Granny Meets Kristin Shawl

One of my recent designs is a crocheted shawl that I named Granny Meets Kristin.  The reason for the name is that the basic triangle shawl is made of a type of granny square.  It is then trimmed with a trim from Kristin Omdahl's book A Finer Edge.  Before I released the pattern on Ravelry and Craftsy I did contact Kristin and insure that it was okay to use this pattern  I really was surprised by how nice she was about me using this chart/pattern and how supportive she was.  That is one of the things that I find so rewarding about the knitting and crocheting community.  Even the designers are supportive of others and help encourage and mentor them.  Here is two finished versions of the shawl.  The blue/green/purple one is yarn that I dyed myself.  The multicolored squares with the pink edging is a larger shawl and is made with a combination of Blue Ridge Footlights and Perwinkle Sheep Potluck. 

The Granny squares are joined as you go and then once all of the squares are joined the edging is work by doing four rows of double crochet and then the scallops which are from Kristin's book are worked individually by working back and forth in rows.  Both shawls also have beads which are visible in some of the pictures.  This was a fun design to work in both sizes.

I am now working on designing a top-down crocheted cardigan utilizing sizing techniques I learned in one of the Craftsy.com courses I purchased.  Love the Craftsy format and the instructors are experts in the craft industry.  Plus you have them available 24/7 for as long as you have a computer to access them.