Tranquil Diamonds Prayer Shawl

This prayer shawl was made using the Tranquil Diamonds Shawl pattern found in Crocheted Prayer Shawl Companion, The: 37 Patterns to Embrace, Inspire, and Celebrate Life.

This was a fun pattern to work on and slightly different from any of the others I had previously made. The only challenge I had was in not reading the directions correctly on how the diamond was formed. Looking back it now seems logical. At the time it created some confusion for me and I had to pull it out and consider logically what the directions were asking of me to complete the task.

I'm still trying to locate a place in my house that will allow proper lighting for the prayer shawls. The doll shots work well in the brighter lights of my kitchen. Finding a place with great lighting to take the shawl shots has not been as easy.

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Wide Scarf Prayer Shawl

I have my second prayer shawl meeting tonight and I've finished 6 prayer shawls to bring. This is the fifth and I'll be posting pictures of the sixth one on Wednesday. I started a seventh one last night to work on during the meeting tonight. I am quite surprised. I had expected to finish one. Generally, I find it hard to focus on projects that repeat rows for a considerable amount of time. However, I seem to have picked a good time to start these projects. I don't seem to be able to focus on my doll projects at the moment and as long as I keep changing patterns each time, the repeated rows seem to be rather relaxing.

This pattern is the cover pattern from The Prayer Shawl Ministry: Reaching Those in Need (Leisure Arts #4225) called the Wide Scarf.

Several people suggested trying Walmart for the Homespun yarn, our local Walmart does carry it, and the price is the cheapest I've found, slightly under $5. The only place close in price I've seen so far is Knitting Warehouse and that requires shipping. It seems pretty popular and I couldn't get enough of all of the colors I wanted to finish a shawl, but I got enough to make my next few projects. It is easy enough to return to get my next supply as long as they keep carrying it.


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Triangular Prayer Shawl

When I picked up a copy of The Prayer Shawl Ministry: Reaching Those in Need (Leisure Arts #4225) I knew this would be one of the first items I made. I am experimenting with different types of shawls, but something about the triangle shaped shawls keeps drawing me back.

I really liked the finished edging on this shawl. It gave the shawl a nice look when it was done.

Still am working on improving my pictures. When you click on the picture it gives you a better look at the structure of the shawl, but still limits the color. I'm having a hard time finding a place I can hang the shawl and still get good light. I love the look of the Homespun yarn though and I wanted to demonstrate how pretty it looks close up so I took some quick shots to show the pattern.

I started on the shawl shown on the cover of this book. I have a crochet/knitting group meeting this week so I may have another prayer shawl finished before next week's prayer shawl meeting. These work up much faster than I would have anticipated.

I am going to have to keep my eyes out for Homespun yarn sales. While I can keep working through my supply of worsted, many of these call for bulkier weight yarns.

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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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