une évolution casse-tête

dirty war

2009-08-05T09:57:00.002-04:00

100% pure merino
dip dyed, washed in hot water

what a sleeveless hooded vest looks like worn

2009-08-01T16:12:00.002-04:00

diagonal hat

2009-07-29T10:24:00.002-04:00

the beanie is made of three diagonal parts crocheted together. the top is left open, creating a little hole (that can be mistaken for an irregularity when worn)

sleeveless hooded vest

2009-07-25T10:40:00.002-04:00

scripts

2009-06-17T17:05:00.003-04:00

I look back at yesterday - considering the absence of time boundaries, it could have been anytime, even before the cannibals' revolution - and I think; how could I have described, my thirst and desire to be drenched, drowned in such light' flow, without having it burning my sensory feelings membrane, heart retina, bursting pupil for shattered iris. Pleated lids and yet blinded, if I could breath rays into my lungs, surely would I spit lava and exhale smoke.

Of course, hearing those scripts and unpuzzled iconoclasms, they thought well of seeking ignition, vainly grasping cryptic fuel (magma).

"I never caught a beam of light with my divided limb sticks."

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And I guess that she was probably cursed, haunted by like a sweet, stretched poison, a killer snake, speeding like a snail, dipped in arsenic, pumped and drenched - in her own blood. I dreamed instincts of destructions, for her own genuine protection.

-she is aiming at her brains!

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By the window, rolled up on myself like my limbs are dead, bones: shattered, liquified or dusted by the flame... Through the glass, just enough sun to wear in spring, rays falling on me like thin rain. Please, wash my old leather, too many seasons for one'(s) skin. I keep my eyes closed; four pairs of lids couldn't be too much. And it seems, pictured behind those blinds, the same animated sequences moving there, outside. Reverie or dream? Life always was too me something strange, unrealistic or maybe, a fantastic reality, paranormal, they would say. I never was really good at sorting truth from imagination. So, with time, I just figured out I'd look at them as both part of one bigger entity. My life, or the world; I don't know, sound the same to me. All I'll ever know...

roses and chains

2009-05-20T12:59:00.003-04:00

i paid myself a little designing trip in the past few days... combined crochet techniques with knitting needles and principles, on a bigger scale... and here's the result!

the scarf is made of 4 smaller ones, of different sizes and shapes, attached together in 3 different points; with strings hanging and 3 roses

i used to blends:
-50% soya/ 50% acrylic
-86% bamboo/ 12% acrylic/ 2% polyester

new name :)

2009-05-18T01:10:00.002-04:00

casse-tête (puzzle): Something [...] that requires ingenuity and often persistence in solving or assembling.

casser (break): To weaken or destroy, as in spirit or health; overwhelm with adversity; to separate into components or parts

tête (head): The seat of the faculty of reason; intelligence, intellect, or mind; the uppermost or forwardmost part of the body of a vertebrate

and i'm dreaming...

2009-05-16T10:15:00.003-04:00

and i'm dreaming;
of translucent eyes
blinding skylights
brightly soaked rooms

rolled, scratched, peeling white paint,
faded damasks,
dusty vases.

and i'm dreaming;
of a blue toned reality,
moving polaroids,
new souvenirs: infinity.

fresh breath of an opened window,
sheer curtains, laughing
two ghosts, laying.

and i'm dreaming;
for (our) outbroken leather, light cottons,
destroyed chiffons,
torn up lace

mistaken for spiderwebs,
ripped, stitched silk,
our threaded lives
(on canvas)

and i'm dreaming;
brushing the smoke off your eyes,
like the holes of your face
ropes to your soul.

hanging upon my dirty hands
unforgotten alphabets
blowing clouds.

and i'm dreaming;
a green garden, ours, and a tree
growing from ashes, death
in the middle, a mess.

