“Camargue” is a triangular area of Provence in the south of France. With the Rhone delta and salt wetlands, it’s famous for its pink flamingos, white Camargue horses and black bulls. Its wild long beaches such as l’Espiguettte offer amazing sights and long beach walks. We spent a few days in Camargue last week and enjoyed long beach walks, cycling among salt marshes, black bulls, semi-wild horses and pink flamingos.. We visited the magnificent town of Aigues mortes and ate outside hearing the sailboats in the harbour. All this felt like the perfect setup for my new shawl design: the Camargue ..read more

Ready for spring? Let’s crochet short sleeve tops and summer cardigans… Get 50 % off my BERTILLE & BLEU CORAIL crochet patterns with code “Spring” on ETSY & RAVELRY throughout the month of April 2018 >> http://www.etsy.com/shop/SylvieDameyCrochet >> http://www.ravelry.com/designers/sylvie-damey ..read more

This marini�re style sweater has been on my mind for a long time… Cascade yarns went along with my project and sent a batch of lovely “wool 220” for me to play with. The idea was there, but I swatched with all sorts of crochet stitches to find the perfect textured stripes: I wanted an interesting texture, which would not obscure the overall design.   Then it struck me: that famous crochet Star stitch, which you see everywhere on Pinterest and in those pretty japanese books ! I never really tried it as it often looks too busy and compact for my taste. But hey, how about trying it only for ..read more

I’ve seen it coming for a while, but I waited as long as I could: Because the rate of the $ (USD) keeps going down vs the €uros, because designing and selling crochet patterns, along with translation of knitting and crochet patterns, is my main job and only source of income I have finally decided that on friday April 6th 2018  I’ll be changing all the prices of my patterns on RAVELRY into €uros. They will thus be aligned with the pricing of my main ETSY store SylvieDameyCrochet.   For those of you who prefer to shop in US Dollars ($), you will still be able to do so on Crafts ..read more

Last week-end I had the opportunity at the last minute to visit the h+h trade show in Cologne, Germany, with a friend. This is a huge show reserved for professionals and retailers, who come from all corners of northern Europe to shop for new products and yarns.   New knit designs are shown everywhere,    And beautiful yarns … (+ a few balls to try out for future collaborations with my favorite brands, I’m so excited!) I got to meet Rob and Sharon Dunbabin, owners of Cascade yarns.. and show them my newest design, the “Marin d’Odouce” sweater made with their wool 220. It was re ..read more

The Open Spaces shawl is a new shawl design, where you’ll see the same “open spaces” openwork as in my “Open Spaces coat”, plus a bold lace edging derived from a vintage Victorian lace.   You can make this shawl in 2 sizes, using either super bulky yarn (and fewer stitches) or worsted/aran weight yarn (and a few added sts in each panel).       For the super bulky version, I used the exact same combo of several strands of yarn held together as for the matching coat. Then for my 2nd sample I used remnants of icelandic LettLopi yarn, which is aran weight. Lots of color in th ..read more

Living in the french Alps, it can get pretty cold around here in the winter… And instead of buying my husband yet more woolen socks, I decided I could make him some, armed with my new sock making skills :-) So here they are: the Bucheron socks (= lumberjack in french). Classic hardwearing socks, with contrasting heels and toes, and an edging of fake-ribbing I particularly like. Those socks are explained in 4 widths, from thin women’s feet (or older kids) to large men’s feet, so you can crochet socks for the whole family. And of course, the length of the socks is fully customizable.   Con ..read more

The Open Spaces coat is the perfect mix of style and comfort, when you want to be nice and cozy in the winter. Crocheted with Super bulky yarn, it is amazingly quick to crochet with all these “open spaces” (chains are soooo much faster to make than full stitches). The hood is totally optional, so you can wear it in a much more classic way.   The pattern is available in 5 sizes from XS to XL. This pattern is available on Etsy (€) – Ravelry (€) ****  Craftsy ($) – Etsy ($) Price: $8 or 7 € (+ VAT on digital products for Europeans) Pattern is in ..read more

Starting something completely new (to me)… Crocheted socks ! Socks… I tried to knit them ages ago. Then tried to crochet them. But that never worked out, too fiddly to knit, too thick and not enough comfortable when crocheted… I could not picture socks crocheted in single crochet, even elongated sc… Yet I still kept that idea in a corner of my mind. Oh and sock yarns can be so pretty ! Then suddenly last year it hit me: that very double crochet in the front loop I like to use in all my garment patterns was the solution ! Because of its specific properties it would be ideal for socks ..read more

Every once and again, crocheters will ask me how they can crochet one of my designs.. but in another size. Let’s focus today on how to do that for kids and pre-teens. For instance, this week, Karine S. asked: “Hi Sylvie do you sell a pattern for a dancing poppies sweater in sizes 6 years and 4 years? I’m not very good at adapting sizes..”    So. My first answer is No, as those cardigans are only available in women’s sizes and baby/toddler sizes… BUT the good news is that it’s super simple to adapt the baby bolero to kids sizes thanks to this little “trick” I’m about to ..read more