The details:
Pattern: Vogue lace shawl
Yarn: Wollmeise lacegarn in the colourway My Old Blue Jeans
I made this shawl to wear to a family wedding that took place at the weekend. It’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve made and will hopefully serve as a lovely memento of that very special day.
The Wollmeise yarn is a stunning subtle combination of French blues and navy, and the beads are a coppery-gold colour that beautifully complemented my dress.
The shawl took about 70 hours to make. I added the beads by hooking them onto individual stitches as I went along, using a 0.5mm crochet hook. There’s a great article on Knitty.com that demonstrates how to do this (scroll down to ‘hooking beads as you go’). The number of beads on the borders meant that I slowed up considerably towards the end (and in fact only just finished it in time!)
Here’s the shawl after being blocked on a mattress the night before the wedding. I was hugely relieved that it had dried overnight after all that work!
And finally here’s one of my favourite photos from the wedding. Love these guys.

Beautiful shawl Anna!
Thanks Michelle!
what a lovely outfit. The shawl is stunning, you must be so pleased with your work!
Thank you! I am really pleased with it, I must admit!