The Quest for a Lacy Mohair Shawl - Part 1
On Wednesday nights I host the Crochet Studio at 3 Kittens Needle Arts in St. Paul. We have a great group of ladies with various skill levels and various projects going on all the time. There were a few who really wanted to crochet a lacy mohair shawl. We searched for pattern but couldn't find the "right one". The search continues; here I'm using Twinkle Handknits Kid Mohair with a G-6 (4mm) crochet hook, shells stitches, a few double crochets, a chain here and there, and that is about it. I loosely followed a shawl pattern called Seraphina.I love Twinkle's Kid Mohair, it is soooo soft but terrible to rip, so I suggest you make sure you know exactly what you're doing before you begin. In this case, I knew I want to make this shawl so I was confident in starting it. I have a tendency to crochet, rip, repeat!
This is my first lacy mohair shawl, I've gone from chunky yarn and my P hook, to this, and honestly I love all crochet; big hook, small hook, chunky yarn to mohair, its all good.
7 comments:
So true, fuzzy yarn just doesn't frog well. But no need to frog that lovely shawl, you're off to a great start.
Never ever tired anything in mohair, just didn't seem to hold up, but I need to think outside 'my box'!
I've made so many Seraphina shawls, in all kinds of yarn...from Koigu sock yarn to LB Homespun Chunky! I've never used a mohair-type yarn and a large hook. Yours looks fantastic! Love the creamy color too!
I have crochet a few Seraphina shawls for gifts, one for my self I used Homespun so it went really quick, also made one with Jiffy. Nice job!
beautiful! can't wait to see it finished :)
Yes, agree frogging & fluffy yan is a terrible mix, but your shawl is coming along nicely.
it looks so soft and pretty...i tried out a L hook for the first time lately...it's rather strange how they're so much harder to find than N, P, S, and Q in stores
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