Cottage Classic with photo tutorial

This is the Cottage Classic pattern updated with a photo tutorial of the first several rows.

I have always had a somewhat obsessive personality. Sometimes this is a good thing, other times it is disastrous. Since retiring I have only become worse; with more free time I find myself indulging my obsessions in a disgraceful manner. Such as rereading all the Lord Peter Wimsey books each year in chronological order, timed to savor the bell ringing chapter of “The Nine Tailors” exactly on New Year’s Eve. I am currently finishing “The Attenbury Emeralds”, so that will be it until next Fall - for that particular obsession.

Obsessions rule my crocheting as well. Recently I have been obsessed with Victorian and Edwardian shawls, and while rereading Mary Konior’s “Crochet Lace,” became particularly intrigued by Cottage Shawls – grey with red borders. But I did not want to use those same-old 3 double crochet shells – I must have made several million of those shells in my