A few years ago I made my girls a poncho each. My oldest daughter wore a hole in hers and my youngest daughter is still using hers. She wears it while sitting at her computer. It is starting to look a little rough and I started looking around for a new pattern to make. She wears her poncho flat and like a shawl so I started looking at shawls. I found a pattern on Ravelry that we really liked and bought it from Shelleden’s shop on Etsy. As of this post it is sold out (how do you sell out of a PDF?????) but I found it to be a decent pattern. I made some modifications to make it easier and changed the cuffs to make them easier to do. I have several family members requesting them as gifts for Christmas. I can make one in a couple of days if I only focus on that item. I’ve made two, the first for Kait and the second as a Secret Santa gift. I apologize for the headless model–my DH took the photo’s and he is not a photographer!
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The pattern calls for chunky yarn but I used a single strand of worsted weight since both of these items will be worn indoors only. The gift shawler is going to a young man who is wheelchair bound and he would like it to wear when he’s watching TV or a movie. I am happy to make it for him. My sister wants one made from chunky yarn so I told her she had to buy the yarn since I currently don’t have any chunky yarn in my stash.
Gotta go work on another Secret Santa exchange item that is going in the mail Monday or Tuesday. Have a great day!
Happy Crafting!
January 6th, 2010 on 6:38 pm
Hi! I just found your blog, and wanted to thank you for posting about my Shawler. I appreciate the nice things you said and for putting the link up, too.
January 6th, 2010 on 7:10 pm
Hi, Shelle! I’ve made two Shawlers already and my sister just requested one in pink. I think it is a great pattern and a quick crochet. I can make one in a couple of evenings. Thanks for sharing the pattern on your Etsy shop.