luxurious fruits for thirst
a shell, for show
our running roots
(from tomorrow)

sewing& office sessions :O

2009-05-15T10:55:00.005-04:00

i know, i know; i've been a terrible blogger lately :S (not like i've ever been so good though haha). i've been spending a lot of time on some "office/ official" stuff to be able to spend more time creating, improving and being able to sell my products in stores. i still have lots of work on that regard to do in the following weeks, as for money aspect, possibility of developpement, etc. i will expand a bit more on the subject when i will have more informations myself! don't hesitate though if you have any questions :)

on another note, i've been feeling like using my creativity for other purposes than the (most) usual knitting. lately, i've been looking for a hoodie for the summer, and since i couldn't find what i wanted, or simply couldn't afford it (usual truth); i simply decided to sew one myself! i was a little nervous since i hadn't really use my machine for almost two years. project went well, happy with the result, although i wanna modify a bit my pattern next time...

KNITS SUPERSALE

2009-04-20T12:37:00.003-04:00

New season is coming... time to make room for some new creations by getting rid of some old ones!I went through my knits and found a few ones that I don't need anymore.

Here they are.
Prices included shipping anywhere in the world.
If you have any questions, let me know.
I'm also open to reasonable offers

scarlet irregular knit scarf
55$

charcoal loose knit scarf
45$

beige/ yellowish loose knit scarf
45$

purple irregular knit scarf
40$

gradient loose knit sweater
110$

alveolus charcoal fingerless gloves
45$

charcoal hood
60$

a few looks

2009-04-12T11:56:00.003-04:00

soon it's gonna be warm enough to stop wearing a stupid coat, i can't wait ^^

pain in eden

we're just trying to get freedom...

along an icy pond, with a frozen moon

screens of smoke

please, kill me, tonight... and after, and

now the dizziness is similar to whimsy with a pretty twist

trying to see clearly when i never got a clear head..

i drag... claustrophobic frequencies

can't seem to find the right light..

ghosts and smoke.

hooded shawl/ cape/ oversized vest

2009-04-04T18:21:00.003-04:00

it's kindda hard to give a name, or a description to my new desigh, so i thought many pictures would be adequate hehe.

the piece is 100% wool, i mostly knitted but also crocheted a little (mostly for seams)

p.s.: i've rarely been so proud of one of my project ^^

gradient spring scarf

2009-03-27T11:50:00.002-04:00

I had to make this scarf last week, as a special request for a customer. It was a really fun project. First I had already played with gradient and shades and all, but i really wanted to make the softest gradient possibly here. Also, the two tones the customer had chosen were perfect to mix together. I chose merino wool, as it was really soft and light, so perfect for spring weather. This scarf is not as long as what I've previously made this fall/ winter. As you can also see, the knit is irregular and is tighter on the ends than in the middle (also to make it lighter for spring).

spring is coming !

2009-03-19T00:26:00.002-04:00

recently, the days have been getting warmer and sunnier. winter is almost over, the cycle continues.

soon, i will post some items from fall/ winter on sale here, you should check it out!

not any new designs or projects, but a few (many) polyvores:

twisted neckwarmer

2009-03-10T19:29:00.003-04:00

et voilà! i just finished this neckwarmer today. it's twisted, so there's no way to make it lay flat perfectly. the charcoal yarn is alpaca and wool, it's really light, but really fluffly and warm at the same time. as for the black thread, it's waxed cotton cord. there are mostly 3 different gages of knit that i used for this project. i had rolled the neckwarmer twice before putting it on, but i could have easily done it 3 times to have a warmer and tighter feeling.

i had this idea when i was in nyc, had sketched it quickly in a little café in soho(café ceci cela, i love that place!). i first wanted to use strings of leather (instead of the waxed cord) but i wasn't sure exactly of how i was gonna obtain the result i wanted, so i prefered using a cheaper material for the first experiment. although, i have to say that the cord truly looks good and not out of place at all. i also decided to leave a few strings of yarn and cord hanging here and there.

new rose broach..

