06 Jun

The table runner :)

Oh hello lovelies!

It is such a beautiful day today and I’m in love… deeply madly crazy in love with my latest finished project… Are you ready to fall too? I’m sure you are πŸ˜‰

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Let’s have some close up pics …

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I love love love this simple graphic square…I think it is simple but beautiful… and I love it even more because it is the fruit of my imagination… my own drawing… πŸ™‚

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and I love the whole result…the table runner in all its glory…all these bright and beautiful colors mixed together in a lovely patchwork…

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I feel happy whenever I enter the sitting room πŸ™‚

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Now for the part you are all waiting for: The how to…

I crocheted this table runner with a thin cotton yarn called “Camilla 6/4” and a 2mm crochet hook. I made it by joining as I go the squares together in a randomly use of colors…

I drew for you my friend the graphic chart of this square… It is right here:

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As you noticed, the joining part was made as-I-go with round 5 (in black in the chart) and it is done where I put the arrows…(Instead of the middle chain a slip joining stitch)

Each square was done in a different color and I made a very simple edging (1sc, 4ch, 1sc) all around the whole table runner…

I am in love with it (did I already told you that?? I don’t think so :D) and I think that this graphic square will be beautiful if used to make coasters, cushions or a summer blanket why not?

So, my lovely friend, I’ll have to leave you now with a last pic…

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and wish you a wonderful day!

Sucrette

P.S: I draw all my graphic charts including this oneΒ using Corel Draw (a graphic design software) as many of you keep asking me πŸ™‚

and one last thing: Some of you asks me if I can explain some of the charts with written words and I am so sorry about that but I just can’t do it sometimes… I am unable to do it πŸ™ It is too difficult for me as I myself cannot follow an english written pattern πŸ™ not yet! but one day… πŸ˜‰

Kisses to all!

 

27 May

South bay shawlette…finally!!!

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Yes, it is FINALLY done πŸ™‚ I’m very pleased with the result but I must confess I did not enjoyed the whole making process because it was my first one-color-project πŸ™‚ I am not used to work with just one color …I get bored easily πŸ˜‰

The pattern is lovely…It is a free Lion brand’s one and you can find it on ravelry under the name: South bay shawlette… here πŸ™‚

If you like the pattern and you are used to work single color projects… I sooo recommend you give it a go πŸ™‚

The result is beautiful! don’t you think?

Wishing you a beautiful week my friend

Sucrette

“Fall” in love: the graphic chart

Good morning!

How are you today?

This is, as promised, the graphic chart of the square of my actual wip blanket: “fall” in love.

classic granny

As you can see, the square is very simple and easy to make…You add on every round: 2dc,1ch,2dc in each corner…And with the last round (round4) you join the squares together (see the arrows).

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I am enjoying too much this blanket…and loving how each square is joined to the others as-I-go…(You can learn more about this great method in the wonderful blog of Lucy here.)

I’ve made 4 rows till now:

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What do you think? Do you love the autumn colors as much as I do?

Have to go now and take out all the Christmas decorations πŸ™

Time flies…

Wishing you a wonderful week!

Kisses

Sucrette

13 Dec

A granny shawl for me me me ;)

Good morning lovely ladies around the globe πŸ™‚

How’s everything?

So, I started something for myself with the sooooo beautiful yarn Joumana sent me…(Joumana, with every stitch I make I think of you and thank you πŸ™‚ )

You know something? I’ve never tried to crochet with something else rather than acrylic and cotton yarn πŸ™‚ funny eh? and I am sooooo enjoying the softness of the alpaca yarn…will I become addicted? Hoping no πŸ˜‰

I’m crocheting a granny shawl for myself like you already guessed from the title of the post…a big big granny shawl…big enough to wrap me completely πŸ˜€

Wanna see some pics?

This is the start of my granny shawl…

The pattern is very simple to follow…it is like crocheting a granny square cut in half πŸ˜‰ .

and likeΒ all granny squares it is ADDICTIVE and easy and perfect to crochet with a baby, or watching T.VΒ as you don’t need much concentration to make it…

This is the graphic of the shawl if you’re interested in making one for yourself or as a gift for someone special…

It is crocheted in rows.

I managed to add more rows before I wrote this post…This is my progress so far…

Yes it is very fast to crochet πŸ˜‰

Would you join me in this new adventure? Hope that you will … soΒ we can both wear our big and beautiful granny shawlsΒ and think about each others πŸ™‚

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Big kisses

Sucrette

Β P.S: “Love birds” the bedspread I was crocheting for our room is almost done…I am making right now its border…so suspect a tadaaaaa post very soon…it will be explosive πŸ™‚

I am having some problems with the subscriptions and I know that many of you are not receiving e-mails notifications every time I write a new post…I am so sorry about that…I’ll try my best to fix this problem asap.

19 Nov

Monday…monday

Good morning my friend!

How are you? How’s everything in your part of the world?

Today, I want to show you my finished cowl, the beginning of a new ripple blanket for baby Joe and many other things…

First, there is something that made me super happy this week end:

One of my patterns hasΒ been featured in AllFreeCrochetAfghanPatterns…yaaay πŸ™‚Β It is in a free e-book that includes 7 different ripple patterns. Please feel free to download a copy of this lovely e-book from this link:

http://www.allfreecrochetafghanpatterns.com/Ripple/How-To-Crochet-a-Ripple-Crochet-Afghan-7-Free-Crochet-Patterns-eBook

Thank you allfreecrochetafghanpatterns πŸ™‚

SoΒ I started a new blanket for baby Joe using this particular ripple pattern…Here is what I’ve been up to so far…

I’m loving so much the colors πŸ™‚

I wanted to make, using the same colors, a moss stitch blanket for Joe…I started it but felt that it will never finish on time and that the winter will pass before he can use it… so I stopped…The moss stitch is wonderful but the progress you make with that stitch specially when you have a time-consuming-little-baby is very very slow…that’s why I chose to make a ripple instead…

Here is my finished cowl using the moss stitch:

Excuse the pics taken with my PJ πŸ™‚ but that’s what I’m wearing most of the days πŸ™‚ hahaha

The cold days are slowly coming in our country and the crocheted bedspreads are back again on our beds…

In Joe’s room:

In the girls’s room:

And in our’s too:

Our room is still waiting for its new beadspread “love birds” which is still not finished πŸ™

and finally finally the love of my life…

Baby Joseph who’s now 2 months old

and who’s making his first smiles

Have a happy week πŸ™‚

Big big kisses from the bottom of my heart!

Sucrette