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Navy Blue Chevron Lace Cardigan

(photo tip from Crazy Auntie...photograph yourself in your workplace ladies restroom for best results)

I've been a fan of Ravelry for a long time. It's the BEST resource for free patterns, knit and crochet tips and techniques, yarn sales, etc. I keep up with all of my international yarny friends thru Ravelry too. It's amazing to think that I have "friends" in the U.K., Czech Republic, Brazil as well as all over the U.S.! If you're not a member of Ravelry, join now!
Last week, "milobo" posted this great pattern for a top-down crocheted Chevron Lace Cardigan. Milobo or Michelle is from the U.K. and always seems to be experimenting with wonderful seamless crochet patterns. She has a few posted on Ravelry that many people have made. The Chevron Lace Cardigan really caught my eye, so I secretly started crocheting it during Thanksgiving vacation. I needed a plain navy blue sweater to go with jeans and I happened to have a few skeins of Caron's Simply Soft in my stash. Perfect! I wasn't investing a lot of money into a pattern I wasn't sure about, so I forged ahead. To my surprise, this pattern was very simple and fast for me. I finished it in about 3 days. I added a collar to Michelle's pattern and expanded on the button band.

I really like this sweater. I've worn it a few times and have received many compliments. I'm so crazy about this pattern, that I enlarged the pattern repeat (so the button band won't be so wide) and I started crocheting it with that Cascade 220 in rust that I picked up on sale last week. I'm not going to add a collar to this sweater, however I did add two more single crochet rows at the neck edge. I'm using a size "K" crochet hook.

Last night at the WeHo SnB, Natalie received a yarn spinning lesson from Regina, while Jenna coached from the sidelines.

Natalie, Jenna, Regina

Natalie is a natural. She was spinning away on her little spindle and ended up with some lovely yarn. You can see in the photo below that she's really concentrating and that her hands are whirling away!

We had a record-breaking crowd at the WeHo SnB last night, upstairs at the Original Farmers Market, 3rd and Fairfax. There must have been about 30 of us! Maybe we should plan some sort of Holiday party? Whaddya say, WeHo SnBr's? Since we won't be meeting on December 25th, maybe we should bring some treats to share on Thursday December 18th. Wear your Santa and/or elf hat!