2009-03-01T23:13:00.002-05:00

Approximately 2'' x 2'', destroyed black rose with a touch of destroyed silver ribbon. This broach being one of my favorite, I'm happy of the result as for including some silver ribbon without having too much of a contrasts. Plus, the strings hanging add a little something of eccentricity and chic.

"unfinished" neckwarmer part 2

2009-02-27T16:50:00.003-05:00

Here's more pics of the neckwarmer (it also help understanding my poor explanations hehe)

"unfinished" neckwarmer

2009-02-26T21:15:00.004-05:00

A quick one to show my new creation, the "unfinished" neckwarmer. It's basically made of three flat tubes that are crocheted/ sewn together in four different places. Because of the space between the four chains, the tubes kindda layer by themselves.

I'll post detailed and fit pics tomorrow :)

good news!

2009-02-24T03:23:00.006-05:00

I just came back from NYC a few hours ago. I've been awake for almost 24 hours, but I'm really hyper right now. It was a bit hectic over there, during fashion week and all, but I got to meet some really nice and interesting people. One of them being Peter. He contacted me some time ago to work with him on the collection he will be launching, LEON. It's a really interesting project; menswear for women, which inspires me a lot, and is kindda part of my personal style. So, we finally got the chance to meet up and hang out, and I can definitely say I believe in this project; Peter is a really talented designer with good taste and ideas, but also with a head on his shoulders.

Peter brought me to the Boutique IF, where I got this beautiful Ann Demeulemeester asymmetrical dress shirt. I love it so much, I'll try to post a picture sometime. A few days ago, I was reading about Ann D, she was saying "Good fashion for me is like rock'n'roll - there's always a little rebellion in it". I think it's something that you can really "sense" through her pieces, something romantic, but "rough" at the same time, a good balance. And of course, there's Patti Smith, her friend and one of my biggest inspiration.
I find there's something so true coming from both of these women; something feminine, really strong, rock'n'roll/ punk, but sensitive.

some ideas

2009-02-06T20:54:00.002-05:00

I've already wrote about being inspired by dark beautiful things. I see life as a whole thing; life and death, love and hate, hope and despair, all together, so different, so similar, forming only one. That way, anything can inspire you anything, because in the end, it's all related. Trying hard to find inspiration doesn't work, and thinking too much to try to give a logic is boring. The great thing that should come out of inspiration is unicity; the links that are instinctly made in your head, heart, soul, without any self control. I think we have some kind of essence inside and we have to work with it to create our own genuine beauty.

I have been a little lazy on the creation side lately, although I've come up with some ideas for new designs, so I just thought I would share with you some sets I made with polyvore, some inpirations I got...

fingerless gloves prototype

2009-01-31T11:28:00.003-05:00

I've been really inspired by Rodarte's knits. I wanted to try for a while to get a similar effect as below. Finally got to do something. Here's the prototype. I'm enough satisfied for the first try, slightly gotta adjust the knit to make it tighter on the arm.

It looks really great worn, it's so light and delicate, which mixes well with the destroyed look. Some holes are really big and perfect for the thumbs, so you can actually chose the way you wear the fingerless gloves. I just finished knitting the second arm, but I'm gonna knit a new pair with some modifications before posting fit pics of a pair.

2009-01-28T12:26:00.002-05:00

Here are some fit pics of the new scarf/ hood i made!
You can see it worn as a hood but also just wrapped around, like a usual scarf.
(You probably can also notice one of the flower brooch i made)

hood scarf

2009-01-26T15:13:00.004-05:00

So I finally finished a new project.
The scarf is 3'' large at the begining and slowly gets to 20'' large.
95'' long

The knit is really tight at the begining and it gets really loose the larger the scarf gets.
It can be just wrapped around as a regular scarf, but the largest part is wide and deep enough to be worn as a hood.

*fit pics to come*

2009-01-08T11:21:00.002-05:00

Here, I combined the black thread with some wire.
50$ including shipping

What the rose looks like before being rolled up

For this destroyed broach, i combined black ribbon with a silver metal wire ribbon.
35$ shipped.

