quiet folly (fingering) and Bleu Horizon (mohair lace). For comparison, the second photo was taken when the sun reappeared and well captured the mohair's halo but the sweater doesn't look blue! And because of the cloudy skies, the first photo reflects better the sweater I see daily.
The launching discount on Douce folie sweater pattern ends tomorrow at midnight, Paris time. Please check the Stories highlights to see my test knitters' color combo!
Vous devez savoir qu'il est difficile de prendre des jolies photos en hiver en France (au moins dans la moitié nord), et qunad je vois des éclaircis, je sors mon appareil (et me change rapidement) pour des séances photos improviées. Cela dit, des photos claires ne rendent pas justice aux vraies couleurs de la laine, et en particulier au bleu.
La première photoa été prise quand le soleil s'est caché - elle est un peu sombre mais rendent mieux, je trouve, les vraies couleurs de Quiet folly (fingering) et de Bleu horizon (mohair lace). Pour comparaison, la seconde a été prise lorsque le soleil s'est réapparu, elle rend bien le halo du mohair mais le pull n'est plus bleu ! De plus, comme il fait (tout le temps) gris, la première représente mieux le pull que je vois habituellement.
Découverez le highlights de Stories sur Douce folie pour voir la combinaison de laines que mes testeuses ont choisie.

#doucefoliesweater について、簡単ですがブログ記事を書いてみました😊プロフィールのlinktreeからstrands of life 日本語サイトに飛んで下さいね。

Douce folie - sweet madness/passion - is a boatneck, saddle-raglan sweater worked from the top down. What I wanted to do with this design is get everthing comfortable and just right, in terms of ease, neck opening and lengths (adjustable because top-down!). The neck ribbing is worked afterwards so you can adjust the length to your liking. It is moreover worked in the fingering-mohair lace combination we all love 💙 Mine is with color Quiet folly - hence the sweater's name in French - of The Uncommon Thread Everday (fingering) and color Bleu horizon of Plumette from La droguerie 💙
I've been sharing my testers' photos on my Stories, please discover their beautiful combinations!

Douce folie est un pull à manches marteau-raglan au col bateau, tricoté du haut vers le bas. Ce que j'ai voulu faire avec ce design est d'avoir tous les éléments confortables et justes, en termes d'aisance, ouverture du col et longueur (ajustable car top-down). La bordure du col est tricotée après la réalisation du corps et vous pouvez donc l'ajuster à votre guise.
Le pull est en plus tricoté dans la combinaison fingering & lace mohair que nous aimons tou.te.s ! Le mien est tricoté avec le coloris Quiet folly - d'où le nom - de la Everyday de The Uncommon Thread et Bleu Horizon de la Plumette de la Droguerie 💙
Je partage des photos de mes testesues sur les Stories. Venez découvrir la combinaison qu'elles ont choisie (et pourquoi pas piquer des idées ?).
#theuncommonthreadeveryday
#ladroguerieplumette

I'm happy to announce that Douce folie sweater pattern is (at last) live now 😃 As always, it is available in English and French in print format on Ravelry, and on my website, you can get each language's print version at a lower price (you can also get a mobile version at the Ravelry price).
You can save 15 % off until January 22 (Paris time) both on Ravlery and on my website. See my linktree in bio. Hope you enjoy!
Douce folieセーターのパターンを（やっと！）リリースしました。日本語版は strands of life 日本語サイトに置いています。プロフィールのlinktreeからパターンページに飛べるようになっています。22日深夜まで15％オフとなっています！
近々ブログをアップします。。。😔
Je suis heureuse de vous annoncer que le patron du pull Douce folie est enfin disponbile ! Il l'est sur Ravelry en version à imprimer avec l'anglais, et sur mon site web, la version à imprimer en français est à un prix plus bas. Vous y avez aussi la version mobile en plus de la version à imprimer au prix Ravelry. Vous bénéficierez d'une remise de 15 % sur les deux sites jusqu'au 22 janvier.
#doucefoliesweater #strandsoflifedesigns
#theuncommonthreadeveryday #ladroguerieplumette
#iknitmyownclothes

写りが悪いのですが😓、1枚目が先日ポストした編みかけカーディガンの、娘から渡されたイメージ図、2枚目が完成一歩手前画像です。シルエットは真っ直ぐに変更し、丈は長く、ポケットをつけ（母の提案）、袖口にもボーダーを入れることになりました（糸始末大変なんだけど🙄）。
ボーダーはすべて在庫糸。イメージ画に合う色を見つけるべく在庫総力戦となりました。持つべきものは在庫です😌
後はボタン付けと糸始末〜。。。
The first photo is the rough sketch my daughter handed me for the cardigan in progress I posted a few days ago and the second one is the cardigan almost done! We modified the silhouette (straight instead of tapered), made the body longer, added pockets (my suggestion) and stripes to the cuffs. We found all of the stripes' colors in my stash 😆 We need to add buttons now!
#strandsoflifedesigns #fontyfado #daisycardigan

