dimanche 15 février 2026

OLYMPICS 3

 Benvenuti alle Olimpiadi invernali di Milano


Les Wipolympics sont un évènement organisé par Melissa  (Measi.net)




Gérard :
"Hi, some updates about the ongoing competitions"

Nelson :
"First, a good news! Our first silver medal in skimountaineering!
We found this new sport very interesting. Always fun to discover a new technic."

Gérard :
"For this first attempt, our sponsor didn't gave us a large choice of equipment. Only this light brown vichy fabric in the stash and our visit to the fabric store wasn't productive, too small or too large squares so no purchase."

Nelson :
"But our athlete did his best with a nice white DMC coton perlé and the result deserves the second place and silver medal".



Skimountaineering / Ski Alpinisme









Gérard :
"Do we have any news from the freestyle skiing team!"

Nelson :
"Yes, judges saved our competitor with the repechage session.
She is back with n° 2155 brown thread. And even she dislikes to use this Aurifil Allegro thread, which keep geeting tangled up. Here is her progress"








 
Gérard :
"Do you know Nelson that they used granite stone for the pyramids as well as for the curling stone"

Nelson :
"Yes we chose to link this sport to Ancient Egypt JJ!"

Gérard :
"Nice start then with this small cross stitching representing pyramids in the desert on a light blue linen"



Nelson :
"Some progress too on collecting papers for the signatures!"

Curling


Gérard :
"Any knitting needles involved in those winter olympics games?"

Nelson :
"Of course, big ones! Knitting with n° 10 will go faster"

Gérard :
"But this special wool is very weird and with this irregular thickness I haven't been able to make the first row so I knit it with a small wool and now I'll have to hide it. I'm trying with a crochet stitch"

Nelson :  
"That sounds adventurous"
Mr Topo :   "For sure!"






Biathlon 


Gérard :
"Do snowboarders slide down the slopes?"

Nelson :
"Red, white and black paperboards are out on the worktable.
For DSiL March birthday card"

Gérard :
"I thought it was planned to make an american mailbox card"

Nelson :
"Yes but it turned out that a more personal card would be better. Linked to his favorite games or characters. And after seen pokemon ball card on the net, the decision was made"


Gérard :
"Any idea for the character who may be involved"

Nelson :
"Yes, Tangela. His name is French means Knot bag. And Jocondine drew it in her first Tour de France, so she looked in her archives and used it again"

Gérard :
"With the same look? That wool ball thing?"

Nelson :
"Exactly! He will say "I dressed up to wish you an happy birthday" using the quote "on my 31" which means here "like for December the 31th - New Year's Eve outfits"




Snowboard 








Petit bulletin d'infos sur les compétitions en cours avec nos journalistes.
Côté broderie, de petites croix sur le caméléon girafe et sur le paysage désertique autour des pyramides. En ce qui concerne la broderie suisse, premier essai terminé. Nouvelle technique sympa à broder, il me reste maintenant à trouver un marchand de tissu chez qui je puisse acheter le vichy avec des carrés aux dimensions adéquates. Côté tricot, finition au crochet sur le bas des côtes du pull pour cacher les mailles de montage. Côté cartonnage, découpe des ronds pour confection d'une carte pokéball et dessins basés sur le personnage Saquedeneu.




GIFTED GORGEOUSNESS 02/26

 It's always nice to make gifts, nice too to receive some
and use them in our stitching projects.

It's great and fun to show all this and the perfect place is
on Jo's blog Serendipitous Stitching on the 15th of each month
for the Gifted Gorgeousness post.


Jo gave a new turn to her blog those past months
but I'd like to keep posting about GG on the half-month day


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Cadeaux donnés ou reçus, toutes les occasions sont bonnes
pour partager nos coups de coeur et participer au "Gifted Gorgeousness"
de Jo - Serendipitous Stitching.

Jo a donné un nouveau tournant à son blog mais j'aimerais
continuer à parler cadeaux faits maison chaque mi-mois.