The plain crocheted rose broach (as seen in my previous post) is 40$ including shipping.

I'm currently working on combining the rose broaches with some metal, wire, beads to add a "jewelry" feeling to these accessories.

crocheted rose broach

2009-01-08T00:22:00.002-05:00

i woke up one morning this week and decided that i wanted to crochet. so this is my first project. It's hard to see on this picture, but i used a thread that's 70% cotton and 30% nylon so it gives a shiny effect.

i made some others different crocheted and ribbon roses tonight, so i will post pictures of them tomorrow and give more informations and prices.

destroyed flowers broaches

2009-01-05T15:57:00.005-05:00

prices are between 30$-45$ including shipping

I've been watching a lot of silent and german expressionist movies recently (well I've always been into these kinds but they bring me a lot of creative thoughts these days). There's something I find really inspiring by those black and white images, a bit blury, almost ghost-like, combining beauty and horror, love and hate, life and death to the point where you don't know what to think anymore. Lose yourself through that confusion, let it go to the depth of your soul and listen to the feelings it brings you.

Here's a good example of what inspires me( I don't know which movie it's from so if anyone know, please tell me). I find this video breathtaking and plus, it's combined to a song from Nico, who's my icon, favorite artist in many ways, well, to be exact, I'm actually obsessed with her, I've been for years. But that's something I will cover another day.

here it is:

Nico - Mutterlein

2008-12-23T17:15:00.003-05:00

So finally I kept working on the roses and made broaches out of them. More to come... and also explanation..

destroyed black roses

2008-12-18T19:04:00.004-05:00

I've been in romantic mood lately. And watching a lot of movies from the 20's. I really like that era because of women' attitude and fashion. With those masculine silouhettes and short hair, women would start doing more activities that were before only for men. But they would still look really feminine with their dark make-up, accessories (pearls, feathers, furs, roses, sequin, etc)

That picture from the flapper era made me want to bring back roses as an accessory. But not in a plastic, cheap or kitsch way. Something more modern, dark and feminine. I like thinking that beauty isn't perfection, but is made of those little things, small defects, characteristics that make one special, unique. That's why I wanted to give that "destroyed" touch to the roses. I'm working on different projects that would involve them, or something similar.

a scarf!

2008-12-14T10:52:00.003-05:00

50% wool/ 50% alpaca
around 10" long and 1" large
can be worn loose to show the holes and the length, or wrapped around to keep warm :)

a little addition

2008-12-12T10:59:00.003-05:00

not a new picture, but this one show pretty much all the piece

I've been working on some custom orders too, here's a seamless slouchy beanie. this one is 100% wool

ascending hood

2008-12-10T17:42:00.002-05:00

my recent project; a hood/ scarf. it's one of the piece i've made that i love the most ^^
The hood is about 12" / 12" so oversized

The scarf part on one side is 27" long and going from 5" to 1" large and on the other side it's 62" long and 9" large all the way

I'll get better pictures this week that show all the piece!

l'eau

2008-12-08T13:56:00.002-05:00

my friend inspired me to make this beanie, i still have to work on the lining.
but here's the almost final result.
the black part is 100% lamb wool, and the heather grey one is 100% wool.
the fit is tight enough on the head, but still long and slouchy at the end...
i'll post fit pics once it will be totally finished :)

the real spin

2008-12-07T10:26:00.003-05:00

I asked my brother to take a few fit pictures of the spiral beanie. I love the design, the color and the fit

comfy and slouchy

2008-12-06T10:11:00.006-05:00

I've made this slouchy beanie yesterday, it's oversized and really thick. It almost fits like a beret.
Thick knit, loose gauge.
I used two strings of yarn, 50% alpaca and 50% wool, so really warm and comfy!

makes my head spin.

2008-12-05T13:40:00.006-05:00

i've been knitting a lot lately and didn't even think about making something to myself. so here's a beanie to keep my head warm. i like the constant spirals that give that shell effect. it's kindda slouchy and really comfy ^^