yesterday
afternoon, it was nearly 6 pm, I suddenly felt like making a few
madalas for the front garden. You might remember last year's
yarnbombing (here and here), which was mostly in pale blues, soft pinks and purples
and greens. Everything is still there, a tiny bit faded maybe, but
definitely lacking brightness and vivacity.
I'm
finally getting somewhere. Well at least I've got the feeling things
are finally moving on. It started with the dyeing experiment (which
will continue next week) and it ended with pattern-writing.
This
Link-Up Party is all about granny squares. You are most welcome to
link-up any projects you've made with either the traditional granny
square, the solid one or any granny square you love or even have
created yourself.
The
Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party
will start on the first Saturday of each month at 8 a.m. (CET) and
will run 20 days. You'll be able to share your finished objects as
well as your WIPs with other crocheters from all around the world.
The five most popular links will be featured and shared on my social
media sites.
You
haven't got to be a “big name” or a designer to join the
Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party.
All you need is a granny square related crochet (or knit) post. By
joining the Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party
you will be able to grow your blog as well as gather loads of
inspiration.
Before
we enter the next party, let's start with sharing the top five link
ups of the March Link-Up Party (#3):
Now let's move on to the Granny-Spiration Link-Up Party #4
Party
Rules (please read!):
Link
directly to a granny square related crochet (or knit) blogpost (not
to your home page). If you haven't got an actual project to show,
feel free to add a link to an old blogpost! Anything family-friendly
goes!
Limit
to 3 links and don't repeat projects which have already been
featured.
Link
up your own work. Links infringing on copyright and/or trademark as
well as sponsored posts will be deleted.
Please
visit at least one other link and leave a nice comment to support
your fellow crafter!
I'd
highly appreciate if you'd follow me on at least one of my social
media links (see below) – if only to know if you got featured or
when the next Granny-Spiration Link-Up Party is due.
By
adding your link to the Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party,
you give me permission to share your post and pictures on my social
media sites, in features, in round-ups and on my blog (always with a
link back to you for proper credit).
Help
me to get the Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party
known by sharing on social media, by linking back to this party and
by tagging it with #GrannySpirationLinkUpParty. The more people
taking part, the merrier it'll become!
You might know by now that I've got a soft spot for foxes. Even though I have, you never could have told by my crochet, could you? That's why I decided on making a fox cushion approx. three weeks ago.
Welcome to Episode 3 of
the Atelier Marie-Lucienne Podcast,
in this episode I show you
my Sunshiny Day Granny Square Pullover, Christina's (= Garnharmoni)
Alpaca hat and Danielle Fowler's project bag, I tell you a little
about the Social Media Spring Clean by Emily Quinton of Makelight and
I talk about #MarchMeetTheMaker by Joanne Hawker on Istagram, project
bags, and my ongoing WIP.
I'm
not making much progress, not getting much done, when it comes to
crochet lately. Don't ask me why, I cannot tell. True I'm working out
a way of making pretty project bags with cross stitch quotes on them,
true I'm taking part in #MarchMeetTheMaker on Instagram, but... I
simply do not know.
on
Sunday evening I finally finished the Lucy Lace Shawl* commission.
And I'm glad it's done! No-one who has witnessed me making this shawl
would wonder if I'd say „Never again!“, but I won't, cause it's
actually a beautiful shawl. But...
This
Link-Up Party is all about granny squares. You are most welcome to
link-up any projects you've made with either the traditional granny
square, the solid one or any granny square you love or even have
created yourself.
I've
been taking part in the social media spring clean, a free course by
Emily Quinton of Makelight. If you frequent Instagram regularly
you'll have noticed those Year of Colour pictures popping up at the
end of 2017. I had one made too and not recognizing myself in that
colour palette I visited Emily's site - and that's been one of the best
impulses I had these last weeks.
The
spring clean course didn't just alter my perspective on social media,
which I found very demanding as well as overwhelming at times, it
also gave me a little nudge on how to manage things as well as a
boost on getting on.
if
you've watched episode 2 of my podcast* you'll know about the craft
swap Christina of Garnharmoni initiated.
She
proposed to knit me a (most lovely) hat with sheep and an alpaca and
I could crochet her anything in return. I'll show you some
pictures as soon as I've got the hat, but you might have a look at
Christina's facebook or Instagram account to get a glimpse of the
hat.
Luckily
Christina mentioned she likes sunflowers. Early autumn 2016 I had
posted a free pattern of small sunflowers in my blog.
In
this (second) episode I show you two FOs (the Folkloristic
Valentine's Shawl and the Bright Retro
Granny Square Coat), I tell you a little about my trip to Berlin and
I talk about the WIPs, I'm currently working on, about stitch
markers, about a craft swap with Christina
(= Garnharmoni) and about project bags.
these
last two weeks have been very busy, and I feel pretty exhausted.
There's been a lot of non-yarny-related things to do (next to daily
life as well as job), all rather time-consuming as well as stressful,
unexpected and demanding.
So
instead of recording my second podcast, as I intended to do, I've
just prescribed myself a weekend of snug and quiet retreat into the
studio. A weekend with some candles, lots of tea, some appeasing
music, some mindless crochet, the odd stitch marker or even another
project bag and maybe I'll finally feel up to tackling the commission
I've been given a while back.
