OK. So a few months ago, a lady I know lost her 9-year-old niece to a very tragic car accident. I offered to crochet a prayer shawl for her, and I expected to spend 3 days. Well, it took me 3
months!! When I was only a few stitches from completing the edging, I realized that the edging the designer came up with looked like a mistake to me. I hated it! I spent several days scouring Internet crochet sites and my own library. Nothing looked like what I was envisioning, and I couldn't seem to come up with my own pattern - even I couldn't make it look right.
I used Caron Simply Soft, which is heavier than the recommended yarn, but I know from personal experience that when you sit still for 1+ hours, you get cold! I wanted something heavy enough, as well as soft enough, to wear for hours while preserving body heat.
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Crochetspot.com, I finally found a ruffled edging, which I modified slightly. I used the hanging shells pattern, which looks flat in the picture, but came out ruffled. I used 6dc instead of 8dc, because I needed to save time and yarn. It still ruffles and looks really pretty, as you can see in the pictures below.
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| Front |
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| Right side |
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| Left side |
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| Bottom of the triangle detail |
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| Collar detail |
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| Back |
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