hand painted the yarn with Wilton’s icing gel for a clay-to-green gradation; 269 gm. worsted. Hand painted turquoise 50 gm. worsted.

Red Clay Halo - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

June 2: crocheting directly from the sweater parts works great - no winding involved!

started Crocheted Tess D’Urbervilles Shawl pattern for body of shawl.
Mods: use sc instead of dc, after row 3 used linen stitch, on edge - 3ch 1sc, at centre - 1sc 2ch 1sc.
After 12 rows, on edge - 4ch 1sc. Also on edge, every 3rd row, 4ch 1sc 1ch 1sc
Finished sleeve 2 on Row 32. Used Russian join. started feather and fan on Row 33: left off on Row 37.
Used 134 gm. of yarn today ~ half of the yarn.

June 3: finished Sleeve 2 on Row 39. Used 170 gm. of the yarn so far.