J'ai recommencé dès le début de l'année la confection de
fruits, légumes et recettes en feutrine pour Soline


At the beginning of the year, I started making
felt fruits, vegetables, and recipes for Soline again.






My first package was sent in mid-January.
To complete my banana and pineapple fruit salad,
I am now making kiwis. I really like the result.
I am also trying clementine segments, which is less easy.


On the vegetable side, I have two green felt pieces to make
green beans and asparagus.




mon premier colis est parti mi janvier
et pour compléter ma salade fruits à base de banane et ananas
je confectionne maintenant des kiwis
j'aime beaucoup le résultat
je m'essaie également aux quartiers de clémentines - moins facile


côté légumes : deux feutrines vertes pour fabriquer des
haricots verts et des asperges





quelques rondelles de carottes pour la couleur
et c'était très amusant de fabriquer des tortellinis






j'avais très envie de tenter la darne de saumon
et je me suis bien amusée


Carrots for the color, funny to make tortellinis and to stitch
salmon steak!



For an early March birthday card I needed a new pattern.
I like the american mail box theme, it's simple and
I only added a nylon thread with tiny insects which fly off the box
when you take the envelope













Pour un anniversaire début mars, j'avais envie d'une nouvelle carte.
Un modèle simple comme cette boîte aux lettres américaine.
J'ai seulement ajouté un fil avec des insectes qui s'envolent de la boîte
quand tu retires l'enveloppe.


Quelques cadeaux en couture, avec mon tissu spécial "infirmière".
DD1  m'a passé commande d'une trousse et j'en ai également confectionné une pour sa collègue
Plus une pochette berlingot pour Charlotte.


Les attaches des zips sont très petites donc j'ai fabriqué des petits pompons glands pour une meilleure prise en main.




A few sewing gifts, using my special “nurse” fabric.
DD1 ordered a pencil case from me, and I also made one for her colleague.
Plus a berlingot candy-shaped pouch for Charlotte.


The zipper pulls are very small, so I made little tassels to make them easier to grip.




mercredi 11 février 2026

OLYMPICS 2

 

Benvenuti alle Olimpiadi invernali di Milano


Les Wipolympics sont un évènement organisé par Melissa  (Measi.net)




Gérard :
" Hi, we're back commenting the Wipolympics! Our first gold medal was won by the Hockey team and here it is!"

Nelson :
"Hi to our viewers! As red 347 is done now, they might keep this perforated paper wip for the next qualification for the quaterfinals!"



Hockey sur glace



BREAKING NEWS   on  freestyle skiing!

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Gérard :

"Our competitor was disqualified after making many mistakes in the first run. Can you believe Nelson that the judges discovered she mixed up colors and all the work have been done in 2145 instead of 2155"

Nelson :

"OMG Gérard, it looks like she was as a skater making an axel in the middle of a hockey game!"

Gérard :

"Yes, first she was totally disappointed but her coach told her she had to go back on snow and start over!"

Nelson :

"Let's hope she'll find a piece of Aïda in her stash and be able to sign up for a new competition."

"""



Gérard :
"Do we have any better news about the bobsleigh team!"

Nelson :
Yes we do! More stitches on the flowers in the background of the Lady and the unicorn.







Gérard :
"Now, let's talk about a new sport in these Olympics, Skimountaineering!

Nelson :
So it's time to try this new event with a new technic of embroidery.
Our team chose "Gingham embroidery" called Swiss embroidery here.

Gérard:  With which fabric?

Nelson :  They only found light brown fabric and started a project with white B5200 coton perlé n°8.


Skimountaineering / Ski Alpinisme



Nous avons retrouvé nos reporters pour une édition spéciale
avec de beaux progrès sur la dame à la licorne
la remise de la médaille d'or gagnée lors de l'épreuve de papier
perforé
la découverte du ski alpinisme avec la broderie suisse
et malheureusement la disqualification en ski acrobatique
suite à l'erreur de couleur sur la broderie caméléon.