I think I'm addicted to Japanese crochet books and shawl's. I can't seem to have enough!
I finished this one off a while ago using up Rowan Tweed from my stash. I didn't have enough of the main colour to finish the border but luckily had another colour in the tweed, I think they go well together and I wouldn't have gone out and bought them to make this.
This beautiful bobble shawl has come to a halt. I bought the biggest ball of wool ever, which made me feel like a Borrower working with it! It was a whopping 500g ball of Wendy's Traditional Aran wool and I've ran out - how could this be?
I'm on the last of the repeat pattern but still have to do the borders. I'm finding it hard to read the Japanese books about quantity - will this shawl really use up more than 500g??
Following this pattern has been quite an event. At one point, near the beginning, I nearly flung it across the room at my Knitting morning! Each section is made up of 6 rows, each being very different. You really have to think about it and not make a mistake as it really throws it - usually you find out too late and ripping back can be so frustrating.
I've been trying to get hold of the pattern for the crescent moon shawl after seeing it on Ravelry. After much deliberation I bought another book...
The title of this book is 'Easy Crochet Complete in 3 days'
Ha - if you work at it solidly then maybe yes.
So how many shawls/wraps does a girl need?




1 comments:
Wow what a fabulous shawl and I love the bobble. sound like a huge quantity of yarn, should be amazingly warm!
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