By the time my fellow tech-monkeys and I started attending rehearsals for Charles Dickens Unleashed, the cast was mostly done assembling their costumes. I asked if there was anything else they needed, and a call came back for accessories. Specifically, there was a shortage of shawls.
Well, do I ever need more than a half-baked excuse to crochet something?
A few short weeks later (I have a day job, people), I give you two shawls!
(Please forgive the awful photo editing. Turns out it’s tricky taking good pictures of large things that blend in with all my usual backdrops. Go figure.)
Both are made with I Love This Yarn sport weight that I just happened to have in my stash. The black shawl is made using an increasing treble stitch pattern. Needless to say, it took both skeins of my sport weight, half a ball of a medium weight (also I Love This Yarn), and at least three times as long to complete as the white shawl.
I’m not entirely sure what the proper name is for the method I used to make Whitey. It is basically a netting technique used most commonly in market bags. It took only a skein and a half, and maybe a whole three hours to complete.
This the kind of project I live for. It’s quick and easy, and when it’s done I have something pretty to show off.
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