This was a very fun project to work on, and I think it turned out marvelously!
The Butterfly Shawl custom ordered, customer chose the colors, is about 7' wide. Lovingly crocheted in around 20 hours from a grid pattern.
It is warm and cozy, and quite the fashion statement.
I quite like it, and am deciding what colors to make one for myself in.
My son was kind enough to take these photos of me modeling the shawl before shipping it off to the UK.
The customer who ordered this shawl is a super sweet lady, and I hope she enjoys the finished product as much as the photo of it I sent her.
I've already started another butterfly shawl, and have designed up 3 different styles that I am looking forward to testing out and offering in my shop.
I received an order for a shawl which I had posted as the cover photo on my Facebook page. The shawl was a gift I had made for my cousin which I wasn't actually planning on making more of, but was happy to do it when this customer contacted me. After discussing with her and workout out the logistics, I excitedly ran to Hobby Lobby to pick up the yarn. A lovely variety of black, white, lavender, and hot pink.
I grabbed my pattern and got started. After the first hour, here is how far I got. You can see the bottom tips of the butterfly starting.
After 2 hours, much more of the lovely butterfly is showing, and more colors are introduced.
After 4 hours, the lower part of the butterfly wings are really starting to take shape.
I'm figuring it will take about 15 hours to complete, and I'm already thinking about what colors I want to do next, and have designed a couple different shawls to try out. I forgot how much fun this type of crochet is!
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Let's celebrate our connections with each other and with Nature.
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The Coffee Chic and Africa's Blog, are currently accepting sponsors for the upcoming Luck of the Irish Cash Giveaway. The event will go live on March 10 at 12:01am EST thru March 17th at 11:59pm EST. This is in line with the celebration of St. Patrick's day.
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Found this challenge over at The Spring Mount 6 Pack. It's a fun way to encourage yourself to work through your yarn stash. The challenge works on a point system, you get points for using up yarn, and you subtract points when you buy yarn.
I'm starting with a skein of green that I started making Shamrock Dog Toys out of, since each one does not use up a full skein, I'm going to make as many as I can get out of one.
