Cyndi, aka Sugar Joye, wanted to make a prayer shawl from the Maggie’s Windowpane pattern and finally, this summer had time to work on it! This has a special meaning for us as I replicated the pattern from a vintage pot holder our great-grandmother Maggie (Nicolina) made and passed down to us. 

Here is a photo of the vintage pot holder, made with the finest crochet thread, before today’s yarn was even around to buy.

Our great-grandmother made woven strips to make the pot holder double thick, but it is the base or white portion of that pot holder that Cyndi loved so much and worked with to make a giant throw. 

You can find the pattern for Maggie’s Windowpane pattern by tapping here. 

You can find the pattern for the Vintage Pot Holders by tapping here.

I love the way she added her fun fringe on each end. It just finished the shawl off perfectly. She modified the pattern just slightly as to the width of the squares, but the pattern repeat is the same as the blanket and the pot holders. 

She chose to use Patons Grace, which is a beautiful, and delicate, 3 weight mercenized 100% cotton. She told me that she absolutely loves the finished shawl and can’t wait to do more with Patons Grace yarn. 

I checked the Yarnspirations website, which at this summer time of the year a lot of yarns are sold out, (they all usually get restocked in August), but there is still a good supply of Patons Grace left in a lot of beautiful colors. 

She used 9 skeins of the color natural. I know you also can check Joanns for Patons Grace as well. 

Cyndi shares her patterns on YouTube by demonstrating the stitch as well as writing the pattern out in the description box. 

She has listed all the details in the YouTube tutorial that I have linked below:

I’m so proud of her for continuing on her crochet journey and making meaningful items. We will be starting up our weekly Crochet Sister Chats in a few weeks (on YouTube, Wednesdays at 10 am AZ time), but in past episodes, we have often chatted about how we love that crochet has been passed down through our maternal grandmothers and that we are hoping it will continue to be passed down through our daughters. 

We love the imagery of a single strand of yarn connecting us to the past and also into the future. I bet you all feel the same way. Crochet has a way of slowing us all down and reflecting. 

I’m so lucky to be able to share my love of crochet with you all and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for following us along. 

XO, Tiffany