<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How do you introduce yourself to total strangers?<\/strong> What inspired you to first start crocheting?<\/strong> How did you get into designing crochet?<\/strong> Do you have a favorite yarn?<\/strong> Where do you find inspiration for patterns?<\/strong> Do you have a secret crochet tip for beginners?<\/strong> What is your favorite pattern that you have designed?<\/strong> What word do you wish you had invented?<\/strong> Is there another craft that you would love to learn?<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you want to see more of Sylvie’s lovely patterns check out her website<\/a> or Ravelry<\/a> Page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Instead of the usual crochet cuties post, I will be posting about the designers who create these cuties.\u00a0 There are so many wonderfully talented and inspiring artists out there and I am always curious about them.\u00a0 I also love that most designers have a distinctive style…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet-cuties"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p10SDt-cf","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":763,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"ChezPlumCollage\"](\"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Desktop-1024x682.jpg\" "\\"ChezPlumCollage\\"")
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\nI’m Sylvie, french and lucky mum to 2 great little girls. I am fascinated by wool and yarn, and have been ever since I was a little girl. After knitting for years and years, I discovered the fantastic crafting community online and started selling my own knitting and crochet patterns in 2005 under the name “ChezPlum. I am very lucky to be able now to take my fibery endeavours one step further, and organise workshops here in the french Alps to share my passion with other like-minded people.<\/p>\n
\nThe pretty projects which just couldn’t be replicated with knitting, such as those wildy colored crocheted blankets (think “Babette”..) . Nobody around me could crochet, so I taught myself with videos and books. I never looked back, crochet is now my favorite craft ! I love how you don’t have to plan ahead every single step as you would with knitting, and how crochet allows you to work in about every direction. Total freedom !<\/p>\n
\nI’m not very good at following other people’s patterns, and often feel like it will be faster and easier if I design it myself exactly like what I have in mind. Of course it’s not true, and probably takes me much longer than following a well-written pattern. Also, I like to feel like the time spent on this “hobby” of mine should not be completely lost: by turning it into a pattern, I feel like it’s worth it.<\/p>\n
\nNoro yarns are probably my favorite ever yarns. I don’t have a very sensitive skin so that I can wear it in garments, and am totally in love with those color changes.<\/p>\n
\nInspiration is just everywhere. In a fashion magazine, in a garment I love, in a vintage doily … I like the challenge to turn this vision into a doable crochet project.<\/p>\n
\nExplore crocheting in the front loop only, for better drape and thinner crocheted fabric. I hardly ever crochet in both loops any more, except for pieces that really need support.<\/p>\n
\nHum, … somehow it’s always the last one that I designed… But also because they are my most popular, I’d say the Roselette top and my very-last cardigan, Jehanne, with the long hood as for Ermeline. It’s in the final stages of testing and I can’t wait till I release it officially ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
\nhmm..can’t think of any word right now. Maybe “oser”: dare to explore new things and directions !<\/p>\n
\nI already learned to spin and dye my own yarn, crochet (!), sew and wet-felt and needle-felt… I can see weaving on the list but am not so tempted so far. That may change, who knows ? In an ideal world where everything was possible though, I’d love to do ceramics again, and maybe metal work.<\/p>\n
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