Giveaway!

Hello!

On monday August 15 I’ll be celebrating with you my first blog anniversary !

Le monde de Sucrette will be one year old

On this special occasion I’m holding a small giveaway

The package the winner will win contains:

1- 5 balls of 100g of Nako Vizon (the 100% acrylic yarn I use for most of my crochet work) The yarn is excellent

These are the colors: Dark fushia (my favorite yarn color ), blue, white, orange and dark plum

2- 6 cute and small 10g of Nako colorful yarn

3- A 4mm red crochet hook with a handle

4- A small crocheted green elephant I made long time ago

5- A bag of 100 cute decorative buttons (I brought from Istanbul)

All you have to do to enter the giveaway is to leave a comment here on this particular post

You have one week to leave your comment (the giveaway will stop on monday August 15) and on Monday 15 or Tuesday 16 I’ll pick up one winner and send to her (or him) the package !

Don’t be shy! Even if it is the first time you leave here a comment I’ll be very happy to hear from you

Thank you all again for being here! It seems like yesterday I just started this blog…Time really flies… and thanks to you I am still here today

Kisses!

Sucrette

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Two new wip and some lovely turkish stuff…

Good morning !

How’s your morning? Are you enjoying like myself the first days of summer with the birds singing outside and the sun shining high? Mmmmh it feels so great when the weather is good…

So today, as promised, I’ll show you some crochet goodies I brought with me from Istanbul and two new projects I started when I got home …

First, there is some colorful crochet hooks I could not resist buying as I can not find any here in Beirut… I paid 1T.L (Turkish Lira) for each hook…that makes 0.38 british pound (or 0.6 USD)

some cute little buttons…

and of course yarn the best yarn I ever touched in my whole life… soooooo soft and with bright colors

It is called Nako baby …It is a mixture of 50%acrylic and 50%polyamid…I think this polyamid thing is what makes it soooo soft …and a pure pleasure to work with …

As for the price it is really cheap as I bought one (100gr) for 2.5 T.L (Turkish lira) that makes 0.95 British pound (or 1.5 USD) for one ball of 100g! Can you believe it ???

So, as you already guessed, I started something with this new yarn…a blanket

a stripy colorful baby blanket…one color for each row…all with treble…

but as you can see in the pic above, I am working the trebles in the back of every stitch…(inserting the hook not in all the stitch but in the back side of the stitch only) that makes it looks like this and I love how the lines are appearing…did you notice ?

and this is my second wip…

a granny square??? pffffffffffff

No, no, no, not any granny square

These are the first 6 rounds of a giant granny square…a real G I A N T one….with like 100 rounds !!!

So, who wants to join me in this great adventure and make your proper giant granny??? It will be a great challenge to make a really big one with all the leftover yarns you have …and it will become a beautiful loved blanket I am sure!!

Ooooh I am so thrilled with this project Join me join me join me !!! pleaaaaaaaaaaase!!

Have to go now my friend!

Thank you so much for visiting today!

Have a wonderful week wherever you are!

Sucrette

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New yarn, new wip…

Hello there!

This is as promised the new yarn my mom brought for me last Saturday… (thank you mom!)

Weird eh? not my kind of colors too soft…too pastels…too light but but but you can not imagine my surprise when I touched them…Ohlala  it is the softest and smoothest yarn I ever touched in my hole life …. mmmh so tender like a baby’s skin …

It is called Nako Baby… 60% bamboo 40% polyamid (wondering what it is )

8 colors including the white one…

mmmh…so? did I tried to crochet with it? or didn’t I?

This kind of yarn is perfect for baby stuff… and I have plenty of pregnant mothers around me including my own sister…so I decided to start a baby blanket….for a cute little baby

Ok the colors are too pastels but you can not imagine how beautiful it is to work with …OOOOH totally hooked and I did not let it down until 1:00 a.m that night trying different patterns until I chose this one …

and I made a lot of progress this week …

I called the square : “daisies baby blanket square” and of course I am gonna post the graphic pattern for you next time

This pattern will turn out wonderful with bright and bold colors too, I am sure…

I am joining the squares with the white color as I go…

I can tell you one thing: I will not work on any other wip before I totally finish this blanket…Because, I just can not come back to my normal acrylic stash after I worked with this wonderful yarn of softness! (I sometimes have strange English sentences hehe )

Time to go now! See you next time with the graphic pattern

I hope you liked my new yarn, my new wip and my new square !

Have a wonderful sunshiny week end!

Sucrette

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New yarn, new wip

Good morning ladies,

Hope you are enjoying your morning with a hot cup of coffee like myself

Yesterday I bought some new yarn to add to my old stash

7 new colors and a lot of leftovers…

This 100% acrylic yarn is much thinner than the old one…It has to be crocheted with a 3mm hook… and I love how a normal 4 rounds granny square looks much smaller in this kind of yarn!

I have now two projects I am working on: The first one is a granny blanket for a friend who’s giving birth in July …

The second one is “love at first sight” and I am thinking about offering it as a wedding gift for another friend who’s getting married in July also :)

But but but …

I could not resist trying out the new yarn

Who could resist ???

and I made some squares using the same pattern as my fairy tale blanket! (I just love this pattern!!!)…but this time the colors looks a little “vintage” and I joined with the “off-white-beige” color…so it is looking like a vintage blanket and this is how I decided to name it

The squares are very soft and a lot smaller and I love them …The colors are not so bright (as for my other projects) and I am thrilled to try out working with them too …

So “Vintage blanket ” is going to be my third wip …

but I should really really finish the granny one (one more row of squares ans a border) and show it to you …It is looking very nice you’ll see

Time to go now…

Thank you for visiting!

Big big kisses!

