06 May

A double tadaaaaa :)

Hello lovelies!

How was your weekend?

Today is a special post cause it is a double tadaaa one πŸ™‚ Yes two finished projects to show you πŸ™‚

Number oooooooone….

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My granny shawl … finally finished and looking gorgeous πŸ™‚

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I love it! Too bad it is already very hot now here and I’ll have to wait for september to wear it πŸ™

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Crocheted with my beloved 100% acrylic yarn nako vizon …

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Following this very easy pattern … It was a real pleasure to make and I am deeply in love πŸ™‚

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As for number twooooooooo…It is a before-after kind of project…

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A very ugly black wooden stool I totally forgot about it in my attic… and I saw it and thought: what if I make for it a crocheted cover and use it to hold one of my green plants πŸ˜‰

soooooo there it is:

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Granny square cover of course…what else ? πŸ˜‰ made with leftover yarn ….

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I love the contrast between the black and the other colours πŸ™‚ mmmmh

and here itΒ stands now…

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What do you think?

Did you like my two “projects’?

Now, I have a long project for the summer…It is burning in my head and I started it last night…mmmmmh…I am totally totally totally excited about it… I love it too too much…and I can’t wait to show it to you…

So, stay tuned my friend…

Sending you love, kisses and sunshine πŸ™‚

Sucrette

 

 

01 May

Snapshots of love

Hello there!

I’ve been so busy these days that I barely had time to hold my hook… and barely had time for internet too πŸ™ there is sometimes days like that…

Here are some snapshots I took from home today…

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Right now: A beautiful sunset from my window…

and earlier: some pics of my love, my life, my bundle of joy, my children…

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and I promise I promise to be back very very soon with a double-tadaaa post…yes a double!!!

Sending you all my love through this post

Sucrette

 

 

 

22 Apr

wips

Good morning!

I’ve had the worst internet connection ever these past days and today it is still very bad but I couldn’t resist writing a new post…even though it is taking me ages to upload one single pic πŸ™

How are you lovelies?

I’ve began a new baby blanket but this time it is for a little boy’s cousin πŸ˜‰ due in july…

Here is the yarn…not my kind of colours but I think they are great for a baby…

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what do you think? Do you love them?

and I started…

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Yes, a ripple blankie… using this pattern πŸ˜‰

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I love ripples…It is one of the best things I like to crochet πŸ™‚

And I’m loving how this one is turning out…

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and I’m still working on the south bay shawlette too πŸ˜‰

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and and and…

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I’m covering an old black stool with granny squares…yaaaay how I love granny squares…

Too many wips … one happy woman πŸ™‚

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Have a beautiful week my friend!

Kisses

Sucrette

15 Apr

The baby girl blanket

Good morning sweeties,

The baby girl blanket is done …I finished it last week but could not have enough time to write a post… So here it is today….tadaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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I enjoyed every second working on this blanket and I’m so in love with it…

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The yarn is very very soft…a pure pleasure to touch…It is called: Nako Lux Ninnos a mixture of 50%polyamid 50%acrylic….worked with a 3.5 mm crochet hook…

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As for the squares: The first 4 rounds are made following this pattern here

The 5th round is made with tr (U.K) all around the squareΒ and 2tr –Β 2ch – 2trΒ in each corner…

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And I joined the squares using Lucy’s great method πŸ™‚

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And for the edging part, I crocheted one granny round in light purple and a second one in white with picot (3ch-1sc in the first ch)

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I love “picot” I think they add a very beautiful touch to the finished project πŸ™‚ don’t you agree?

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I love love this blanket (I know I already said that πŸ˜€ ) and I hope that the baby girl who’s due in july will love it too πŸ™‚

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Have to leave you now…

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I’ll be crocheting next a baby boy blanket …. I’ve already chosen the colours and if you’re following me on facebook you’ve already saw them…

Will share all about this coming project soon…

Will have to show you too my granny shawl which looking really really gorgeous πŸ˜‰

Wishing you a marvellous week …

Lots of kisses and

LOVE TO ALL

Sucrette

 

09 Apr

Springy time

Good morning!

How are you? I wanna begin this post with a big thank you for all your kind messages concerning my health πŸ™‚ I am really lucky to have you all and it makes me feel really blessed and happy πŸ™‚ THANK YOU!

We’ve had some spring weather over the weekend so we enjoyed some great time in the garden…

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The children love being out…

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Even baby Joe enjoyed being out in the garden for the first time πŸ™‚

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And I’ve been spoiled with a beautiful orchid I must show you…

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It is the first time I see a yellow-orange-red orchid and it is really really gorgeous …

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Even in the crochet front I feel like it is spring too πŸ™‚

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As I am enjoying joining the squares of the baby blanket and I am loving it so so so much!

I am feeling a little better now…On Thursday, I’ll be removing the stitches of the surgery πŸ™‚ Spring is back in my heart too πŸ™‚

Hoping that spring is in your home and your heart

I wish you a springy week!

Sucrette