Duchess Shrugdigan

INTRO

Originally, this piece was meant to be a completely different project, the Duchess Shawl. Actually, a reader of mine has asked me to help her with the instructions for Duchess Shawl, so I started crocheting it in order to me able to write detailed written pattern. However, very quickly I realized that I would run out of yarn, which I couldn’t find anywhere, no matter how hard I searched.

Rather than let the work go to waste, I began thinking of ways to re-purpose it. That’s when inspiration struck. I draped the circle over my shoulders, played around with it a bit, and pinned it around my arms. Suddenly, the shape of a shrug-cardigan started to form, complete with little sleeves and rolled-up shawl collar.