06 Apr

Back

Hello lovelies,

I am back home and my surgery went well…They took out my “gallbladder” I’m not sure about the world I just translated it from french… I am still on painkillers… Feeling pain in my belly but that’s ok… Can not carry anything or anyone before 10 days…poor baby Joe πŸ™ but that’s ok too as I’m trying to rest most of the time… Hubby and my mummy helping me…

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Little crochet…my granny shawl is done and I took it with me to the hospital…can’t wait to show you…
The south bay shawlette is half done and I began joining the squares of the baby blanket…

Can’t wait to get back to my normal blogging and my everyday life again … I’m still feeling very weak πŸ™

Thank you so much for all your sweet emails and comments asking me how I was… They made me feel better …
Love to all…
See you soon

Sucrette

28 Mar

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…

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

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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 …

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Can you guess that I’m crazy in love with these two too? πŸ˜€

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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 πŸ™

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

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:

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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 …

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And the pattern, like for the first granny shawl, is here πŸ˜‰

Wip number 2:

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

Wip number 3:

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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?

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and finally Wip number 4:

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

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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 πŸ™‚

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

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It is my little Joseph who turned 6 months old this week πŸ™‚

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I’m crazy in love with this little guy … He’s my sunshine πŸ™‚

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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 πŸ˜‰

 

15 Mar

How to hide the yarn ends

Hello hellooooo

How are you sweet ladies around the globe?

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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…

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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…

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

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and then cut the part that is left…

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

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

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

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

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

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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…

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Now look at the back of the two rounds square…

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as neat as the front…

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

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

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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 πŸ™‚

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

The granny shawl :)

Hellooooo my friend!

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

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…

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A beautiful springy granny shawl…

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I love this shawl…I love its colours…I love its softness πŸ™‚ I love everything about it …

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Yes, I know…I’ve began a diet πŸ˜‰

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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 πŸ™‚

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

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The yarn was a pure pleasure to crochet πŸ™‚ Thank you once more dear Joumana…

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This shawl I’ve made is for you Joumana πŸ™‚ 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 πŸ™‚

So, my dear friend, I hope you liked the granny shawl πŸ™‚

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