The Nobody’s Perfect shawl pattern by Potter & Bloom celebrates imperfection and creativity. Using scrap yarn and leftover skeins, this project encourages you to take your hands off the wheel and simply enjoy the ride. By changing colors at random, you end up with a unique marled effect that ensures no two shawls are alike. This is a great project for those amongst us who enjoy dressing in the hippy-trippy style.
What Skill Level is Required for This Shawl?
This crochet shawl pattern is great for adventurous beginners and those with an intermediate crochet level. Because it uses only double crochet stitches, it’s not hard to go along with, but the lack of order in the color changes can prove somewhat puzzling for people used to structured patterns. The shawl’s forgiving nature means you don’t need to worry about mistakes. Just let the work flow and watch the magic happen.
Yarn for the Nobody’s Perfect Shawl
The Nobody’s Perfect shawl pattern is crochet’s response to the random walk theory. What the author suggests is that you take skeins or balls of yarn scraps, odds, and ends of approximately the same size, put them in a basket, and draw them at random to make this wild and crazy shawl. This shawl will be a fun project to empty out the tailings bin in your yarn closet (Wardrobe? Warehouse?) before your next big project.
How Do I Make the Shawl Drapier?
Make sure to wet block the finished item for a drapey, loose feel. It will smooth out stitches and give it an elegant drape. You might also consider using a larger hook. A 3.75 mm or 4mm hook is recommended for fingering weight.
Love this idea.
The shawl looks amazing.
Great Idea!!
Very pretty. I do the same thing but with double crochet. Love making shawls for charity.
like a shawl that starts on long edge