I’ve been working away on the green fan shawl when I can. It’s to the point now where I hate doing a row because it takes SO long and there’s little visible growth. But, I got 3 full pattern rows done on Tuesday which added another 6” to the shawl so I’m happy
Size wise it currently is the length of 1 arm, my chest and to my elbow of the other arm. I have a 6 foot wing span so I’m thinking it’s about 4.5 ft wide and about 2.75 ft long. Yes, this is how I measure things. Very scientific isn’t it?
This is actually the first time I’ve used the 3.75mm crochet hook and it’s been angering my pinky. The hook shaft must be rubbing on a nerve in my pinky finger and the darn think tingles after just a few minutes. So I started modifying it. At first I put on one of the rubber crochet grippies but that did nothing. Next I added a post-it note and a sticker but it wasn’t fat enough so 3 more stickers were added. Then the post-it note gave up its grip and the whole thing started to slide around so I added 2 rounds of scotch tape and slid the apparatus over the tape and it stuck nicely. Lastly I still wanted more bulk on the end so took the rubber grip off my pen and put it on.
Tada! My nice fat grip 3.75mm crochet hook. Oh yeah, the only reason I did this is because the new ChiaoGoo hook that I bought that has a nice flat and fat bamboo handle made stitches too loosely compared to the hook I was using. Ugh. Oh well, I’ll use it on another project from start to finish.
With any luck I will have this shawl finished in time to go up for sale this coming Fiber Market Monday. What is Fiber Market Monday? It’s a new link party specifically geared to promoting handmade fiber items, raw fiber or fiber animals so come on back this coming Monday and check out all the goodies!
