Thrifty Shrug
Crocheted this shrug in a day based on a Bernat pattern using about 250gms of yarn that I found in a local thrift shop.
Cost? About £2.
The yarn was some sort of cotton mix and around fingering/sport weight, so I used two strands held together throughout.
Rather than sewing up 8 inches to create sleeves as the pattern suggested, I found it was easier (and safer) to leave 18 inches in the centre open.
I folded the completed rectangle in half widthways, measured 9 inches from the centre to the outer edge and mark one edge with a pin. I then refolded the rectangle lengthways, lineed up the sleeve edges and sewed from the cuffs to the pin. Voila!
I also found the sleeves a little too short, so after sewing it up, I added about 4 rows (crocheted in the round) in the same pattern.
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