11 shawls in 2011

Last year I completed the challenge on www.ravelry.com of making 10 shawls in 2011. I had a lot of yarn with me for many years and thought I could make shawls using only what I had. I did that and was very happy about it.
This year again it was 11 shawls in 2011. I had red machine knitting yarn lying with me for more than 20 years. I use to machine knit sweaters/cardigans for a school in my town. I did it for 3 years and then my machine started giving me trouble and I stopped doing the sweaters. I had ordered the yarn and it was sitting in my cupboard all these years. So I thought I would make all the shawls using that yarn. It is RED. It is very thin as it is used in multiple strands in the machine. So I did the same. I used 3 strands held together with crochet hook number I or 5.50mm and crocheted 11 shawls in 2011. I was not sure if I would complete them this year as I was busy with my daughter's wedding. But I did it. 
So here are all the 11 shawls with their names and pictures.
Most of the shawls are from the internet and the details are on www.ravelry.com on my project page.
                              All Shawl by Doris Chan

Fantasm

Royal Appearance

Flying Fans                                                                   

 Remember Me

 Fringe Fling

 Collared Shawl

 Bow Tie Pie

 Emily Shawl

 Simply Shawl

 Make It Bold

Busy..............

Busy completing a crochet tote with 60 2.5 inches squares. Each square has a different colour and bordered in cream. Must finish it before 18th to give as a gift. Will post pictures after it is complete.


Wine has been filtered.and is given time to settle for another 3 days. Then the tasting. 

shawl # 5 of 11 in 2011

Here is my shawl number 5 of 11 shawls in 2011. It is made from a pattern by Lily Go. It is on at Ravelry and also her blog.
the body of the shawl was a bit confusing but once I got the hang of it it went very fast. I did most of the shawl while travelling to and fro to New Delhi by train and my 3 day stay there.

Bedcover/afghan done in 2010

Here is the one I did following the Ravelry Block A Month in 2010. I did all the 3 squares, two 12" squares and one 6" each month. I did four 6" ones to get a 12" square. Joined them all and made this bedcover/afghan. I used the yarn that I had ( leftover yarn from other projects)  so it has very interesting texture with many types of yarn. It made a big dent in my stash of yarn so now I am free to buy more yarn. :) 

Here is another one of my crochet projects. This was started as a stash buster but after I finished almost all my yarn I had a size which was not useful for anything so I went and bought more yarn to make this huge more than 108" X 108" which fits my huge bed  easily. I also use it as a rug for sit down gatherings. It has more than 13 colours and is made in Log Cabin Pattern. It has 3 rows of sc (US terminology) before I changed the colour and the direction.