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firecat (attention machine in need of calibration) ([personal profile] firecat) wrote2004-06-18 08:18 pm

I crocheted a shawl

It's based on Seraphina's Shawl, a batwing shawl designed by Doni. I found the design linked in the [livejournal.com profile] crochet community. The web page teaches how to make it. There are some mistakes in the instructions, but if you have crochet experience, you can work around them.

Doni's web page shows that she tends to use several yarns held together or Lion Brand chunky yarns. I used a single fairly thin strand of cotton/rayon yarn. The pix don't show it, but the yarn has blue and red bits in it, which combine for the overall purplish effect. I used a bigger hook than one would normally use for thin yarn, which makes the shawl more open and lacy.


Here's the overall shape of the shawl, hanging on the bathroom door


I took this picture in the bathroom mirror


When the OH saw my attempt to photograph it myself, he offered to take a picture.

[identity profile] datagoddess.livejournal.com 2004-06-18 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely!!

[identity profile] spiderdust.livejournal.com 2004-06-18 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, gorgeous! It looks wonderful!

oooOOOooo!

[identity profile] nex0s.livejournal.com 2004-06-18 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
*pretty*

:)

n.

[identity profile] lysana.livejournal.com 2004-06-18 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's lovely.
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Re: I crocheted a shawl

[identity profile] pir-anha.livejournal.com 2004-06-18 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
mmh, lacey loveliness!

[identity profile] queensheba.livejournal.com 2004-06-18 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a very nice color. Good work!

[identity profile] okoshun.livejournal.com 2004-06-18 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
That's very nice. :)

[identity profile] cjsmith.livejournal.com 2004-06-18 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooo, purply-maroony! It looks complex. Very pretty! How long did it take you?

[identity profile] dandelion-diva.livejournal.com 2004-06-18 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
So veryvery pretty!

Gessi

[identity profile] kyubi.livejournal.com 2004-06-19 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Ooooh! It came out very nicely!

[identity profile] pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com 2004-06-19 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Very nice!

[identity profile] saluqi.livejournal.com 2004-06-19 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations, it looks lovely
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[identity profile] hfnuala.livejournal.com 2004-06-19 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, very nice.

[identity profile] bobbylevi.livejournal.com 2004-06-19 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
That's really nice... I think it looks really great in that colour. :-)
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[personal profile] geekchick 2004-06-19 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty!

[identity profile] epi-lj.livejournal.com 2004-06-19 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Very cool!

[identity profile] ag-unicorn.livejournal.com 2004-06-20 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
That is a beautiful piece of work...and I'm impressed by the amount of time it must have taken to create. Lovely! :)

[identity profile] deedeebythebay.livejournal.com 2004-06-21 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
Nice yarn choice. Good job. I'm still working on my smoke ring. I'll have to get someone to take pictures of it when I'm done.