When we expand our crafting horizons...

Expanding crafting horizons! As in-mixing it up w/a little spinning or embroidery, paper crafting, or if needle arts, CROCHET...!

I actually was a better Crocheter before I was a better Knitter, and the fact that Nartian's alter-ego is CrochetChick ought to tell yoi something! So when we saw Kira K Design's Belle Époque shawl kit in Downton Abbey-inspired dyed yarns...well, we were both smitten! OK, so Nartian made the first move and I copied! (What are knit pals for, anyway?!)

So our CAL was ON! Well...not exactly. It was the end of last year; I was desperately trying to stay focused on finishing the Baby Shawl Collar sweater and my mom's Hey, Teach! I think Nartian was working on a test knit and had another one or two items she was working on. We decided we'd start some time after the New Year.

So here we are, both CAL and surprisingly, though she is ahead (as expected), not too far apart from one another!

So last I checked in with her, she was on the fourth repeat of a section while I, on the 3rd. I suspect she has begun the border; I'm on the 4th repeat.

So the plan is we have our matchy-match shawls completed for Stitches West! Looks like I MAY make it!




So here's the thing: now that I've started this pattern, I can't look at yarn the same way.

All of a sudden these two skeins of yarn I first thought I was willing to part with start looking like another Belle Époque!


You can see it too, right? HELP ME! I have an inability to de-stash!

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