Because Michelle suggested I wear red accessories with the dress I wore to the wedding and because I suspected that it would be very cold and because I am aiming to crochet 10 shawls in 2010, I made this.

The pattern is Blue Curacao (Ravelry link) by Doris Chan, and can be found in her book Amazing Crochet Lace.  It took two balls of Stitch Nation by Debbie Stoller Bamboo Ewe yarn, which I found at Spotlight, of all places!  I used a 5.5mm hook, but a 6mm hook would have been better.

I crocheted this shawl in under a week – yay!

So, that’s six shawls crocheted so far this year (but number seven is already on the hook). I highly recommend this pattern – there are 332 versions of it on Ravelry so it’s clearly very popular.  My shawl is ravelled here.