Crochet: Salmon Shawl has finally been completed…
Woohoo!
It took a little longer than I had anticipated
but
it was worth it.
Completing the Salmon Shawl
means I have tapped into one of my 2011 goals;
to make some clothes for myself.
This Japanese pattern is actually easy to follow;
the tricky part for me
was trying to work out how to join all of the
salmon flowers together.
For the life of me I could not get my head around it.
I spent a whole day
trying to get the last 3 lines of flowers together
(there are only 6).
it only took a 10 min You Tube break to resolve
whatever mental block I had
(yay for gypsy-pirate music).
By the end of day
all of the flowers were happily brushing petals.
(ahhh)
Once all of the lovely flowers were together,
all I had to do
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Wow…that is sooo pretty and unusual! Fantastic shots too!
Gorgeous! I really love your crochet. You do such beautiful work and your photos are always a joy to see.
Very pretty and a lot of work. I agree You Tube is a great resource.
Heidi, you’ve done it again! Your shawl is a just a scrumptious thing to behold! Your monochromatic colour scheme reminds me of strawberry short cake with whipped cream… YUMMY!!!
Very pretty and very delicate!
Thank you all for your lovely comments…I now have a hankering for strawberry shortcake & cream (mmmm).
Just saw your new shawl…love your beautiful work 🙂
Wow that’s really pretty and unusual! I love the colours.
I’m new to your blog, so ‘hello!’ I will be back! X
It came out beautifully. I’m working on a the same shawl from the Japanese book, but I can’t make out the instructions for the second row. I don’t read Japanese.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5672819769/in/photostream
How are you working that row?
Hi Becca!
Good question, I will have a look at the pattern and get back to you…but I know I struggled with the last 3 rows.
I think I spent a whole afternoon playing around trying to get the motifs to fit. I have a sneaky feeling that instead of adding the motifs at the beginning of the row I popped one in the middle.
I don’t recommend doing that.
xh
REALLY AMAZING!!
Is this shawl from Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts! Lacy Crochet book? I love your blog!!