Crocheted Double Hug Shawl

The name of the pattern is Double Hug.  It comes from the fact that the start is a square, commonly referred to as a granny square - foundation row of chain stitches then each additional row is double stitches in groups of three with 2 chain stitches between each group, but after about 10 rows it's folded into a triangle - one corner to another corner.  Which took me a while to figure out for some reason, I kept trying to fold it into a square.

I eventually got it right, then the rest of it is a series of double crochet stitches in groups of 3 with 2 chain stitches between each group.  This is done only on the triangular sides - when it's folded properly, it looks like half of a triangle.  Each row is increased by two sets, which makes each row larger than the one previous.  The final row is a row of double stitches combined with single stitch, and it forms a ruffle edge.

The yarn I used is part of the yarn I purchased for the afghan which will eventually get finished - if we ever get an actual winter again, that is!  I realized that I bought twice the amount of yarn I needed for the afghan, but I knew I'd find a project for it.  It's a very soft yarn and was easy to work with.  I bought it in one-pound skeins, I don't normally like the big ones but it was the best choice since I wasn't sure when I started the afghan exactly how much I would need and it's always better to have too much than not enough.  It's not fun to run out of yarn shortly before the project is finished and then not be able to match it.  It took 14 oz. out of the 16 oz. skein.  It's a sort of seaform green color.  The pattern was actually for a much bigger shawl, but Virginia is not very tall.

This was a gift, my sister-from-another-mother Virginia's birthday is Friday.  I mailed it to her today, it should get there in time.  I used Otter for my stand-in, she's actually a little taller than Virginia but I needed to be able to try it on someone as I was working on.  Thanks, Otter!

This is the back.  The folded over part - the Double Hug - is visible at the top and looks slightly thicker.  It's called Double Hug because of the fold being thick and warm.

The front.  The ruffle row is visible.

I didn't measure it.  But here it is spread out on the floor.  Otter's feet are in the picture!

A close-up of the stitches and the ruffle row.

Yarn Bombing

Bartlesville is a town that is north of us, in fact it's almost on the Kansas border.  It's a nice place, we've been a few times and enjoyed it.

Today, they got bombed.  The fun kind:

Yarn Bombing!

I keep telling myself that I will get up the nerve to do this someday.

But I'm not holding my breath.

Bartlesville's experience was part of an annual event, so it was "sanctioned" although most yarn bombing is not.

It's still fun, though!

(It's both types of yarn addicts, knitters as well as crochet artists).