"Though winds
are wild,
And the gale
unleashed,
My trusting heart
still sings:
I know that they
mean
No harm to me,
He rideth on their
wings."
This post was
inspired by the torrential rains that brought my country once more to the
headlines last August 6, 2012.
I woke up to hear
the TV newscaster announcing the suspension of work among government offices
due to the unceasing downpour of heavy rains. Many areas were already flooded!
There was no news of typhoon but the rains just came pouring so hard like there
was no chance for it to stop at all! Not very long after I came back from the
nearest grocery store to buy candles, the lights went off. Whew! And it didn't
take long also before my PC's battery went off. So aside from cooking the day's
meal, there wasn't anything left for me to do but grab my crochet needle to
start a new project--- my first shrug ever.
I was so enamored by
the Lover's Knot Shrug pattern by Microgirl.
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| Pattern by Microgirl |
It must have been the color that struck my attention and inspired me to make one. Other than single
crochet stitches, the pattern, as you can see, used only one other kind of
stitch--- the Lovers' Knots or Solomon's Knots.
Solomon's Knots... Solomon... Well, the only Solomon that I
know is King Solomon, son of King David in the Bible. This King Solomon is
known for his wisdom, that made him different from the other sages of ancient
times. He taught many proverbs and wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes and the Songs
of Solomon, as well. While he was greatly sought by many people from distant
lands to hear his godly wisdom, he made a grave mistake of disobeying God by
taking many wives and marrying daughters of foreign kings. I wonder if the fact
that Solomon loved many women, as he had
700 wives, 300 concubines, and that he allowed the building of altars in
honor of the fertility goddess, got to do with Solomon's
knots being also referred to as Lovers' Knots?
I've never done any
crochet project using this kind of stitch before. However, reading the
instructions and watching the following video tutorials seemed very inspiring
because the knots were very easy to do!
As I watched the
video tutorials repeatedly, the excitement just welled up to a level high enough
for me not to get started. Embarking on the decision to start with a
black thread was not very difficult at all. Microgirl's pattern
was easy to follow. Here it goes...
1. Take one of your
t-shirts that you like the fit of for a gauge.
2. Chain enough so that
you reach the length across, using the tip of t-shirt sleeve to tip of t-shirt
sleeve, plus a few more chains. This will determine the width of the
shrug, allowing for sleeves approximately equal to that of the model t-shirt.
3. Turn, single crochet
in second chain from hook. Single crochet across.
4. Turn, *do two
lover's knots (refer to earlier link for more on lover's knot), single crochet
in 4th single crochet of previous row from hook*. Repeat across.
When you reach the end, do two more lover's knots and turn.
5. Next row:
single crochet in end of first lover's knot from last row (you'll need to
reference to the earlier link to probably see what I mean here).
6. *Make two lover's
knots, single crochet in the end of the first lover's knot of the second group
of two lover's knots*. Repeat across.
7. Continue in this
manner until you have reached a rectangle of sufficient size so that the
rectangle can be folded in half lengthwise (this is going in accordance with
vysews drop-stitch knit shrug pattern) and sew up sides of rectangles enough to
make arm holes. I estimate that my shrug was 15 inches in height, then
folded over, and I sewed up the sleeves two inches.
Now take a look at the finished product minus the edging which I still plan to make.
In the coming post, I'll be featuring my second shrug project using my favorite color--- green!
A blessed week ahead!
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