3 Shawls

[thetokenlady]

At the age of 46, I finally got interested in stuff like fashion, and my style seems to include hats and shawls. The shawls got me back into crocheting, which led to finding this forum, so I thought I'd do a bit of show-and-tell.

 

This is the first thing I crocheted in about 15 years. I started with a loooong chain, then it was all single crochet on the back loop, with a row of double crochet every 6 rows and decreasing 1 on each end.

The whole thing:

Closeup:

 

 

Then I made a rectangular shawl using some Lion Brand Homespun, triple and single crochet. When I got done I didn't like the edges, they looked sloppy, so I got some "non-wrinkly" yarn is the same color and edged it.

 

The last is a butterfly wing shawl created by HollyM and posted here http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4215

 

And here is my version:

[magiccrochetfan]

Pretty shawls:hook I especially like the first one, i like the stitch pattern of alternating sc and dc. May I ask what yarn that is? the colors are very nice.

[hhensler]

Those are great - the middle one is my favorite...

[Peggy85225]

They're all lovely.

[Monique39]

They are all beautiful!

[contrary.crocheter]

they are all so pretty but I am partial to the first one! love the way the colors came out!

[thetokenlady]

Magiccrochetfan, the yarn in the first shawl is Sensations "It's a Wrap." It alternates from red to blue. That shawl turned out very heavy and warm, I was wearing it instead of a jacket until it got too hot!

[magiccrochetfan]

Thank you for the info:)

[krafty19]

Very pretty! Great job on all of them.

[Kbear]

Thank you!!

[happy stitcher]

Great work! They're all lovely!

[Startigerlily]

All your shawls are great!

[mclendon1]

I like all of them.

I've been having a heck of a time getting the knack of shawls; maybe I should try like your 1st one. I'm thinking the sock yarn I've been stashing will work up good. Your fringe looks good, but I'm not big on fringe, would just need to come up w/ a diff edging.

 

Question, did you SC in back loop just on 1st row, or on all rows? & what weight is your yarn & what size hook?

[thetokenlady]

Boy, you're gonna make me remember how I made it? lol, just kidding. I think it was on the back loop on all rows, you can see the stripes it makes. I made a chain and kept draping it across my shoulders until it seemed long enough and started single crocheting. I did a 1 st decrease at each end and just kept going until it wound up in a point.

 

It's worsted weight yarn, and I think it was an I hook. I did a small picot on the edges and added the fringe.

 

Hope that helped!