Hi Dear Folk,
I know I said I would call the burgundy shawl my Cape Ann shawl, but I fell out of love with it. I did so well with the increase side, but for some reason do you think I could get the decrease side to match, not on your life, after many attempts, I gave up and did my own adaptation, which was to keep on increasing and make it a long triangular shawl, then to add the same flowers across the widest end only as dangles. So here we are.
The way the flowers were crocheted in at the end of the rows took some learning, but is nice, so wouldn't mind adapting that on another pattern.
Now this is my Cape Ann shawl, I love this pattern. I made a couple changes, deleting the last row of crochet around the bottom outer edge, I just thought that less was more. Possibly in a finer yarn it would have looked OK. I also added a row of Picot edging on the inner edge. I thought it looked so much neater after doing this and picot stitch edging is one of my favorites, it just adds a little something.
This shawl is a gift for a friend, but I am going to make another one for myself, that is longer, wraps around and I can tie in the back, well at least that's the plan. It truly will be a Cape Ann Shawl, because it will remind me of all those fishermen's wifes with their shawls from times long gone.
Christine
I know I said I would call the burgundy shawl my Cape Ann shawl, but I fell out of love with it. I did so well with the increase side, but for some reason do you think I could get the decrease side to match, not on your life, after many attempts, I gave up and did my own adaptation, which was to keep on increasing and make it a long triangular shawl, then to add the same flowers across the widest end only as dangles. So here we are.
The way the flowers were crocheted in at the end of the rows took some learning, but is nice, so wouldn't mind adapting that on another pattern.
Now this is my Cape Ann shawl, I love this pattern. I made a couple changes, deleting the last row of crochet around the bottom outer edge, I just thought that less was more. Possibly in a finer yarn it would have looked OK. I also added a row of Picot edging on the inner edge. I thought it looked so much neater after doing this and picot stitch edging is one of my favorites, it just adds a little something.
This shawl is a gift for a friend, but I am going to make another one for myself, that is longer, wraps around and I can tie in the back, well at least that's the plan. It truly will be a Cape Ann Shawl, because it will remind me of all those fishermen's wifes with their shawls from times long gone.
Christine
Both shawls are so beautiful. You look fantastic my friend. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteBoth are beautiful and for different reasons. The first is Lacey and airy. The second more of a warmer pattern and just lovely. I love the criss cross part. Reminds me of one I saw in the series Lark Rise to Candleford.
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