#wabisabibookkal
Hiya 🙂 As you may know, we are holding a #wabisabi_book kal on Instagram (please see @eritml 's post). We would like to thank this way, all those who have supported us at every step of this project.
To join us, you can use any yarn to knit one of (or more!) the patterns in the book, but if you wish to try @nomadnoos yarn, please go and check their online store, the yarn kits are available!
I wanted to knit my #fukinseishawl with a thicker yarn, so I'll accompany you throughout the kal with this moss green fingering yarn I'd jealousy kept in my stash 💚 and needlessly to say, I was inspired by @baron_amimono 's version!
Thank you for your support ❤️
#strandsoflifedesigns

明けましておめでとうございました🙃もう成人の日も過ぎてしまっただなんて😅相変わらずスローですが今年もよろしくお願いします🙇‍♀️
実は先月から娘の今シーズンの注文を編んでいます。茶色でオーバーサイズでボーダーが入っていて、袖は萌え系でパフというのが注文で、やっと形になって来ました。自分には絶対に編まない色、形なのでなかなか新鮮ではありますが、編む量が多い😅あともうちょっと〜。。。
Happy very late new year 😂
This is what I've been up to since last month: a request of my daughter. She wants this season an oversized, striped brown cardigan with long puffed sleeves. I have just one more sleeve to go 😀
#fontyfado #strandsoflifedesigns #daisycardigan

Hi everyone!
I at last posted an article about #fukinseishawl (phew!) You have the links to @nomadnoos website, for Wabisabi book and the yarn kit.
I wish you a happy holiday season 🥂✨🥰

Bonjour à tous et à toutes !
J'ai enfin posté un article sur le châle #fukinseishawl (ouf!) - il y a des liens vers le site de Nomadnoos, pour le livre et le kit de laine.
Je vous souhaite de joyeuses fêtes de fin d'année 🥂✨🥰

#strandsoflifedesigns
#wabisabi_book
#nomadnoosdrydesertcamel

Hello🤗 I'm happy to announce that the yarn kit for Fukinsei shawl is available on @nomadnoos 's online shop!
The color I used is Seven wonders of noos, which is greysh purple or purplish grey, depending on your point of view 🧐 The beautiful Grass in the sun that Maki @baron_amimono used (3rd photo) is also availalbe, and if you want to use a deep sea color (4th photo) as eri @eritml (though she used High Mountain yak), I recommend Deep depths of the sea. You have six total colors to choose from!
I can tell you that Dry desert camel, this hund-spun yarn, is incredibly thin, very soft and has a good stitch definition. Your shawl is light yet warm with a lot of drape.
Go to "Collections" then to "Dry desert camel" to access the page. Thanks!
#strandsoflifedesigns
#wabisabi_book

Thank you eri @eritml for sharing the new pictures of your #fukinseishawl 💙

We are pleased to announce that the patterns included in Wabi Sabi book by @nomadnoos are being added one by one to Ravelry (thank you Elena!) and the first one is Fukinsei shawl, following the order in the book. If you have begun or finished the shawl, please link your project to Ravelry's pattern page! We'll be happy to see our designs taking shape on your needles!

The shawl pattern is currently available only in the book. Please check Nomadnoos webstore, or wholesaler information on their site to find a store carrying the book and their beautiful ethical yarn in your country.

I would also thank all my test knitters @ojaoja38 @kat.purls @baron_amimono and @ionai as well as the early birds who supported us and made it happen ❤️
I'll write a blog post about this design, thank you for your patience ☺️
#strandsoflifedesigns

ずいぶん前に平置き写真をお見せしたセーターのパターンがやっと出来ました🙌ラベリーでテストニッターさんを募集しています（リンクからテストスレッドに飛べます）。年末年始を挟むお忙しい時期ですが、ご協力をいただければ幸いです😊
The pattern of Douce folie sweater is at last ready and I'm looking for test knitters. The specs are on the test thread (link in my linktree). If you are interested, please send me a message via Ravlery. Thank you 🥰
Le patron du pull Douce folie est enfin prêt à être testé ! Les détails sont sur le fil de discussion du test (lien dans ma linktree). Si vous êtes intéressé.e, écrivez-moi via Ravelry. Merci d'avance 🥰
#doucefoliesweater #strandsoflifedesigns #uncommoneveryday #ladroguerieplumette

hiya 🙂 this is a (kind) reminder that the introductory discount on #laprovencesweater ends today (Nov 14), 23:59 in Paris (GMT +1), on both Ravelry (print version only) and my website (print + mobile version). Enjoy ❤️
#laprovencesweater のリリース割引は本日14日パリ時間23:59で終了です。日本は明日15日の7:59分になるのですが、忘れないうちにお買い求め下さいね❤️
coucou 🙂 ceci est un (gentil petit) rappel que la remise sur #laprovencesweater se termine ce soir à 23:59 à Paris, aussi sur Ravelry (version à imprimer uniquement) que sur mon site (versions à imprimer & mobile). Profitez-en ❤️
#strandsoflifedesigns #slowfashion #iknitmyownclothes