Sunday, 9 January 2011

Cotton Candy Blythe sweater

Get your Blythe a super cute sweater with a light blue star shaped button to match :)

Knitted with love for a perfect fit!

The yarn used is a blend of 80%wool and 20% acrylic, very soft and warm :)

Cotton Candy Blythe sweater

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Friday, 7 January 2011

Snowdrop Blythe set

Good news! Spring is coming!

Get your Blythe a fabulous Snowdrop set!

Includes a knitted Blythe dress and a cozy crocheted hat, made with love for a perfect fit!

The yarn used is a blend of wool and cashmere, very soft and warm :)

Please not that that stockings, boots and doll are not for sale. This listing is for the HAT and DRESS only.

Any questions, feel free to ask!
Happy shopping!


snowdrop set

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snowdrop set

snowdrop set

snowdrop set

Monday, 6 December 2010

Giveaway Winner

Blythe hat giveaway!

We have a winner! :)

The Blyhe hat plus a 10% discount on our Etsy shop will go to....

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feebee42

Congrats!! I'll send you the hat as soon as I have your address, please send it via email at sakura.crochet.designs[AT]gmail.com :)

Thanks to everyone who participated!

Thursday, 25 November 2010

BLYTHE HAT GIVEAWAY!!!!!

Sakura Crochet Designs actually started knitting and we are thrilled by the new creative turn! :D

To celebrate, we are giving away a knitted Blythe hat in a wonderful purple colour and dotty star shaped buttons AND a 10% discount at our Etsy store to a lucky winner!

Blythe hat giveaway!

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- leave ONE comment below from now till SUNDAY 5th DECEMBER, 16.00 pm (CET) and spread the word!

- winner will be announced after that date by picking a random comment
We recommend joining us on Facebook to get to know when the winner is posted!


Good luck!



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Blythe hat giveaway!


Blythe hat giveaway!


Blythe hat giveaway!

ps: like this hat? request a custom one at sakura.crochet.designs[AT]gmail.com!
(check this picture for some yarn ideas!)

Monday, 8 November 2010

NaKniSweMo???

Well, no I didn’t start learning chinese :) I actually started learning knitting! lol
After much thinking and debating I have picked up my much neglected needles and casted on some stitches.
I got inspired by this post on the Knitty blog, I had heard of NaNoWriMo (write a 50,000-word novel in a month) before, but actually this knitting version sounds much more appealing to me! :)


So, what’s NaKniSweMo?
From the dedicated Ravelry Group:

knit a 50,000-stitch sweater in a month. Just about any full size sweater will meet this criteria! If you divide your chosen sweater pattern’s rows or rounds by 30, you’ll have an idea of how many rows you need to knit each day to make it. Yes, the stitch count thing is crazy, but I think I can say with confidence that most sweaters out there are at least that, or more.
So how cool is that? I have BY CHANCE started knitting a sweater on Oct 31st, so I guess that counts?!?
The pattern I am following is the “Francis Revisited” one from Ravelry. In only a week I have frogged it twice already. The first time I had lost count of the rows I had to do and it was starting to look a bit messy, the second time I had already joined the sleeves when I realized that my arms would NEVER fit in there (so I technically frogged only about 5 rows, but it was still painful!). I actually fixed it today, but I smell a 3rd frogging. Whether I have enormous shoulders or the pattern is weird, cause though I measured my chest (and my size would be a small according to it) the outcome is too small. Either way if I knit a medium size, the whole thing is huge, so I am actually working on an odd number of stitches in between the 2 sizes, but I’m not very convinced yet.

Here is the little monster:


knitted out of unknown yarn bought at a local market in Italy for 10€, a real bargain! It’s super soft and looks warm too, I just hope it’ll be enough to knit the whole thing. It weights about 750g, but it has a quite thick cardboard roll in the middle, so time will tell.


Will I manage to complete it by the end of the month? Currently accepting bets :)

ps: horrible pics, I know!

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