In October of 2011 I posted a free ‘bandana’ style shawl pattern on Ravelry.
A member of Crochet Shoulder Wrappers (the group I administer) asked if there were any patterns available that were similar to a shawl that was (at that time) for sale in an English high street store called “Monsoon”.
I happened to be passing a store and popped in to have a look at this shawl and came home and crocheted up a shawl “heavily inspired by” the one I had seen. This resulted in me publishing my Cloudburst Shawl (link to Ravelry)
cloudburst
This shawl is by far and away my most popular upload to date with nearly 2,500 downloads – and 318 actual tagged projects on Ravelry!
I was delighted this week when Ravelry member “alondras” took the time to send me a message about a blog post she had done on her beautiful creations using my pattern. A bilingual blog (English and Spanish I think) she has showcased just some of the shawls created – pop over and have a read!
I’m always really happy to get messages about this pattern and see what people do with it – and answer questions people may have.
Hi there
I really want to make your Cloudburst Shawl and started today but couldn’t work out if I need to crochet into each stitch of the circle at the start or into the centre of it? I got to row 2 but it was looking very oddly shaped and off centre so I couldn’t work out what I was doing wrong so unravelled it to start again!
Thank you for your help and for a lovely looking pattern which I hope to start and finish (!) soon 🙂
sorry for the delay in getting back to you – work into the centre of the circle. Wherever possible I try to avoid working into a particular stitch as it’s much easier 🙂
hope you have fun!