I couldn’t find the yarn locally but found a lovely 100% cotton yarn by James C Brett. Although it is a DK and not a blend of cotton and alpaca it still feels lovely, soft and silky.
The pattern is, as always, well written and easy to follow and can be found on Ravelry or CJ Brady’s Etsy shop.
The cross stitch seems tricky at first but stick with it, it’s easy once you get used to it. It feels wrong to be going backwards and I found my fingers didn’t want to obey but it didn’t take long before they got used to it and it’s only a small panel, not the whole row.
I just did the tassels a little differently by simply cutting the yarn and folding in half, putting the loop through a hole then wrapping back through itself.
Colour is a lovely silver grey and I’m really pleased with the finished shawl.
It’s large and very cosy wrapped around you and the panel really stands out being an unusual stitch.
Highly recommend all C J Brady’s patterns, always a good price too and very detailed instructions.
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Happy crocheting!
