Those Shawly April Showers

Happy Fee-Fi(ber)-F.O. Friday everyone! It's April. It's raining. Finished shawls and other shoulderwear from March's crochet part-ay.

I'll start with the finished projects that were completed at the very end of March:

This is an additional interpretation of my own Le Bouquet Stole pattern. I love the neutral (and unfortunately) discontinued Araucania Ruca Multy colorway, and yes, I had that skirt in mind when I chose the stash yarn for this project.

 

Next up (and also for yours truly), is a brown version of my Rustically Elegant Shoulder Warmer made during my Ravelry group's March CAL (crochet a-long for the uninitiated):

 

I made the widest neck opening version of this pattern. As much as I love a warm neck, I'm not a big fan of turtlenecks and other things that fit closely around the entire neck. With this version, the cowl portion actually sits very comfortably on my shoulders.

I also want to take a moment and show you one of the other finished versions from the CAL (there are a few more that didn't quite get completed prior to the end of the month):

 

 

Kristina (thanks for letting me use your photo!) used worsted weight yarn held double. Contrast that with my version, which used a light worsted weight held singly. Mine might have more drape, but her version will be uber-warm. It's amazing that we created very different fabrics for our respective projects, yet they both work really well.

Add these two projects to the two I completed earlier in March - the Icy Snowdrop shawl and  A Script for Keeping Warm, and you can see it was a veritable hooking frenzy in March. I had a very enjoyable time, but now it's on to other projects.

Wonder what it will be raining next.

Don't forget to check out what fiber is raining down with everyone else over at the Wisdom Begins in Wonder Friday link-up.

And don't forget this year's annual week-long knit and
crochet blogfest is a mere few weeks away.

Spring in the 'Hood

We Have a Winner - No Kidding!

Hello, and happy April! I am slightly late in posting a winner of my wee bloggy giveaway, but I can now:

Here are the potential winners' names in the glass candleholder ...

I did attempt to let George Bailey choose the winner,
but he was so not interested in having his nap interrupted ...



and (sorry for the slightly blurry cell phone pic), the winner is ...
 

Kathryn Ray of Kathryn's Brain and Alpacamundo! Congratulations, Kathryn. Do send me an email with your address information, and I'll get the magazine and yarn out to you.

And now I am happy to pass along this year's dates for the 4th annual KnitCroBlo Week - it's the last full week in April. I've participated in the previous two years, and I'm definitely looking forward to this year's bloggy events. I have found most of the blogs I read on a regular basis as a result of previous knitting and crochet blog weeks; I've also found the daily subject prompts get my creative juices flowing (even more than usual). I expect this year will be no different. Definitely check out Eskimimi Makes' blog post announcing this year's event, and follow along as she releases more information about it throughout this week.

And (again) happy April, everyone!