Showing posts with label shawl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shawl. Show all posts

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Sleeved Shawl

This shawl has kinda been more than a year in making.  I got the yarn about a year ago, but had so many other projects, I waited until about a month ago to actually start it.  After I had about sixty rows done, working side to side, I was ready to put in the second arm hole. It was then that I found I had read the pattern wrong at the beginning. I had to frog  it all.  Finally, when working on it during a weekend at a hotel, I put half the yarn I wasn't ready to use yet in a dresser drawer.  After I got home, I realized I had left it at the hotel.  I was lucky that housekeeping found the yarn, and sent it back to me by express delivery.  I think the person from the hotel must create with yarn also, since they seemed to understand how quickly I wanted it back. :)  I was happy to have it finished to wear this weekend.  It was warm outside, but the breeze that was blowing made me glad I had it.


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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Something I Made for Myself

It has been a while since I made something for myself.  I tried to knit a shawl, but I didn't like how it was turning out, so I took it out and designed a crocheted shawl instead.  The yarn was another bargain I got at Big Lots for a dollar a skein, and it only took three skeins.  It was a unique yarn, with about three strands of different colors that made an interesting blend.  I unraveled the strands for the fringe.  It looks blue in natural light, but the picture doesn't show its natural color.  The funny thing is, it has been in the 70-80's this week, so I haven't really had an opportunity to wear it much.
Fringe closeup
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