Spring Shawl

If you follow me on Instagram, you will have seen this one already. I thought I'd add a couple of extra photos.

The pattern is the "Spring" shawl by Bernadette Ambergen. I have used one of her patterns before and loved it. I love this one too. I'm not an overly experienced crocheter. This looks harder than it is.

I was, once again, amazed by the difference blocking can make.

Here is the shawl before blocking, all curly and too small:

I blocked it by getting it really wet,

rolling it in a towel to get as much of the moisture out as possible,


and pinning it down in the correct shape and size.

Voila!

Craziness!

A couple of weeks ago, I found a whole collection of vintage crochet patterns at a yard sale. I'm slowly listing them in my Etsy vintage store because there's no way I can keep them all, but they are SO inspiring!

Yesterday I hopped on over to Michael's and aquired a skein of really, really, thin crochet thread.  Actually, it is size 10, which is nowhere near the thinnest there is, but it's quite intimidating.
I also bought a set of 6 really skinny crochet hooks and, unbelievably, the correct size is not among them. I'm just going to have to wing it because there's no way I'm going back into town today.

The booklet it's sitting on is from 1913! Not sure I'll be able to follow the instructions but stay tuned.

Meerkats anyone?

I have NOTHING to report this morning but found this on this blog and thought I'd share:

There's a pdf with the instructions over here if you'd like to make some. I may just have to!