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That shawl is amazing and I would love a tutorial!!! I have been binge watching you to cheer myself up . Thank you so much for being wonderful ❤

Enjoy time with your family

I don’t feel so bad with all my WIPs after seeing yours. I try to not have so many on the hook at a time but it seems inevitable that I do. I can see several of yours come to fruition in just a short time. I like your Christmas in July sweater idea. Anxiously await the finished product.🥰

Hi Mary! You seem like a multi tasking crocheter to me. I'm working on a Crystal BOD shawl too! And I bought another shawl pattern from Kristin Omdahl I'm excited about. Both are elongated triangles as I imagined but couldn't perfect. Peace and Blessings to you 🌱🌻🧶

It was cute but reminded me of Little House on the Prairie 😊

I'm so glad I'm not the only one with "flops!" I'm currently frogging TWO different projects directly into a Monet garden inspired giant granny square blanket. I might join you in an ugly Christmas in July sweater CAL! 😍 cheers!

Oh man, it can be so frustrating when every project seems to flop. Well done you for soldiering on and switching things up to bring back your joy and crojo 💕👏 ANOTHER MARY CHRISTMAS SWEATER ❤🎄💚!!! Wooooo!!! My fave kind of Christmas sweater 🥰 I’m not very familiar with plush yarn either, so it’s going to be really cool to see how they mesh and make friends with the worsted. Loving the mix ‘n match of colours and textures already 🙌 Ouuuuu your sidewalk chalk shawlette is gorgeous! Really, really loving that colour mix 😍 And another fab hat on the way. Mary, I know it may be a tad overwhelming for you to have so many WIPs on the go, but as a friend, you are ticking all of my ‘Mary project’ boxes this week 💕😂 Have a wonderful 4th of July ❤💙🤍 Xx

I love shawls too!!!! But mine are all knitted. I am crocheting these days but still’perfecting’ my stitches. I LOVE these patterns! Can a novice crocheter make them? I mostly do bags, Freeform crochet, and Amigurumi so lots of single crochet.

We are a house divided when it comes to okra lol. I’m not a huge fan 😂

Ella from No catchy name TH-cam goes to waterfalls,she lives in TENNESSEE ,have a nice day

Thanks for doing the summer tag Mary! 💜☀️

Oh yes! Southern summers as a child and when my children were little is just magical-long days of playing and looking at the stars at night. It’s the best! Don't blink. 💛

Thank you for your thoroughness, Mary! Can you feel the difference in density and is there a difference in the texture in your opinion? I have some trouble with lanolin in wool so I usually have to avoid it. 😔

Love your answers to this, Mary! I love so many of those things as well. I'll have to head to a farmer's market and prepare okra that way!

Hi Mary, it was nice to get to know you better. I'm a Alabama girl. Lived close to Mobile. I remember the storms we had but I don't favor them. Love watermelon. I can still remember the watermelon man coming by on his big truck and yelling "watermelon " and then he would stop and cut open one and let you test it out before you bought one, and we always got one😊 but my favorite fruit is sugarcane. We use to grow it and it was so good. I do remember the fireflies and there was alot of them. Good memories. I live in Ohio now. What I love about Ohio is the beautiful leaves that we have in the fall. We didn't have that in the south, but what I miss is the pecans, they were everywhere. Ok, I know the questions was about summer but I got carried away. This was fun.😊😊

Summer in the AZ desert is like having a reverse "snow day". If you don't have a place to be in water, you pretty much hibernate in the ac when possible. Love the summer storms though! Sweet, juicy watermelon, family dinner night with pool volleyball, rain on pavement......

Living in the desert, having wool anything does not sound appealing 😂

Thank you for taking the time to share this --its not something I would think to test, myself, but do appreciate having the information.

Thanks for sharing

Great getting to know you a little better. 🥰

I’m not a big fan of Wool ease and have not used it for years. It was interesting that although they say they are both 4 weights, the recycled was a little thinner than the regular. That could be because the standard number of loops per inch overlap in numbers. Were the prices the same?

