Green Prayer Shawl

I started this prayer shawl a year ago and then sort of hit a crochet funk and it took me a while to get crocheting again. When I started again my focus was on getting the dolls ready for the donation, but I kept looking at the sad shawl waiting for me to finish it. A couple of weeks ago when had the chance to go back to my library yarn group, I decided it would be the perfect project to take and finish up.

I adapted the Baptismal shawl from The Crocheted Prayer Shawl Companion: 37 Patterns to Embrace, Inspire, and Celebrate Life that I purchased a while back. I liked the pattern and realized Homespun would create a warmer, heavier shawl than the one pictured, but I was OK with that knowing it was going to a Prayer Shawl ministry.

I've almost finished a pink shawl using tulip Homespun yarn, but I'm one skein short. The place I normally get my Homespun was out, so I'll have to pursue other alternatives. While I'm waiting, I started another shawl using some yarn sent to me from a wonderful person in AL who no longer works with Homespun.

I found some wonderful patterns during the Labor Day sales and am looking forward to some different kinds of projects after I finish off these Prayer shawls.

Textured Prayer Shawl

This prayer shawl was made using the Textured Bead pattern found in Crocheted Prayer Shawl Companion, The: 37 Patterns to Embrace, Inspire, and Celebrate Life that I'm finding to be a great resource. It worked up quickly and I found it was clear when a row was off. I like when I can catch a mistake quickly and resolve it so I don't have multiple rows to fix.

I have my second prayer shawl meeting coming up in a few weeks and I am pleased to say this is the third shawl I finished. It does have an option to add beads, but since I'm new to prayer shawls and I've never worked with beads I decided not to use that option for this shawl.

Up until now I've been using up yarn for my stash, or in the case of the first shawl I made, donated yarn from the Prayer Shawl Group. However, I started working on a shawl from The Prayer Shawl Ministry: Reaching Those in Need (Leisure Arts #4225) and I picked up some Lionbrand Homespun yarn to complete the project.

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Double Hug Prayer Shawl

This is the Double Hug Prayer Shawl made using the pattern found in Crocheted Prayer Shawl Companion, The: 37 Patterns to Embrace, Inspire, and Celebrate Life that I recently purchased after borrowing from the library.

I made this one using Hobby Lobby's I Love This Yarn that I had in my stash. I found the Granny style pattern easy to work on and quite relaxing. Having a pattern that I didn't have to check constantly was great when went got to crochet/knitting group meetings. My doll patterns tend to be too complicated to share socially and get anything productive finished.

My pictures are still not quite where I want them, but I think hanging the shawl is an improvement over my first attempt to photograph a shawl.

I have my third shawl over half done. I am enjoying exploring this new type of crochet project. I already have yarn lined up to work on some additional projects.

If you arrived here looking for free Prayer Shawl Patterns please check out the following Blog Page:

Free Prayer Shawl Patterns

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