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12/19/2011

Knitted Rainbow Shrug


September can be hit or miss weather wise in the Washington DC area. Since I was wearing a spaghetti strap dress for our wedding I wanted to make sure I had something fashionable to wear over my dress just in case the day turned out chilly. The twenty year old-me would have dealt with the goosebumps and impractical shoes but in my mid thirties I've learned a thing or two about comfort and fashion. 
I headed to my local yarn store, A Tangled Skein,  and found this stunning yarn on clearance. It's from japan and a mix of cotton and bamboo. And no, I didn't use a pattern..I never do. I call it Zen Knitting. I cast on and hoped and prayed I bought enough yarn to make the shrug...and I did! I love how it turned out.

Don't be afraid to create!

2 comments:

Cláudia Nogueira said...

Hello, we are a couple of married women with 3 years ...
We have a dream ... Having a child
We decided to make this blog to share with others our esperience ...
found the blog by google and add it to our list of blog ...
We were very happy when we find more families like ours ...
A big hug and congratulations girls family, God bless ..
We speak Portuguese in Brazil and we are sorry graphics errors ...

Minha mãe é mulher da minha outra mãe!!!
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Gretchen said...

Thanks so much for reading! Congratulations to you as well.

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