Prayer Shawls

These are two prayer shawls I made this fall for the prayer shawl ministry I give to.

They are both made with Homespun. A pretty green and russet.

The green shawl is a rectangle shape and the russet shawl is an oblong shape.

Shawl

I made this shawl around February for the Prayer Shawl ministry. As I was looking at it, my husband said it was huge. I tend to make the prayer shawls big, but I had a conversation with the church secretary where I donate the shawls. She said her mom received a prayer shawl but didn't like it because it was too heavy!! I never thought of that. An older person might not like such a huge and heavy prayer shawl. So, I have decided to make my shawls smaller in the future. I have one about half way done and it won't be so big, it's also a rectangular shaped shawl.
This one is made with Homespun Mixed Berries.

A shawl

This is a Prayer Shawl I recently finished. It is made from Lion Brand Homespun yarn and the color is "Seafoam."  It measures 115 inches across and 50 inches from neck to tip. It's huge, but this is how large I make all my prayer shawls!

I purchased this yarn on a huge sale. I think it's pretty. It's a variegated green color and looks nice. My model didn't really do a good job of modeling, he said his arms hurt to hold it up.

I will be delivering it tomorrow to the church where I donate the shawls.

Prayer Shawls

These aren't the typical prayer shawls I usually make. They are called pocket prayer shawls. I make them with cotton yarn and they are about 3x3 inches or 4x4 inches big.

The idea of pocket shawls are for people to be able to carry them. I originally made a batch for the troops at the request of the church I donate the prayer shawls to.

This batch I made for my church.

Shawls

 This pretty blue shawl is the exact same color as my moms. I made it for a friend of my daughters mom. The mom has a tumor in her brain that is inoperable. I can't do much for her besides pray and make a prayer shawl for her. I made it in early December.

 This beautiful prayer shawl (it's folded here) is made with "Claret". It's so pretty. It's made with a new Homespun yarn called "thick and quick". It's a little thicker than the regular Homespun yarn I normally use. I like it well enough. I originally made this to give the church prayer shawl ministry, but I found another need for it. A friend of mines son died in October and I gave the mom this prayer shawl.

This prayer shawl I made for my sister in law. I asked her what color she liked and she told me yellow. I made this one in September.

Crochet stuff.............

I made this prayer shawl for my mom. She is always cold. She asked me about one and I told her I would make it for her. She really likes it!

I don't know why I didn't think of making her a shawl earlier, I'm just glad she said something!!

This one is Russet colored. Mom had a room mate in rehab. She was 94 years old and had a hip replacement too. I gave this shawl to her and she loved it!!

October blankets

This is a rectangular prayer shawl I made. Nobody from church wanted to use this yarn. And someone had started working with this yarn. Must have decided they didn't like it, so I finally chose it. It took a while to actually bring the yarn home and everytime I looked in the cupboard at church it was still there.

It's made with Lion Brand Polarspun in Tutti Fruity.

October blankets

This is a cotton shawl I made. I think I used Patons cotton yarn. It's really pretty and a bit heavier than my usual acrylic shawls.

September afghans

Finally finished my last Prayer Shawl. It seemed as though it took me a long time to finish this one. I had an almost week long break there.

It is made with Lion Brand Homespun and the color is Pesto. I think it's a pretty shawl, but I like them all!!

August Blankets

This is another triangular shawl.

It is made with Lion Brand Homespun in Painted Desert. It is so pretty!!

August Blankets

This is a triangular Prayer Shawl.

It is made with Lion Brand Homespun in Ocean. It's so pretty with the blues and greens of the ocean.

Prayer Shawl

Another Prayer Shawl.

This is a rectangular one. It is made with Lion Brand Homespun. The color is Coral Reef.

August Blankets

This is a triangle Prayer shawl.

I made it for a very good friend of mine.

It is made with Lion Brand Homespun yarn in Herb Garden. It really is a beautiful color, full of different shades of green, brown and a tiny bit of yellowish mixed in.

August Blankets

This is a triangle Prayer Shawl. My little guy is modeling it for me.

It's made with Lion Brand Homespun in Pearls.



This is a rectangle Prayer Shawl I made with Lion Brand Quartz. I love how this yarn self stripes!!



This is a rectangle Prayer Shawl I made. It's folded up here but you can see how it self stripes.

It is made with Lion Brand Homespun in Ambrosia

July Blankets

This is a rectangle shaped Prayer shawl that is folded up.

It is made with Homespun Parfait. I love how it self stripes. I think it's a beautiful shawl!



This is a Triangle shaped Prayer Shawl. It is made with Homespun Mixed Berries.

This is a new yarn from Homespun and I think it is beautiful.

October blanket

It's good to be crocheting again!!!

This isn't really a blanket. But it is October!!

This is a prayer shawl, and it is folded for the picture.

I love this color, it's one of my favorites but of course it doesn't look so great in the picture I took. It's all in the lighting.

This is made with Red Heart Light and Lofty yarn and it is very similar to Homespun. I got this yarn from the church where the prayer shawl ministry is. Someone had started working with it and decided not to continue. It is difficult to work with if you haven't used this type of yarn before. It's much more bulky than normal yarn and generally you need to use a bigger hook, or needles if you are knitting with it. Lots of people on my crochet board do not like this type of yarn. I do like it. That's why I use it so much!

The color is Wine and this piece is 26 inches wide and 63 inches long. I could have made it narrower but it still works as a shawl!

June Blanket

Not exactly a blanket but close enough!

This is another prayer shawl.

Made with Homespun Plum.

It measures 86 inches wide by 42 inches tall.

It is for a young woman I know that is battling cancer. She is a classmates daughter.

Prayer Shawl

This is a prayer Shawl I made for a woman I know that has cancer.

The sides are folded because I couldn't get the whole thing in a picture.

It is made with Lion brand Homespun yarn in Cobalt. It is 98 inches wide from arm to arm and 48 inches long from neck to tip.