Your projects are beautiful! I love the hats and shawl! ♥️ That would be so cool if you enter some things in the fair! I did not notice the dye lot difference, but I think your plan for the sweater is a good one 😊

Hi Mary 🤗 this was very interesting…thank you for sharing! 🥰🧶🤩

Hi Mary 🤗 wow! Nashville Tennessee sounds like an awesome place in the Summertime! ☀️🥰🧶🤩

I’ve used wool ease thick and quick but have not used either of those. I agree that the recycled one looks more like a 3 weight yarn. I enjoyed learning about the wraps per inch! Thank you for sharing! ♥️😊

Hi Mary! It was fun getting to know more about you! I caught fireflies when I was young too and I also love summer storms 😊

Yay for okra. =) I love okra, too. I make it how my grandmother fixed it, but it’s kinda wordy to describe. - Gardenia, honeysuckle, and magnolia are my scents of summer. =) (And for some weird reason, the smell of a window AC unit running. Haha. Childhood leaves its mark on your olfactory system. =) )

The beach is a must in hot and humid NW PA. Presque Isle State Park in Erie PA is like an imitation ocean. Potato salad and watermelon are my favorite summer foods. My favorite summer smell is the wild roses. They don't look like much, but their sweet aroma wafts in the nighttime open windows of summer while I'm sleeping. We can watch the storms roll in here too. Giant thunderheads with lightning shooting through them is amazing. Once in a while we have a nighttime fire and food with our grown children. Sometimes I need a crocheted shawl on those chilly nights.

I've never used either of these yarns. I don't trust any yarn until it's washed and dried. Some yarns change dramatically after laundering.

I love juicy watermelon and the smell of cut grass. I love the feel of the sand at the ocean with bare feet and the constant sound of ocean waves. Ah Summertime!

I learned something new today! I have never heard of the wraps per inch. Thank you!

Very nice❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Your shawl is beautiful! I just went to the library today. Looked but didn't bring home a crochet book...yet.

I love your hats! I think you'd do well at the fair! I love entering mine. Ours is a lot smaller, I'm sure. I've always wanted to go to the state fair, but haven't gotten the chance yet.

I think I cannot see a noticeable difference. Mainly because the yarn has marling or heathering in it.

2:55 Yes! Crochet colorwork would be awesome!!! Please enter it! You did an amazing job!

I love your hats! When doing color work you can twist the float on the back every designated stitch of your choosing. I don't think there will be a problem with the sweater. I think that because you knew the dye lots were different you were looking for that. Had you just seen someone else's work you may not have noticed. Your solution sounds fine to me.

I like the snowflake beanie! Make the sweater a colorblock style sweater maybe? The front all one skein and then a sleeve of that same and since the other skein is quite different, make the other sleeve out of that yarn.

Loving your podcasts, Mary! Your projects are beautiful and I enjoy following your progress on them. 🩵🧶🩵

Love to browse my library crochet books. Interesting on the alpaca twist sweater. I would agree with you to separate the lots, because it would bother me too ha! Love the shawls and I would love tutorials!

Oh, Mary, that hat is beautiful and sure to win a first-place blue ribbon. I think a shawl tutorial is a great idea! Have a great day! 🤟🏻

I think your plan for the sweater dye lots is a great solution!

Mary, are you wearing a snood? Do you happen to have a tutorial for it?

I absolutely love the color way of the green and gray behind you.

Thank you from the UK

Hi Mary 🤗 wow your beret and your beanie are gorgeous! I would love a tutorial on the shawl, when time permits of course! Hmm 🤔 I don’t really see a difference in colour…but I think your solution is awesome! 👏🏻👏🏻 you know you’re going to start the sweater…so why even ask 🤣 have fun! 🥰🧶🤩

Wait, those are vintage?? I just gave away a whole bunch of them for free! 🤣

Love the beret and beanie. I think you were very creative in making the beanie with the design going all the way around. Looking forward to seeing all your finished WIPs…even the granny sweater you’re contemplating making.🥰

I LOVE the color work hat. It's just gorgeous. I couldn't see the color difference in the sweater on my screen. I made a shawl before with Redhart burgundy. One skein was not the same dye lot. It didn't really show unless you were in the sun. One other time I had trouble with Redhart Burgundy. It was not suppose to have a dye lot, but some of it was made in Turkey, and one skein was made in India. Even the weight was not the same. Now I pay close attention to what I'm buying.