Permanent Special Offer : up to 4 of my crochet and knitting patterns for free

I decided to create a permanent offer that permit you to get up to 4 of my patterns for free. That means you can choose any pattern you want! And it is not all: this offer gives you the possibility to access more than 24000 craft and other (art, photography, marketing, culinary, technology...) classes for free during 2 months. 

Get 2 patterns of your choice for free (to choose from my Ravelry store or my Etsy shop)

Conditions :

1. Sign up for a 2-month Skillshare Premium Free Trial* through this link :
   http://www.skillshare.com/r/user/naturofils

2. Contact me (on Ravelry, Etsy, Instagram…) saying you did and giving me your Skillshare name, I'll check the information and send you a coupon code to download the chosen patterns for free from my Ravelry store. Enjoy your membership and start learning by watching my classes and all the classes of your choice.
3. You can get 2 more free patterns by watching all my classes.

Conditions :

-Watch all my classes (19 at the moment) till the end.
-For each class give me the date when you watched it in order to let me verify the minutes watched in it this day. Play fair game : I only can see the names of the students enrolled in each of my classes and the total amount of minutes watched in it. Once I checked all these points, I'll send you 2 more coupon codes to download the chosen patterns.

*About your Skillshare Premium Membership Trial :

It will give you an unlimited access to all my classes (craft, culinary, language) and to all the classes of the site (more than 24000 and it constantly grows).

No commitments, you can cancel anytime. If you don't want to continue, cancel before the 2-month trial expires and you won't be charged. You can continue as Free member and access all the free classes of the site. If you save all the classes you watch while Premium, you will still access them as Free member.

You can also become a Skillshare Teacher creating and publishing your own class whether you are a Free or a Premium member. Send me your email and I'll refer you. If you teach a class within 30 days, you'll get a 50$ bonus. For more information see: http://skl.sh/1MEReBc

Find me on Etsy :

www.naturofils.etsy.com/fr

on Ravelry :

https://www.ravelry.com/designers/elena-lepretre

in Happily Hooked Magazine :

http://happilyhooked.com/elenalepretrehhm

video tutorials on Skillshare :

https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/naturofils

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter (Naturofils).

Quand 'L'interdit" devient permis

J'ai eu la chance de tester le parfum "L'interdit" de Givenchy en avant-première.

Je suis tombée sous le charme de la campagne publicitaire, de l'idée, du jeu de contrastes, de son histoire que tout le monde connaît. J'ai donc décidé de tenter l'aventure. Très inspirée, j'ai été choisie mais le moment venu, on a tous les doutes... Je me suis demandée si ce parfum était vraiment fait pour moi, s'il allait me plaire mais rien qu'en ouvrant le pack d'échantillons, j'ai compris qu'il allait me séduire.

Oser l'interdit, briser l'interdit, se libérer et franchir les limites conventionnelles - je sentait que ça allait être un parfum pas comme les autres. Il était avant-gardiste, il le reste mais il devient moderne, intemporel.

Tout commence par la boîte en noir et blanc, sobre et classe en même temps, le rouge qui apparaît en l'ouvrant nous séduit encore davantage. La signature du Maître, le logo de la marque... Tous ces petits détails jouent leur rôle. Le flacon épuré continue cette simplicité pleine de glamour et, enfin, à l'ouverture ce parfum ouvre toute sa magie: toutes les promesses de contrastes sont tenues une fois de plus, côté sombre et claire, blanc et noir, le tout pour nous enivrer, envoûter par cette magie changeante. Narcotique, il l'est! car on ne veut plus s'en séparer.

Avant même de l'ouvrir j'ai voulu jouer le jeu. C'était venu comme ça, naturellement, instinctivement et j'ai construit ce barrage d'échantillons pour briser l'interdit.

Un petit échantillon reste toujours sur ma table basse, donc tout le monde qui vient le voit et n'a qu'à tester.

Et vous, allez-vous oser l'Interdit?

Crochet Broomstick Granny Square

I'm not a fan of granny squares even if I've already done things using them, as a mini handbag, for example. You can love them or not but you can't deny it's such a clever and simple creation giving infinite possibilities.
This year we are celebrating it for the 5th time with @simplycrochetmag and thanks to @suregal27. 
Often considered as old-fashioned (even by its name) it survives and even stars on podiums. How many beautiful granny garments from slippers to jackets, dresses and coats I've already seen, how many accessories and home decor pieces like bags, bracelets, lampshades, blankets!.. With today's beautiful yarns and multiple shades even a traditional granny square becomes a masterpiece but it doesn't stop here. Talented designers create incredible squares with flowers, peacock feathers and even complicated compositions - real small crochet paintings. Knitted grannies also exist now. 
Today I want to celebrate this day with you, all my crochet friends and communities I like. It's been a long time I wanted to create something unusual playing with Peruvian broomstick and several days ago I don't know how and why decided to create a granny square transforming this stitch. I needed craft as therapy and I want to share the result with you. Those who want can download it from my Ravelry store for free today and I ask you to share if you find it interesting. It exists in 1 and 2-colour version. Happy#grannysquareday2018 to all of you!

Here is the back side of my broomstick granny squares defined by me but you can choose it as right side  because it's reversible. Do you see the difference? Tell me which one you prefer.

 

 

Natural Eggs Dyeing with Onion Skins for Easter

Easter is coming and I decided to share with you one of my spring classes on Skillshare to celebrate it.

In this class I show you how to dye eggs for Easter using onion skins. It's an easy way to obtain beautiful colorful eggs without spending money and with somthing everyone can have at home. You'll learn how to make different beautiful prints on the eggs and I'll give you many other useful tips! You can obtain different shades and it's 100% natural! 

It's also an amazing activity for children and they will be happy to help you!

Ready to join me in this class?

No worry, you still have time to collect some onion skins!

By following this link you'll get an unlimited access to this class, all my classes and all the classes of the site during 2 months for free!

Happy Easter and Happy Learning!