I needed a gift for my "Secret Sister' at church and I needed someone to give my finished knitted/spinning objects to. I found this pattern for a shawl with butterflies in the pattern from http://www.hollyandellaknits.com/ which is a free ravelry download. It was easy enough and the pattern is very well written. One of the ravelers suggested that I stretch it as far as possible when blocking to make it light and airy and that's what I wanted light and airy!. I think it worked!. One thing I did differently was add some beads. I used the hook method to insert the beads into the butterfly to enhance the butterfly pattern. But I couldn't find a crochet hook small enough so I made a tiny little hook with some very fine wire and it did the trick. I purchased some blue faced leicester last summer from Louet and finally after hearing everyone rave about it thought it would work for me. I wanted 18 wpi or more. Wow this is great fleece makes one look like a great spinner!!
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