Repair job

Last October I bought some lovely wool-mohair blend boucle in gorgeous autumn colors. I decided to knit a wrap-around shawl out of it to remind me of the fall foliage Penny, Meg, and I enjoyed as we traveled to and from the New York Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, New York.

Because I was lazy I ended up with a mess. When Penny came to visit me last spring, she helped me figure out how to rescue this shawl. I cut it in half, sewed the two long sides together with my sewing machine, then sewed a line at each end as a precautionary measure, although by then I knew from bitter experience that a wool/mohair boucle will NOT unravel. Ever.

After Penny left, I stuffed the shawl in a bag, along with some wool that I thought would work as a fringe, and promptly forgot about it. Until last night.

Last night I dragged the shawl and wool out of the closet, got a crochet hook and scissors, and made fringe. Ten minutes later I had a much better knitted garment than I had thought possible.

And Laura wore her shawl happily ever after... .