What fun it is to see the Dragonflies playing Hide n Seek amoungst the flowers and diamonds.
The pattern for Dragonfly Hide N Seek can be found on Ravelry (click here), Etsy click here) and Lovecrafts (click here).
Dragonfly Hide n Seek Shawl
If you have not noticed or maybe it is your first time visiting my blog, I kind of love dragonflies! I also love flowers!
Dragonflies have a habit of appearing in my work as I keep thinking up new ways to incorporate them into my designs.
The Filet Crochet Technique is used for this project and the stitches are basic. A need for concentrating is there due to the width of the shawl. You have over 300 stitches per row.
I used 2 x Scheepjes Whirl in Shrinking Violet (click here for yarn) for this project.
I worked from the inside of the first ball till completion and then from the outside of the second ball to keep the colours flowing. Once the main body of the shawl was completed, I then worked from the inside of the remaining ball to make the border along the bottom edge. This kept the colours all flowing nicely.
This versatile shawl can be worn many ways.
The testing process is so important to my designs and my hard working testers deserve credit for their efforts. You will always find a page on in my patterns dedicated to showing off their efforts. Some people find having extra pages to a pattern annoying, but to me these people deserve to be credited and so I do. You can choose to omit printing this page if you like. Below is some of their incredible work.
Test Shawl by Angee Hudson. Made using Cotton Kings Twirls Deluxe in Edcora Red.
Test Shawl by Michelle Ross. Made using Nako Angora Luks col 1915.
Test Shawl by Amy Elizabeth Peterson. Made using Redheart Its a Wrap in Rainbow.
Test Shawl by Asra Konzak. Made using Cotton Kings Twirl in Rainbow.
Test Shawl by Jamie Johnson. Made using Cotton Kings Twirl in Yellow Citrine. Approx 1748yds used.
Test Shawl by Stephanie Joann Nolasco. Made using Caron Cakes.
Test Shawl by Michelle Westwood. Made using Lalables
Test Shawl by Cindy Cary. Made using Scheepjes Whirl in Peppermint Patty,
I had someone recently trying to pick my brains about the stitch composition of my Dragonflies as they are (according to the person) neater and more defined than other patterns they have seen. Of course I am not going to state outright how I achieve this as it is in the pattern, but I do have my very own way of combining stitches to achieve my particular Dragonfly.
It may seem mean not to just openly share my method, but this particular shawl has taken over 200 hours from idea, to drawing and then to construction and slowly working its way through the pattern testing process. Imagine asking a plumber, doctor, architect, cleaner or anyone else to share their work processes or work for free! Yeah I don't think this is gonna happen!
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Now to the boring stuff!
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