I just love colourful crochet shawls!

Hello, my dear blog friends,


Good to see you back here! And a hearty welcome to my newest followers, you are very welcome and I value your input and comments, and appreciate your time!

Today I want to do a review post, one that looks back at some of my previous makes.

As you can see from the title, I just love colourful shawls. You might have noticed this before. It just struck me when I wrote my last two posts, and I warned you to wear your sunglasses!!!

Afterwards I thought to myself, wouldn't it be fun, if I took a look at some of my shawls and took some photos. So that is what I did! And I really enjoyed it, looking at all that colour together.

And the naughty cats proceeded to walk, no run and skid, across my shawls which meant I had to lay them all out properly once again.

So here they are, some of my colourful shawls, most of them are for the summer. Enjoy!



Scheepjes CAL2015: Flight of Fancy, my own Rainbow Circle Shawl, a small neckerchief South Bay Shawlette, All at Sea Shawl, Elise Shawl, Veritas Triangle Shawl, Minty Green Shawl



Here is a striped Crocodile Stitch Scarf I made some time ago (love how the stripes match up)

My Noro Lion's Foot Stitch Scarf in the middle

Some Skinny Scarves made from Katia Yarn, made with a 2mm hook

Here you can see that my colourful South Bay Shawl really steals the show, it is huge!

If you want to find out more about any of these shawls, just click on the right side bar on the tag called 'Shawl' and it will bring up all the posts that I tagged like that!

Obviously I forgot some, like the Tahiti Shawl I made last summer, it must be somewhere else...

And of course there are the two woollen South Bay Shawls which are draped over my chair where I sit, I didn't include them in the picture because there wouldn't have been enough floor space!

It makes me very happy to think that I got all these shawls waiting for me, that I can pick and choose which one to wear, according to my fancy! And to know, that they are unique, that I made them myself, also fills me with pleasure and joy!

I think this is something we all got in common, when we make things for ourselves and others - it brings joy to the maker and to the wearer.



Hope you liked this post, feel free to leave your comments, it's always great to hear from you!

Have a nice weekend!

Catch up - Some more crochet shawls for you

Welcome back!!!

Thanks for your lovely comments on my recent posts.  I realize I haven't talked much about my crochet shawls yet.

I subscribe to a few crochet magazines in England and I noticed there were some lovely shawls by the talented Elisabeth Davis de Herraiz. One that caught my eye was her 'All at Sea Shawl' so I dug out my copy of the Simply Crochet magazine and began making it!

You can find out more about this shawl (and photos of her original design) on her lovely blog here. I highly recommend it. I have been following her since last year and find her work very inspiring!


The All at Sea Shawl

All at Sea Shawl

Emerging pattern

Crochet in the car after a music festival

The light and airy pattern

The shawl was finished in late April and I started wearing it immediately. The colour is a fresh green, the acrylic yarn (Maya) was from Wibra.

However, about a week later I decided it needed something else and I added a large tassel from the same yarn. Now I love it even more!

My finished shawl with the added tassel

My Tahiti Shawl

This is the same shawl pattern I recently used for my Minty Shawl - here! It's such a nice pattern with a very easy 2 row repeat. This time the yarn I used is much finer, with a 3mm crochet hook. So it is growing a bit slower, but I don't mind. I will be quite large. I really like the colourplay!

New beginnings: starting a shawl with variegated cotton yarn

Tahiti Cotton yarn by Schachenmayr

Crochet time on the balcony in the sunshine

Crocheting before my dental operation

My Azalea

Balcony still life - this is all I need!

... and cats keeping me company!

The Festival Shawl

This was amongst my Ravelry favourites for quite some time. I suddenly decided the time had come to give it a go!

You will find the free pattern here!

After the initial few rows I realized how the pattern worked and had been crocheting happily along without further having to consult the pattern. I think that is the moment crochet really takes off!

I am using the wonderful Schoeppelwolle Zauberball in the 'Frische Fische' colourway. It is a typical sock yarn but with wonderful colours! Great for shawls, too!

And one more recent thing I learnt: some things do require blocking. Here you can see how the pattern is much clearer after a bit of blocking. Of course, the shawl is not yet finished. I recently bought a second ball of yarn and am continuing.

Festival Shawl pattern

Do you have a favourite shawl pattern - feel free to post a link, perhaps by ravelry or pinterest!? Do you prefer triangular shawls or the long rectangular ones (stole)?
What tip would you give to somebody who hasn't tried crocheting a shawl before?

I hope you enjoyed your post and I would love to know what you think. Please leave me your comment, no matter how short or long, it's always lovely to read!

Have a nice sunday!