Truffle Shawl
I had enough Truffle left (450gms) to make a short Seraphina Shawl. That’s five Seraphina’s inside 12 months! Hey — so I’ll never be cold…
Ivory Chanson
This was my second Chanson. Although the pattern looks complex, providing you take it 1 row at time, It’s not that difficult. I used a basic mixed-fibres aran yarn for the first one but felt that the yarn didn’t really show off the stitches. It seemed that the pattern needed a drapey yarn with a slight sheen but good stitch definition. I already had some 4ply (fingering) weight mercerised cotton in my stash. so I decided to try using two strands throughout. The finished Chanson has a much better drape and stitch definition. I’d be quite happy wearing this one…
Pink Blossom Stole
Based on the Apple Blossom Stole. 1 skein (600yds/50gms) of Elann Peruvian Baby Lace Merino (shade: coral) and a 4mm hook. I suffered Severe Yarn Shortage and only worked 4 repeats of the lace pattern on each side. So the final wrap is a little shorter than the pattern suggests but I’m still very pleased with it.
Lace Cashmere Shawl
I treated myself to 100gms (1000 yards) of undyed laceweight cashmere last October. Just before Xmas, I finally plucked up the courage to start work on a crocheted lace shawl based on Seraphina’s Shawl. I finished it this weekend.
Seraphina’s Shawl: Quick Reference
I managed to get hold of 500gms of Debbie Bliss Stella in Chocolate (Shade 005) the other week and decided to make Seraphina’s Shawl. Not long after I started, I realised that there were a few omissions in the pattern instruction – mainly missing ch1 before, and after, each shell-in-shell and a missing V-stitch at the end of each row. But they were pretty easy to sort out. I completed the first 14 rows in one sitting and settled down to the 4-row repeat part of the pattern. And that’s where I hit a problem… Because I began to find…
