Patterns are Suggestions

 Have I said how much I like pineapples? I'm sure it's because my grandma who taught me to crochet had crocheted items in the pineapple pattern all over her house. It was just how she decorated. I thought it was elegant. Grandma's house is always special. I've made 3 of this afghan pattern, for my brother, my daughter and myself. Pineapple is also the traditional symbol of welcome. Afghans and doilies of the pineapple pattern say "welcome" to your guests.

A close-up of the pineapples.
Lovely. That's enough practice with the pattern. Time to change it!

So, a shawl. That was an easy change. Start with 1 bottom point instead of 8 and increase on both sides. I'm still getting compliments on this.

 Modesty panel.

This is nearly the same as the shawl, just smaller and in thread instead of yarn.

 The cape. This took lots of thread.

It was worth all the time. I felt elegant at my son's wedding. Yes, I have a crazy family.

Here's a wrap from a yarn wrapper I want to make. It's called: wrap with slits. I'm using off white yarn so I can wear it with anything. I started with 4 bottom points from my afghan pattern. That's a few inches wider than this pattern calls for. It's still half the width of the afghan. This calls for more rows than the afghan, but it also calls for hdc instead of dc, so we'll just have to see. Progress reports/updates to come.....