This
Link-Up Party is all about granny squares. You are most welcome to
link-up any projects you've made with either the traditional granny
square, the solid one or any granny square you love or even have
created yourself.
The
Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party
will start on the first Saturday of each month at 8 a.m. (CET) and
will run 20 days. You'll be able to share your finished objects as
well as your WIPs with other crocheters from all around the world.
The five most popular links will be featured and shared on my social
media sites.
it's
been quite an adventure from the picture which I had in my head (and
which I translated into this drawing)
to
the finished object.
It
took me from the 18th of December 2017 till the 31st
of January 2018 to finish the coat. True I haven't been working on it
full time – I did take a few breaks (just think of stitch markers,
Valentine's Shawl and project bags)...
it's
been a while since I wrote a blogpost about crochet, hasn't it?
There's been two about the Granny-Spiration Link-Up Party, one (err –
two) about the Blogovarsary, one about my very first podcast and even
one about postcards.
Guess
it's time to concentrate on crochet again, isn't it?
there's no going back now, is there? I've just uploaded my very first podcast onto YouTube... So, I am a tiny little bit nervous right now...😓
Don't worry: even though I'm babbling and mumbling quite a lot (must do something about that!), I'm doing it in English, not in German - I've explained why.
The podcast isn't awfully long, just a little over 20 minutes, so I would be very grateful if you'd have a look. I'm talking a bit about me, about podcasting and blogging, and about my current WIPs.
Oh dear, I hope you'll enjoy watching the podcast and I hope your verdict won't be too bad. But please, be honest: if the podcast is rubbish, just tell me and I won't be tempted to make any more episodes... I'll keep in touch!
P.S.: I've just found out: The sound is pretty horrible - it might be a good idea to get your headphones out... Sorry about that (must do something about that too)!
P.S.2: If you'd like to watch a better version - try the second link (still take your headphones along though)...
oh weh, nun führt kein Weg mehr zurück: Ich habe gerade meinen ersten Podcast bei YouTube hochgeladen... Und ich bin ziemlich aufgeregt und nervös! 😓
Leider gibt es einen Wermutstropfen: Der Podcast ist auf Englisch. Ich habe lange überlegt, welche Sprache ich wählen sollte. Aber die Mehrzahl meiner Follower kommt nicht aus dem Deutschen Sprachraum, und daher habe ich mich letztendlich für Englisch entschieden. Ich hoffe, ihr könnt mir verzeihen.
Trotzdem hoffe ich, dass ihr euch den Podcast mal anschaut, denn ich bin unheimlich gespannt auf euer Fazit. Diese Episode ist auch nicht fürchterlich lang, nur etwas mehr als 20 Minuten... Nimmt aber bitte kein Blatt vor dem Mund, wenn es fürchterlich ist, dann ist es das halt, da hilft nichts, und dann bleibt es auch bei diesem ersten Versuch.
Ich halte euch auf dem Laufenden!
P.S.: Ich habe gerade festgestellt, dass der Ton beim Konvertieren und Hochladen ziemlich gelitten hat - es wäre wahrlich keine schlechte Idee, Kopfhörer zu organisieren (also: Sollte es ein zweites mal geben, muss ich was daran tun...)!
P.S.2: Nicht wundern: es gibt bereits eine etwas bessere Version, dazu aber bitte den zweiten Link anklicken (trotzdem die Kopfhörer aufsetzen, denn der Ton bleibt dürftig - muss mir ein Mikrofon organisieren)...
I've
got this really bad habit of reading/leafing through books, magazines
or advertizing leaflets
while having breakfast on weekends. So I did this morning too. But
let's start at the beginning...
Yesterday
evening after our evening bite, the hubby and I tackled one of the
cupboards in the living room. We've been patchworking since 2011 and
never really sorted things through ever since. So we tackled this
cupboard, discarded quite a few things and I stumbled upon a huge
pile of magazines.
Great!
Got something to leaf through for the next few weeks. Leaf through
and discard it afterwards – was (and still is) my plan. After all I
hadn't missed these magazines these last few years...
I
can hardly believe it, but my blog just turned 3! Very quietly and
hardly noticed – not even by me.
Lucienne's Summer Mandala
As
so often my decision to blog was very spontaneous and because of that
I cannot really remember which day I actually started. Must have been
the 5th or the 6th of January 2015 – as my
first post was published on the 7th - but I'm just
guessing.
Be
it as it may. A lot has happened since then: I've written quite a few
patterns and tutorials, opened an Etsy-shop and even started a
Link-Up Party! AND! My little crochet space has reached 500.000
views! I certainly didn't dare dreaming any of this when I started
blogging.
This Link-Up Party is all about granny squares. You are most welcome to link-up any projects you've made with either the traditional granny square, the solid one or any granny square you love or even have created yourself.
The Granny-Spiration Link-Up Party will start on the first Saturday of each month at 8 a.m. (CET) and will run 20 days. You'll be able to share your finished objects as well as your WIPs with other crocheters from all around the world. The five most popular links will be featured and shared on my social media sites.
