Between my last post and this one, there’s been a long gap, and the one I’m showing in this didn’t follow that one in chronology, but has a similar theme (Lace! Shawl!). I tested this for a friend I’ve tested for before, and funnily enough, this was my first lace weight project in crochet.
Yarn: Elann Peruvian Baby Lace Merino, about 2 skeins
Hook: 2.5mm
Size: 42″ deep. The batwing, from the centre-out construction meant I ended up with a shawl that is twice as wide as it was deep. I love how straightforward geometry is.
Sorry I haven’t got better photographs to show you, but I never seem to, somehow.
Time: Took me just under 4 weeks, which it oughtn’t to have, except I think I began doing something else in the meantime.
Pattern: Wings of the Valkyrie by Elizabeth Nicole Designs (queenmamajen on Rav). The etsy link to buy the pattern is here. I’ve made Miss Austen by her before, and one or two others, which apparently I didn’t blog.
Only the foundation is different, once you get beyond that, it’s a straightforward 2-row repeat. Plus the bonus, it’s charted! Long written instructions for crochet make me go cross-eyed trying to figure out where I was. I wish every pattern were charted!
Extra: As I said, my first lace weight project in crochet (I’ve made stuff in thread, but that’s different, no?)
I’m half tempted to keep this for myself, perhaps for use in theatres and restaurants, where they tend to have the AC on too high (or should that be too low? Whatever…I’m always looking for the table at the furthest distance from the AC vents in dining rooms, or asking waiters to have the thing turned down (up?))
Or send it away to the friend who gifted me the yarn. Or something.
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October 29, 2009 at 5:45 am
topperarnold
Wow! It’s really pretty. I love the color. It looks so dainty.
November 1, 2009 at 11:13 pm
mrsfife
Thank you 🙂 It’s very light, that’s for sure.
Swapna
October 29, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Yasmin
It’s beautiful. Love the colour and the dainty look. I agree, why is it always so cold in restaurants and the movies?? I have to always carry my cardigans whenever we go to watch a movie.
November 1, 2009 at 11:17 pm
mrsfife
I always think about it but I haven’t yet taken a covering to a theatre yet. I think I should start!
Swapna
October 30, 2009 at 4:50 am
Vicki
Beautiful! Love the color, what a good job!
Vicki
November 1, 2009 at 11:29 pm
mrsfife
Thank you 🙂
October 30, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Smellyann
It’s breathtaking!
November 1, 2009 at 11:30 pm
mrsfife
Thank’ee kindly ma’am!
October 31, 2009 at 10:23 pm
iaminchennai
I really appreciate your patience…. I wouldn’t have even thought of taking up something like this….
The shawl is truly amazing
November 1, 2009 at 11:32 pm
mrsfife
If I thought about it, I might not have either! I think someone else on the KAL was making it like this and I was tired of making semicircular shawls when I don’t even use them!
Swapna
November 1, 2009 at 6:10 am
Jómy
nice color. 🙂
the pattern stitch looks simple, but effective. 🙂
November 1, 2009 at 11:33 pm
mrsfife
Thank you!
Swapna
November 1, 2009 at 5:25 pm
rima aranha
Wow. You are just awesome. It is beautiful!
November 2, 2009 at 9:34 am
Preeti
Mmm…floaty!!
December 19, 2009 at 11:53 pm
norinoricum
It’s lovely! I think the colour would be lovely on you. 🙂
I agree that lace yarn is different than thread.