I made this shrug a couple of years ago for my sister. It’s a great pattern – it works up beautifully in a very short amount of time. Also, you can use just about any yarn and hook size you want. I believe I used a size K hook. The yarn is Plymouth Galway Highland Heathers in color 750.
This is the front of the shrug (that’s my sister, not me.) It’s held closed with a flower shaped pin right now, but I think sometimes she wears it without any closure. It looks fine either way.
This is the back of the shrug. It goes down to about the middle of her back and has short sleeves. It’s a pretty clever pattern – the whole thing is worked up as a rectangle, so there’s really no shaping involved.
The pattern is here, on the second page, second post down.
That is really cute!
Thank you! I think it came out pretty well.
do you know about the book thing of baltimore? how could you have kept this information secret all these years? i will be there with a quickness…
http://bookthing.org
I think I’ve heard of the bookthing, but I’ve been so busy the past couple of years I’ve never really gone to check it out. I feel like that’s a total cop-out, but seriously, I am constantly over-scheduled :p
[...] I crocheted a rectangle, which I then folded in half and sewed into sleeves (just like the Lovers Knot Shrug.) This stitch and yarn combo wasn’t as stretchy as the Lovers Knot was, so it wouldn’t [...]