Crocheted blankets

31 Oct

Crocheted blankets, free patterns, Ripple

How to add rows to your already started ripple from the other side…

or how to add rows if you’re not pleased with your first colors rows and you don’t want to unravel…

or how to crochet your ripple from both sides…

Hello hello hello!

So, as you already guessed from the title(s) of this post, today I’m gonna show you how I changed the hole look of my ripple by adding some rows to its beginning side…

Let’s be clearer with some pics 😉

I’ve began my “Ripples of happiness” with the green color (as shown in these first two pics)

but I was not pleased with the first colors… so instead of unraveling the whole blanket (a thing that I hate sooo much to do), I improvised and I did a tricky thing 🙂

I just added some rows to the beginning part…(the green rows)

wanna learn how? well, well it is very easy…

If you’re following my pattern for your ripple all you have to do is:

1- turn your blanket

2- crochet on the beginning chain like on this graph:

The green part is the first already crocheted rows of my blanket… I turned it…and I started with the red color on the 1 symbol (on the right) and I followed the graph… It is like crocheting the opposite of the original pattern…

Just follow the graph 🙂 and you’ll make it…

For the symbols meanings:

and now, you can crochet your ripple and add more colors from both sides 😀

Have to go now…

I have an urgent need to paint … I’m going right now to take out my brushes and colors and make some flower painting… wanna join? 🙂

I’m sending you colors and love through this post… catch them!!

Have a super monday!

Sucrette

28 Oct

colors and yarns, Crocheted blankets, Ripple

For a happy friday…

Good morning!

Here is an update of my ripples of happiness 🙂

I don’t know if you noticed something has changed in the blanket (apart from the fact that I added more rows of course 😉 ) … In the third picture you can guess…

Yes, the beginning of the blanket has changed 🙂 Remember my first post ? I started the blanket with the green color and now the first row is in orange ..well I did not unravel or start again from the beginning…no…I just added some rows to the beginning of my ripple…

Well, to tell you the truth, I did not like at all how the first rows looked like and how the whole color scheme of the blanket was not my-kind-of-colors-scheme….and I hate, HATE, to unravel something… so I had to improvise 🙂 and the result was amazing 🙂

So, my lovelies, if you’re following my ripples of happiness pattern and you’re not pleased by the colors of your first rows, I’ll tell you in my next post how to add some rows to the other part of your blanket (the beginning part) 😉

Now, I can tell , that I am happy, really really happy with my ripple…I feel that it is “me” again and when you feel that a project is “you” you crochet it with LOVE 🙂 much much more LOVE 🙂

Hope that you’re loving your wip project as much as I do…

Thank you so much for visiting today 🙂

Happy friday!

Sucrette

26 Oct

Crocheted blankets, Stripes

For a colorful wednesday…

Hello hello hello!

More progress to share with you with Stripes of Love … It is growing slowly but I’m loving it more and more with every stitch made 🙂

The third pic is a back side pic…and I love the back side of this blanket as much as the front…Isn’t the dc stitch (in white) looks cute in the back?

I still have 10 colors to add … That means 40 rows 🙂 mmmmh hope that with these 40 rows it will become a good size blanket for my man 🙂

Until then I thank you from the bottom of my heart for every comment you’re leaving here and I promise to be back very soon for my third-blanket-on-the-go’s update !!

Take good care of yourself, enjoy life, enjoy your day and enjoy crochet 🙂

Bye bye!

Sucrette

24 Oct

Crocheted blankets, Flower in a square

For a brighter monday…

The circles are all done… 80 circles to be add to the 6 rows already made of My vintage blanket… Still have to crochet the-final-joining-as-I-go round in cream and make a border to the whole blanket of course 🙂 and Myyyyy blanket will be finished 🙂 Can’t wait….

This week I’ll try to have 3 updates of my 3 blanket wips… This was the first one 😉 Hope you enjoyed!

Stay tuned for the other two and have a bright Monday!

Thankfully we have crochet to brighten up the gray days 🙂

Sucrette

20 Oct

Crocheted blankets, free patterns, Ripple

Ripples of happiness: graphic pattern

Hello hello hello!

I’m slowly but surely progressing on my ripple and I thought about sharing with you the pattern I’m working on. It is a very old pattern from an old french magazine I found in my mother stash. And because the pattern is explained in french I decided to draw a graphic for you my friend !

The pattern is similar to Lucy’s one but it is more wavy. The concept is still the same… it is still about rippling and rippling 🙂

How soothing it is to ripple…mmmh…a delicious feeling after a rough day 🙂

So, here it is:

First you have to make a chain multiple of 14 + 3… I advice you to make a small sample so you can try out the pattern and once you’re confident about it you’ll start with a longer chain for your future blanket to be…

So let’s start with a small sample…. always always always let it be a multiple of 14 + 3… This is the magical formula! Here it is 31 (14×2 + 3 = 31)

These are the first 2 rows… you continue with the others like for these first two …

and one last thing: Always remember to crochet 3 treble in the last stitch of every row…

A very easy pattern to follow you’ll see…You have to try it to discover how simple it is …

and remember…I’m always ready to help if you have any question… 😉

Happy crocheting!

Sucrette

P.S: All my graphics are made using Corel Draw, a graphic design software!