Making a Sparkly Wedding Guest Shawl
I took last week off from posting because I took too long to start looking for a dress for my friend Bri’s wedding. I ended up using most of that time to speed-knit a sparkly shawl because I apparently have a pathological need for individuality (see: How I Made My Own Wedding Guest Outfit ). Here's how last week went: Tuesday Other than a quick browse around the mall after seeing the Michael Jackson movie with my mom and some light online shopping, Tuesday was the first day I truly looked for a dress. I went to Marshalls and found nothing. When I got back home, I sat in my hot car and decided that the sparkly poncho idea I’ve had in my head since getting this sparkly yarn would solve multiple problems at once: nothing felt like me, it wasn’t going to be that warm, and I don’t have that much jewelry. I already had this free pattern downloaded from Ravelry, Summer Poncho by Aver P. I wanted it to be more like a formal shawl than a full on poncho, plus I had limited time to k...
