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My office at work is small but with a giant, drafty window. It gets really cold when I’m at my desk, but I refuse to sit and work while wearing my winter coat! So I crocheted this Graceful Shell Shawl using five skeins of 100% wool from Romni Wools so it’s quite warm, plus it’s pretty. It was another of my projects during 2013-2014’s Crafty Circle Sunday meetups with Tomiko and some other friends, and now that it is rightfully autumn and getting cooler, I am planning on taking it back to work.
I expanded the shawl with five or so extra rows to make it longer and more cozy. The shawl is worked in clusters and shells, giving it a lacy pattern that is still warm. Because of all the clusters and shells, the shawl works up quite quickly – I think I finished it in a couple weeks!
For some reason, in the photos it looks more of a darker blue, almost the same colour of my jeans, even though in real life the yarn is a gorgeous deep turquoise! No matter what I did with the white balance of my camera, the yarn colour didn’t photograph well. Weird!
The free pattern is online at Red Heart, or you can click here for the free pattern: DIY turquoise shawl.
Oh my it is so lovely! Cheryl
Thank you!
It’s a pleasure to see handcrafted and cosy items.
Your camera’s picture style characteristics might have changed the turquoise to blue. For example, a neutral style shows more natural colours, while a standard style shows more vivid colors. (Canon 7D: http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/0/0300002580/02/eos7d-im2-en.pdf, p 64.)
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