24 Jan

A grannies triangular shawl

Hello my friend! I am very happy to see you here today. The grannies shawl is easy to crochet. It is made of different joined squares and half squares for the upper part of the triangle shawl. Let’s have a look at a simple drawing to show you the look of the final shawl. As you probably guessed, the final shawl is made of more squares than in the drawing below. This is just a symbolic picture to show you the construction of the shawl starting with the squares 1, 2, 3 etc and finishing with the half squares in the upper part of the shawl (to have a straight upper edge). I will add pictures of the final shawl when I finish crocheting it.

So, let’s start with the chart of the square.

The last round (in black in the pic above) is for the joining. I am crocheting it in cream. (pic below)

And this is the chart of the half grannies. The triangles that we will use to give a straight upper edge to the shawl. This half square is not worked in rounds. After each row you have to cut the yarn and close the row. And start a new row without turning your work. The last row (in black) is actually a round. The round for the joining part.

Now I will show you how to join. After crocheting square 1, you crochet square 2 and join it to square 1 with its last round (round 5 in black)

After the square 2 joined to the square 1, you join the square 3 to square 1 like in the pic below:

Now that the first 3 squares are joined, you have to join square 4 to the others. Please note that square 4 is joined to square 1 in its corner. See the pic below.

And just like that you continue joining your squares. Once you reach the dimensions you like for your shawl you start crocheting the half squares and join them as you joined the squares to finish your shawl. Follow me on Instagram and Facebook for the crochet along that will start on February 1 2023. Pictures of the making and the finished shawl will be added later to this post.

Do not hesitate to ask questions in the comments section or on social medias, I will be happy to help as much as I can. Sorry again for not making a written pattern. I still can’t do that.

Thank you for reading.

Love.

Angie

22 Oct

Another week…

Good mornng everyone!

Another week had gone by so quickly and I feel like I am such a bad blogger πŸ™ Don’t know what’s happening to me… why am I always so busy…why am I always so tired… that I sleep sometimes around 9:00 pm…

A lot happened in my colorful world this past week…a lot I did not blog about…

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A bunting has been added to the playroom… (please look at the bunting and ignore the mess πŸ™‚ )

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A birthday has been celebrated…This little girl of mine turned 6 πŸ™‚

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Some lovely cotton-crocheted-by-my-mother-shelves have been added to my kitchen…

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Oh mum you are THE BEST πŸ™‚ THANK YOUUUUUUUU for these beauties πŸ™‚

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This is the kind of crochet I can not simply do… I am not so patient you see πŸ™‚

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Crocheting with this thin cotton thread is simply magic and my mother is that kind of fairy πŸ™‚

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Some spotty colorful bins have been added to the kitchen too…

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The first 100g of soft blue has been crocheted on the “I heart you” shawl…

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55 squares have been almost added to the happy blankie squares (yes almost…the 4th row is still missing for 20 of them πŸ™‚ )

You see a lot happened…

I feel like I am a loving but exhausted mum…

a happy hooker …

but such a bad blogger…

Hope that things will get better on this front soon πŸ˜‰

Wishing you a wonderful week my friend!

Kisses

Sucrette

 

04 Oct

I heart you :)

Hello!

Thank you so much for your great response about the new shawl I’m crocheting at the moment!

It is a pure pleasure to make and I feel like it’s gonna be gorgeous!I-heart-you

This is as promised its diagram…

Sorry if I’m posting just a diagram for this as I don’t know how to explain patterns with words and I know that many of you keep asking me about written patterns…I really should learn how to do this stuff πŸ˜‰ One day…

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The diagram is made of

– double tr (U.K terms) or tr (U.S terms) ou double brides (French terms)

– dc (U.K) or sc (U.S) ou maille serrees (French)

– chain stitch ou maille en l’air (French)

and you begin it from the bottom of the shawl.

I hope that the diagram is clear for you my friend…

For this shawl, I’m using a super soft yarn called Nako baby. It is a 50%acrylic 50%polyamid yarn and I’m crocheting it with a 3.75mm crochet hook.

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Have to go now…

If you’ll be making this beautiful shawl, please do tell me cause it makes me very very happy to know that you are crocheting along with me πŸ™‚

Kisses from the bottom of my heart!

Sucrette

P.S: I have some sort of spammy stuff on the blog with links everywhere and open windows that leeds you to nowhere…when this happens please try to click on the “to back” button so you can view the post. I’m trying to fix all these problems with hubby asap and asking for your patience… so sorry about that!

 

02 Oct

Hello there!

Good morning sweeties,

I’ve been away from this blog due to some family time, school preparations and home organisation….pfff… Next week I’ll be taking some rest finally… and I’ll be more present here (I hope so…)

I missed you guys and missed blogland and missed writing on this blog…Life can sometimes be like a race against time (google translate thank you πŸ™‚ )

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I thought I’ll pop by today just to show you little bits of my creative life… There is so much going on there but so little time for blogging… I finished the cushion you saw above… I sew these hearts by hand and I like how it turned out…

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I am still working on these granny squares (that I still don’t know what they’ll become hahahaha )

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I am loving this project so much! Oh how I love granny squares πŸ™‚

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It is I think the best thing I love to crochet… granny squares πŸ™‚

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And I love how the colors melt together… A perfect project for quite evenings when the children are in bed FINALLY … It isΒ the best hour… I feel like all the tiredness of the day just goes away when I hold my hook… around 8 o’clock…

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and I started something new too… (can’t help myself) (If you follow me on facebook or instagram you already saw this pic below)…

It is a shawl in the most perfect and soft blue color… (This pic does not show the color as it is “live” I’ll try next time to have a more accurate pic πŸ˜‰ )

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I asked hubby when showing him this : What are you seeing? He answered: Nothing. πŸ™‚ But I was really happy that when I posted the pic on instagram and facebook you ladies saw hearts like myself…Yes, I saw hearts and fell in love with this…

It is a very old paper (a photocopie in black and white) I found in my mother’s house and I just could not help myself trying out the diagram… and it worked… and I am loving how it is turning out… So, if you’re interested, I’ll try to take a pic of the diagram and post itΒ for you…

That’s all sweet ladies around the globe… It was a pleasure being with you today… I’m sending you all my love and lots of kisses!

Thank you for visiting, for commenting and for asking about the situation in my country… You can never imagine how much I appreciate your kind messages πŸ™‚

THANK YOU!

Sucrette

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