One thing I really want to do is make myself a shrug but I tried a very simple pattern last week and it was epic fail! The large rectangle I made is now being saved, along with the big yellow round thing in the previous post, for what I think I might turn into a big blanket of all mismatched samples and trials. I was thinking, rather than risk wasting more time crocheting up a free shrug pattern from the net that might not turn out, I would trial some by first making miniatures for the soft toys in the kid's guest room.
![pink car baby](http://www.flushedwithrosycolour.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pink-car-baby-300x225.jpg)
This special pink fellow actually lives in our car's glove box. He was an impulse buy (yes, I do think it is a 'he'), from the chemist and is a fund raiser for breast cancer research. He has lovely soft fur that's comforting to hold and play with when we drive the 2 hours to visit my folks. The traffic on the highway is simply madness! The green ribbon in the foto is recycled from a special packet of chocolates that looked like olives brought back from Paris by Teena's mum on her recent trip to Europe. I thought he looked particularly cute with the cheerful bow, and all the way from Paris no less! Darrrrling, simply devine!! That is one well dressed bear.
![flat unmadeup shrug](http://www.flushedwithrosycolour.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/flat-unmadeup-shrug-300x225.jpg)
I didn't follow a pattern, I just made it up. To make this little shrug for the breast cancer toy I first made a chain long enough that if made into a circle would fit around his hands. Basically the shape I made is widest in the middle and tapers to the ends. I used a DC and 1ch stitch. The 1st 3 rows of each end have 11 ch sp, the 4th and 4th last rows have 12, the 5th and 5th last rows have 13. I made about 8 rows of 14 ch sp for the wide part in the middle. I chain joined the 3 rows on each end to form sleeves. I also did 2 rows of treble stitches in the inside of the sleeve joins to form chest panels, the 1st row had 3 trebles into the same space (the sleeve join) and the 2nd row had 6 trebles, 2 in each ch sp. I chained up a little tie to make a bow at the front.
![blue toy shrug back](http://www.flushedwithrosycolour.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blue-toy-shrug-back-150x150.jpg)
![blue toy shrug front](http://www.flushedwithrosycolour.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blue-toy-shrug-front-150x150.jpg)
Here are some grown up shrugs that I might like to try one day ...
http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=99&d_id=20&lang=en
http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=111&d_id=25&lang=en
http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=99&d_id=3&lang=en
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