Ripple – Page 5

21 Nov

Crocheted blankets, flowers, paintings, Pitcher, Ripple

A happy update!

Hello !

How are you today? How was your weekend?

I want to begin this post by thanking you for all your sweet messages concerning the Christmas socks 🙂 woooow you are so sweet and I am really really happy that you liked the little socks and that some of you are crocheting some or did even crochet already some 🙂 This makes my soul sing with joy ! Thank you from the bottom of my heart 🙂

And I want to say welcome to all the new followers 🙂 Welcome to Le monde de Sucrette… My blog is yours 🙂 (Here in Lebanon when we want to say welcome to somebody we say in Arabic: My home is yours)

Today, even though it is very dark I managed to take some pics to show you some progress I’ve made to my ripple and show you my latest painting too…

With what shall I begin?

Let’s begin with my painting : It is called : Flowers in a pitcher

Yes, yes more flowers (I think it is the only subject I can paint 🙂 )

It is smaller than Flower power and the flowers are a little different … but the spirit is the same (haha)

Here you can see both paintings…yes I painted in light blue the background of flower power and it transformed it totally I can say 🙂 I’ve made flowers in a pitcher’s background in light pink… My husband suggested a black background but I did not dare …

My paintings are not something really wow but I love them…too much 😀 and the therapeutic and calming effect painting gives me is unbelievable … you should try it 😉

Hope I am not bothering you with these…I’ve already began a third one (a much smaller one ) and I can’t wait to show it to you 😉

and now back to crochet 🙂

Here too, mixing colors is sooo therapeutic 🙂 Don’t you want to jump into that pic?

Don’t you feel the softness of Ripple of happiness just by looking at this pic?

Mmmm this blanket is giving me such pleasure to crochet that I don’t want to finish it at all (It is the first time I am not in a hurry to finish a crochet project )

It is so warm and cosy that it is a huge pleasure to snuggle under while crocheting stitch after stitch in the cold November evenings…

I’ll leave you with this last pic (my favorite pics are close up ones) and wish you a beautiful day filled with sunshine in your heart (the weather is not helping that much in my part of the world… don’t know in yours 🙂 )

Kisses,

Sucrette

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

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!

19 Oct

colors and yarns, Crocheted blankets, Ripple

So I started my ripple…

Hello my friend,

How are you today? Hope life is good…

So, I started my ripple…

With the first two colors (dark green and light salmon) I was like: Ughhh not a very good start…

Then I added the turquoise….and I was like: mmmh a little better…

Then I added the red and I was like: OOOOH so much better… 🙂

Then I added the yellow-mustard and I was like: woaaah hello Sunshine 😀

I’m loving loving loving too much my “Ripples of Happiness”! The pattern is very simple to follow…you have to try it and you’ll see 😉 (veeeeeeeeery simple)

For this project I am using a different pattern from Lucy’s one… Same concept but a little more wavy…

I’m drawing right now a graphic pattern for you if you’re interested 🙂 (I’ll post it next time)

I am enjoying so much this ripple along held by Lucy and Heather 🙂 and I so encourage you to join us!

Go take a peek here there is a lot of ripples inspiring projects to look at 😉

Have to go now… The girls are at home today…

Take care and happy crocheting!

Sucrette