So freaking beautiful!

This next project was fun and easy to make.  It is set to the intermediate level and I must concur with that selection.  The pattern is not free, however it is available at http://www.crochetmagazine.com where you may subscribe to their magazine.  This one is called "Shamrock Lace Sweater" and caught my eye immediately when I received my edition of Crochet Magazine. Here are photos of the finished front and back.

Front - guess the button gives that away!

Back - see no button!

The downside of this pattern is that it contained some mistakes and, although I checked the gauge carefully, the ladies medium ended up as a girls medium/large.  That being said, it is a stunning piece once completed and one that I will make again (...and again and again, maybe). When you have so many nieces...the count so far is 9 nieces and 9 great-nieces...even the pattern misses don't go to waste.

The bodice and body are worked as one piece and should look like this when completed. You can really whip through this piece and then move onto the sleeves that are easy to make. The photos below give you a good idea of what the edging looks like.  So freaking beautiful!!!

You can tell my love affair with variegated yarn continues.  The lovely shade is from Patons and wouldn't you know that I now cannot find the leftover ball of yarn to post the dye lot. Me thinks the furballs may have something to do with that. Will post when I come across it because no matter where the kitties hide "things" they always turn up in the end.

I'll close this post with a couple of pics of the sleeves.  Waiting for my sister and brother-in-law to pop by and put in the window air-conditioning unit.  Summer's not quite here yet but we had a couple of days of very warm weather. Need to keep cool inside so I can continue creating beautiful things over the summer months. 

Quick - left or right sleeve?

Top of sleeve.

What to do? What to do?

What to do? What to do? What would be the ideal project to ease myself back into this loving hobby? Whether it's knitting, tatting, knotting, embroidering or crocheting - a scarf!!!  Yup...that's it a scarf..or as it turned out scarves! A fun and easy way to spend a few hours watching something lovely being created in front of your eyes. Well...see for yourselves. These are called "Cascading Potato Chip Scarf" and are quick and easy to whip up. Not to mention quite fashionable these days. The two you see here were done following the pattern to the letter. Although I did use a 4mm hook finding the result of a too long scarf using the 5mm hook the pattern recommends.

This last one to the right has one extra row added.  Slipstitch in each stitch across.  It gives it a really nice finish.  My favourite scarf so far.

The pattern is available here http://www.favecrafts.com/Crochet-Hats-Scarves-Gloves/Cascading-Potato-Chip-Scarf-from-Red-Heart-Yarn#. It calls for two different colours but I love the variegated yarns. You can wear any of these scarves with many, many outfits. Hmmm...what to do next?

A fun area to share....

Peanut

This is a fun area to share crochet projects I've been working on.  It's been a long while since I've taken a hook to hand and had forgotten how much I enjoyed creating things out of wool and yarn.  Pictures will be posted as projects are completed....maybe even posted while I'm working on projects.  None of the patterns are original and I'll duly give credit where it is due. However, the final product will have been produced by my fingers. The fellow to the left doesn't help any with the projects but he sure likes to hang around the yarn...A LOT!!  So happy hooking.