Crochet Sunny Shawlette

I found a lovely pattern on Ravelry that I fancied having a go at. So on Sunday I took the following ingredients



and by Monday night they had become



Ta-da!!
It's a gorgeous little 'Sunny shawlette' made from King Cole Glitz yarn so it has sparkle all through it. I chose black for 2 reasons really 1. It'll go with loads of things and is perfect for taking on my hols (which are fast approaching yay!) and 2. I already had one ball of the black in my stash.




You can find the pattern here sunny shawlette by Vicarno's mama on Ravelry. The pattern was super easy to follow and I can see me making more of these. Perfect for a little shoulder coverage at a wedding perhaps? And although a reasonably simple pattern it could look completely different when made up in different colours and yarns.



I've still to block mine which i think will bring out the shell pattern more but I was so pleased with it I wanted to show it off.






The fact that it buttons is what I loved because my problem with shawls most of the time is getting them to sit right and half the time I take them off before leaving the house because I don't think it looks right.

If you make this pattern for yourself I'd love to see
Louise x

(FO) Still crafting away

The last couple of weeks have been crazy busy. We've been having our kitchen disaster put right and the end of term run of events and things seem to have been endless but I've still been crafting away any spare minute i can find. I currently have 2 knitting and one crochet project on the go but I'll save them and show them off on wednesday as I've 3 finished projects from the last few weeks today.
I had been working on another cross stitch as a gift. This time it was for a wedding gift and I started it just about early enough to avoid having to pull a late night crafting session again. My sister had picked the kit and asked me to stitch it up for her to gift to her good friend on her wedding day. It is a lovely design and I love the finished piece (wish I had one myself). The vines and flowers did get a bit tedious but totally worth it

It's been washed and pressed since this pic but have left it for my sister to deal with the framing.
Once I'd got that finished I had time to pick up my crochet beach bag again.


It's big, very roomy but perfect for towel, book, sunnies, suncream, etc.. all the beach essentials. I should probably line it but haven't got round to that yet.
And finally a quick project I hooked up for my youngest daughter last week

It now hangs at the top of her bookshelf.
I'm off for a quick look around everyone else's finished projects you should go check some out too