Sucrette

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Busy…

Good morning my friend,

It’s been sooo lonnnnnnng since my last post…I’ve been busy with the girls at home and I really missed blogging…

Hope all is going great with you…

So, here I am back again with two new wip two cushions I am making right now… (yes, time for cushions again )

The first one is a “circle of joy” orange cushion…

it has to do with a new painting I bought recently and I’ll let you know all about it next time…

You can find the pattern I am using for this cushion here.

My 2nd wip is a normal granny one…crocheted with the ricco creative cotton…

I just love the brightness of this yarn

Time to leave you now…

Have a beautiful day and see you soon

Sucrette

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Two new wip…yes, two :)

Hello lovelies,

I should now be finishing my fairy tale blanket, but I could not resist beginning two projects…

I promise to you that I’ll have a “tadaa” fairy tale post very soon, very very soon but I have to show you what’s on my creative table right now

A rectangle cushion for my living room…crocheted with the leftover Stylecraft special DK yarns…and it turning out lovely…

and…

a new blanket (yes another blanket, I can not stop crocheting blankets ) This one I am making it as a gift for a dear friend of mine who’s in love with grannies

I’m using fresh colors and making the last round of every square with the off-white (very light beige) color…It is turning out beautiful … and I can feel that it will become a lovely blanket…

I am using this yarn for the “grannies love”…It is a 100% acrylic yarn…very soft with beautiful colors…

I’m in love with this Turkish brand

Thank you for your visit today, It is always a pleasure having you here at Le monde de Sucrette

Have a beautiful day!

Sucrette

P.S: For more creative spaces, go here

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In my new studio…

Good morning my lovelies,

How’s everything?

Yesterday, was a big day for me, as I used my sewing machine again after a really long time period and I made something on my own without any help I am so proud of myself and could not resist showing to you

Here it is: Beba the bear…

I sew Beba using small pieces of leftover fabric …and I enjoyed a lot making her…

Even if she’s not perfect, I am very happy with the result and I keep looking at her sitting here in my new craft room and I keep smiling to myself (crazy woman)

Now, I can sew and paint as I have my very own craft room …yes…a small craft room for me and only me I painted it in soft apple green with one wall in red ….

Wanna see some pics? I’ll show you some pics and leave other for another post as I still need to add some shelf and some other details before the “studio” is really finished

First I have a white cabinet…wanna see what’s inside? Let’s open it right now…Tadaaaaaaaaaa

I folded the pieces of fabric and I arranged them nicely… hoping that they will stay like this for a while

mmmh love when I open this cabinet … and this one too…full of colorful yarns miammmm

and here we have a corner for painting stuff…in a small wood closet

I am so excited to paint again …

Hey! Beba! What are you doing up there? enjoying the new craft room eh?

That’s all lovely people

Hope you enjoyed…

Thank you for your visit and have a wonderful day wherever you are,

Sucrette

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Flowery scarf………………………….D O N E :)

Good morning sweeties,

How are you today? Here the sun is shining, birds singing and I am in a very happy mood

I finished yesterday my scarf and I must admit it is a very easy process making and the result is wonderful…

Let’s have a peek, shall we?The scarf , as you see here, is long enough to wrap it two times  around my neck… It makes a 208cm long and 23cm large…I think it is the perfect dimensions for a neck warmer

I crocheted it using the leftovers of my Stylecraft special DK yarns I bought online from here…

… with a 3mm crochet hook.

Now, I have to concentrate on my fairy tale blanket (the one and only project in my hands for the moment ) and try to finish it before beginning anything else (that’s what I always say and never do )

Our “move” (to a new home) is in one week (on the 28th)…the count down has begin…I am feeling so excited and a little stressed about the coming weeks…cross your fingers that everything will go well…

And now I must leave you and go back to my fairy tale which I’ll show you the progress done so far next time

Until then, I wish you a wonderful weekend wherever you are around the globe…

Kisses,

Sucrette

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Happy 2011 and new wip :)

Good morning sweeties,

Hope you’ve had a great new year’s eve !

This is my first 2011 post and I am so happy to begin it with a new crochet project

I started this project two weeks ago… I wanted a blanket with no holes something with plain and warm colors to keep myself warm during this winter that just started in my country…

So I decided to make a ripple blanket with my new stash of yarns…do you remember this pic?

I am gonna use these yarns but without the soft colored ones…This is what I made so far:

I decided to crochet this blanket with no hurry, slowly, in the evenings in front of the TV…enjoying every stitch made

and making other small crochet projects in the same time…

What do you think? Will it looks good?

I am making also some progress on my hexagonal blanket…and this one is looking great so far…

That’s all folks!

Thank you for being here and visiting “le monde de Sucrette” and a big THANK YOU for all your comments and wishes! I am so proud and happy to have you all as friends and I hope we will have a good crafty 2011 full of health and love!

Warm greetings,

Angie

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My creative space (8)

Hello,

This week I’ve been doing this for a special order:

We call them “sous plats” in french but I can not find the right word in English…It is something you put under a hot dish (please tell me what it is in English I am very curious to learn )

I love them Do you?

The back side is made with wicker (is it a right word?, I took it from the translator:S:S)

And, and, and…I bought some new yarn from a local shop….(naughty girl!!)

I just want to show you and you will understand why…

mmmmmmmmmmh, do you see the colors?

I am a crazy yarnoholic (is it a word??) :D I can not resist when I see new yarn with such beautiful, wonderful colors…I have sinned again…shame on me:)

It is a 100% acrylic yarn, a little bit thicker than the stylecraft special dk (4.5mm crochet hook) but very soft, machine washable and with such yummy colors I bet no one can resist

and now the problem is: where will I put all this????? mmmmh, I guess under the bed :) and from time to time, in the night, I’ll go down and check again and again if they are still there…

Have a beautiful colorful day!

Sucrette

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