Wedding Bells

 In 2013 we were living in Wagga when Anne, my eldest, and her fiancee Jack announced their wedding date. With only about 6 months to the big day I started on a shawl. White boucle cotton, crochet, very open and lacy, for a summer QLD wedding. It is lovely and delicate.         However, she didn't want a white dress. Something in the cream range maybe. So, using a heavier navy blue boucle cotton, knitting, and some embellishments, I made another shawl. But, it was too warm a fabric. So....another shawl, mid green bamboo yarn, in a semi-circle, knitted cat's paw pattern, with small beads crocheted all around the edge.
    All of this we were organising on skype, or by phone. And only 3 months to go. I was getting a  better idea on the colour but there was /still/ no
dress!! Organised a flying (literally :D ) visit, Fri night to Sun night. We went to see a few different places that sold what she liked, and last on the list was her favourite. It sold silk dresses. Anne chose a soft mushroom gold A line silk dress, with a black silk sash. And we had to get just the right pair of shoes. We also took Jack shopping for his suit.
I had taken a sample of the fabric and floss I was planning to use for a new shawl. It matched the dress beautifully. After making the shawl as per pattern, I used the floss to crochet all around the shawl, and then around, and around to make the lace border. The only colour I could find that matched the fabric was embroidery floss and it needed 12 skeins, each one divided in 2. That's 24 lengths, and then 48 ends to sew in! Then there was pinning it all out to shape, each of the points needing it's own pin and a corresponding pin to stop distortion of the fabric.

At last it was finished. Perfect. It was packed safely in my bag for the drive with the family up to see our baby get married 💓💖

It was a Wonderful day,
full of Happy Family,
and Joyful Moments