Angela’s Crochet Prayer Shawl is another project when I look back on, brings so many sad memories and great heartache. How incredibly sad that these two tragically sad events happened back to back. Angela was my oldest daughter’s girl scout leader, as well as the mama to her good friend. Their family experienced the sudden loss of Angela’s son, and my first response of course was to begin praying for her and their whole family.
As I previously mentioned with the last prayer shawl, I get distracted fairly easily in my prayer life. I have discovered if I am working on a project for whomever I’m praying for, it helps me keep my prayers focused. Prayer is worked into each and every stitch. So when they wrap that shawl around their shoulders, it is like they are being wrapped up in prayer.
My heart still aches to this day over this loss as well. While I did not personally know the boy who died, a mother should never have to lose a child so young.
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Angela’s Crochet Prayer Shawl Project Info:
Craft: Crochet
Made For: Angela
Finished Measurements: 23″ x 64″
Started: May 13, 2014
Completed: June 1, 2014
Hook size(s): 6.5 mm (K) is what I used, although the pattern called for U.S. Size G (4.0 mm)
Angela’s Crochet Prayer Shawl Pattern Info:
One Step at a Time Shawl by Mary Beth Temple
Yarn used
Bernat Softee Baby in the Soft Lilac colorway
A few good substitutes would be: Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice , Red Heart Soft, Bernat Softee Baby and Caron Simply Soft, to name a few.
Great yarn websites to check out would be: LoveCrafts, Lion Brand, Knitpicks/We Crochet , Mary Maxim and Knitcrate.
Crochet Hooks and tools
For this project I used U.S. Size 6.5 mm(K) hook
Furthermore, something else that comes in handy if you decide you’d like to stitch these sets up for yourself is a good set of crochet hooks. Undoubtedly my favorite brand to use are the Knit Picks brand.
I also have a cute little set from Amazon that I love too. You can buy this one fairly inexpensively and it comes with some tools and notions that will be helpful too. Several buying options to choose from and I don’t think you can go wrong with any of them. 🙂 Additionally I have the light up set pictured below. I love that it’s rechargeable!
Make it even more fun and get the whole beginner crochet kit.
Additional Tools for when your wrists and/or hands ache
If you are like me and you knit and crochet a lot, something that I have found is useful at times is a pair of stress relief gloves. I own a few different kinds, but I do think any of them is better than not using anything at all if your hands and wrists are bothering you. In fact I’ll include a few links for you to check out.
Need a little more help?
That should be about all you need if you want to try this one out. If you feel like you might need a little extra assistance and want online classes to help you, check out the links below for Crafty and Annie’s. Both have numerous classes to choose from to improve your skills or teach you something new. You can always learn something new!
Please let me know if you have any questions or need any help. However if you are more interested in custom ordering one already made, you can contact me for that as well. I still sell the finished items. You can contact me here or find me in my Etsy shop: Stay@Home Stitchings
Happy Stitching!
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~Mindy~
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