What’s next?

Thanks for the nice comments on my pink shawl! I’m happy to be back. Maybe I’ll do a post someday about that four-month blog break. But not today.

Today, I have another NEARLY finished project. That Cathedral Stole that I’ve been working on since 2018 (!!!) is approaching the finish line. I finished the second half of the shawl last night, and now have just the loopy bind off and a bit of finishing to do, and it will be DONE.

That’s the loopy bind off in progress. It’s a crochet chain bind off, and I’m no crochet whiz, so it’s taking me a while to finish. Of course I forgot to note where I found the instructions I used on the first half, so that flummoxed me for a bit. I also didn’t note which size crochet hook I used before, so there was a false start and some swearing involved, which shouldn’t surprise anyone who has frequented Chez Knitting Doctor for any length of time.

The other “bit of finishing” is that the pattern calls for a row of single crochet on each of the long sides of the rectangle. Again, an easy task for someone who is a crocheter. This behemoth is at least 6-7 feet lengthwise, so I might become a crocheter once I’m finished.

Oh right. Here are the instructions for the crochet chain bind off. It’s easy, just fidgety.