{"id":216,"date":"2011-05-04T17:40:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T17:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/gallery\/?p=216"},"modified":"2015-08-08T17:41:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T17:41:17","slug":"crochet-v-shawl-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/gallery\/2011\/05\/04\/crochet-v-shawl-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Crochet &#8220;V&#8221; Shawl (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2011-Crochet-V-Shawl\/Crochet-V-Back-sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px solid; width: 225px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2011-Crochet-V-Shawl\/225x150xCrochet-V-Back-thmb.jpg.pagespeed.ic.aaxspDl94_.jpg\" alt=\"Crochet V Shawl\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Pattern:<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Made up as I went along, ultimately 5 squares of &#8220;Square Pineapple Doily&#8221;, by Priscilla Hewitt<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/>\nYarns:<\/span>\u00a0 Schaeffer Yarns, &#8220;Anne&#8221; (grey\/yellows, approx 320yds), Anonymous black alpaca, similar weight, (black, approx 430yds).<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Method:\u00a0<\/span> Crochet<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Completed:<\/span>\u00a0 May 4, 2011.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>This was a travel crochet project.\u00a0 I started out wanting to make a Drops bolero project, which they did from 4 crocheted squares.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t like the squares pattern, so I substituted &#8220;Square Pineapple Doily&#8221;, by Priscilla Hewitt.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t have enough of the &#8220;Anne&#8221; colourway to make 4 squares, so I made two from &#8220;Anne&#8221;, and 2 from the black alpaca.<\/p>\n<p>When I assembled it&#8230; I decided I didn&#8217;t like how it sat on me.\u00a0 Might have been better if the squares had been blocked, or if they&#8217;d all been the same colour.\u00a0 But I felt it was a little too &#8220;granny square&#8221;-ish.\u00a0 So, I took a page from some other book, made a 5th square, and assembled them in an &#8220;L&#8221; or a &#8220;V&#8221;.\u00a0 I like the way it sits on my shoulders easily (unlike a triangular shawl).<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2011-Crochet-V-Shawl\/Crochet-V-DressedUp-sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px solid; width: 152px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2011-Crochet-V-Shawl\/Crochet-V-DressedUp-thmb.jpg\" alt=\"front, formal\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2011-Crochet-V-Shawl\/Crochet-V-Front-sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px solid; width: 150px; height: 180px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2011-Crochet-V-Shawl\/Crochet-V-Front-thmb.jpg\" alt=\"front, daylight\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">View of the front &#8212; in formal wear, indoors, and in sunlight.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2011-Crochet-V-Shawl\/Crochet-V-Ole-sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px solid; width: 175px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2011-Crochet-V-Shawl\/Crochet-V-Ole-thmb.jpg\" alt=\"overview, held\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2011-Crochet-V-Shawl\/Crochet-V-overview-sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px solid; width: 225px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2011-Crochet-V-Shawl\/Crochet-V-overview-thmb.jpg\" alt=\"Overview, table\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">All together, now.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Pattern:\u00a0 Made up as I went along, ultimately 5 squares of &#8220;Square Pineapple Doily&#8221;, by Priscilla Hewitt Yarns:\u00a0 Schaeffer Yarns, &#8220;Anne&#8221; (grey\/yellows, approx 320yds), Anonymous black alpaca, similar weight, (black, approx 430yds). Method:\u00a0 Crochet Completed:\u00a0 May 4, 2011. 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