March 2013

28 Mar

circle in a square, Crocheted blankets, shawl, wips

More progress on wips

Helloooooo!

Just a quick post today to say hello and to show you some progress I’ve made to my wips…

All the squares are done…the baby blanket is nearly finished…I just have to join the squares and make an edging 🙂

I’ve made also some progress on the two shawls I’m working on … I’m in love with the two…crazy in love!

And I must show you too two baskets I bought lately to hide all my wips …

Can you guess that I’m crazy in love with these two too? 😀

Now I have to leave you my friend…

I’ll be away from blogland next week as I have a little surgery to make on wednesday and I’ll have to stay in the hospital for a couple of days… How I hate hospitals 🙁

Please pray for me my faithful friends… I need your prayers…

Hoping to be back as soon as possible

Wishing you a very happy Easter!

Kisses

Sucrette

19 Mar

circle in a square, Crocheted neck warmer, Moss stitch, My family, shawl, wips

4 and 6

Gooooood morning!

How’s everything? You are surely wondering what are these two numbers about…

Well…

4 is the number of wips ( work in progress) I’m crocheting right now… Yes 4… Is it too much? Can a girl have 4 wips? I can’t resist beginning new projects that is why I have so many wips…

Do you want to have a peek? Ok…

Wip number 1:

A new granny shawl… but this time I’ll keep it for myself cause I really really need a big shawl for spring and fall…

I’m loving these colors… The yarn is Nako Vizon a 100% acrylic yarn with a 5mm crochet hook …

And the pattern, like for the first granny shawl, is here 😉

Wip number 2:

The baby blanket I’m making for my cousin. All the circles are done and I am slowly making the white border now 🙂 Very happy with these squares 🙂

Wip number 3:

The cowl with the moss stitch… Even though I’m not sure I can still wear it this year as it’s already almost spring here… I love crocheting it… stitch after stitch… I just love this stitch…did I said that before?

and finally Wip number 4:

Another triangle shawl but this time with just one colour following a free pattern on Ravelry called South Bay Shawlette…

I fall in love with that shawl and could not resist beginning one … and I can tell you something …it is totally ADDICTIVE … and once you get used to the pattern it is very very easy to follow 🙂

These were my 4 wips…now for number 6… did you guess what it’s about?

It is my little Joseph who turned 6 months old this week 🙂

I’m crazy in love with this little guy … He’s my sunshine 🙂

Leaving you with this cute pic of my angel’s little feets …

and wishing you a beautiful day!

Love to all!

Sucrette

P.S: I am adding the “how to hide the yarn ends” post after the free patterns on the right side bar of the blog.

And on top of the right side bar you can follow me now with just one click on facebook, pinterest and instagram … will love to see you there 😉

15 Mar

granny squares, Hiding the yarn ends

How to hide the yarn ends

Hello hellooooo

How are you sweet ladies around the globe?

No, this is not a new project on the go…this is just a granny square I’ve made specially for you for this post with a step by step pics to show you how I hide the yarn ends in my projects as many of you asked me already…Each round is made with a different colour…ladies, don’t be afraid anymore to use many colours in your projects, this is how you’ll proceed…very easy…

I’ve made round 1 in purple…I closed it with a slip stitch and cut my yarn…

Now, I’ll hide the yarn ends with the same hook I’m using to crochet. Yes, with the same hook and as I go, round after round, I’ll hide the yarn ends…no needs for any needle here…

I turn the round 1 to the back…

Now I insert the hook between the stitches of the same color on the back of my square…hook it and pull through…

and then cut the part that is left…

This is the back of my square…as neat as the front … now, let’s do the same steps for round 2 in teal… This is the front of my 2rounds-squares…

Let’s turn it on its back…Here we have two teal-yarn-ends to hide

We begin with the first one inserting the hook on the teal stitches…

Always always try to remember this simple rule: You hide the yarn end of color1 under the stitches of the same colour on the back of your project for a neat result.

You cut the first teal yarn end and you continue hiding the second one…

using the same technique…inserting the hook…pulling through the teal stitches of the back of your squares…then cutting the small part that is left…

Now look at the back of the two rounds square…

as neat as the front…

You’ll do the same steps for each and every round as you go 😉 simple no?

Here you are…with a neat granny square without any yarn ends to hide with a needle or with anything else…

Now you’ll not be afraid anymore to work with as many colours as you want … with this simple technique to hide your yarn ends as you go, after each round you’ll finish and with the same hook you’re crocheting with 🙂

Hope my instructions were clear for you as I’m not very used to explain with english…

Do not hesitate to ask any question you want…

Have a wonderful weekend my friend,

Kisses and hugs

Sucrette

12 Mar

"done", shawl

The granny shawl :)

Hellooooo my friend!

How are you today? It is already spring in my part of the world 🙂 the sun is happily shining 🙂

The granny shawl is done and I can’t wait to show it to you…

Remember the beautiful yarn that the generous Joumana sent me? (You can read all about it here) Well…It turned into this…

A beautiful springy granny shawl…

I love this shawl…I love its colours…I love its softness 🙂 I love everything about it …

Yes, I know…I’ve began a diet 😉

As you can see from the pic above…the shawl is big…

You can make your own shawl following this pattern here…You can find also the pattern in the right sidebar of the blog between the patterns for free 🙂

It is a very easy to follow pattern…relaxing and soothing like all crocheted-things-granny 😉

The yarn was a pure pleasure to crochet 🙂 Thank you once more dear Joumana…

This shawl I’ve made is for you Joumana 🙂 I hope that you’ll love it as much as I loved to crochet it for you…I’ll contact you to see how can I send it to you as a thankful gift for all the wonderful yarn you’ve sent me 🙂

So, my dear friend, I hope you liked the granny shawl 🙂

I’m preparing right now a post about how I hide the yarn ends in my projects as many of you are asking…

Have a beautiful day!

kisses and hugs

Sucrette

04 Mar

circle in a square, colors and yarns, Corners of my home, Crocheted blankets, Crocheted neck warmer, for babies, Moss stitch, My family, wips

Monday again!

Good morning ladies!

How are you? Time really flies …here we are already in march…and it is monday again 🙂 I love the smell of spring of march 🙂

I’ve began two new wips I want to share with you today 🙂

A baby blanket for a cousin of mine who’s expecting a little princess in July 🙂

Here is a close up of the squares I’m making…

I love this blanket… I added to its original square a round of dc …to add more white…

I am loving how it is turning out and I’ve already done all the circles (the first two rounds of them 😉 )

The second wip is a cowl for myself…a very big cowl that I can fold two times around my neck….

I am working it using the moss stitch (1sc, 1ch, 1sc, 1ch) etc

I simply loooove that stitch 🙂

I am crocheting it with the “MIRAGE” a 100% acrylic yarn but instead of the 3mm hook suggested on the yarn I am using a 5mm hook to have a light effect…

Finally lovely ladies a pic of my bundle of joy who’s enjoying his new toy…

and who became now a big baby sleeping in the bigger bed which was for his sisters 🙂

Yes, time really flies 🙂

Have a wonderful week

and see you very soon!

Sucrette

P.S: I’ve posted today the two parcels for the winners of the giveaway…They will be flying from Lebanon to the U.S Texas to Carolyn’s home and to Germany to Jutta’s home …Crossing my fingers that they will arrive safely 🙂