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Authors: Debbie Macomber
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“Then why would you have let me?” Even now she couldn’t understand his reasoning.
“Because I wanted to give you all those material things you deserved. But in order to do that I had to let you go.”
Lovingly, Lily cupped his face. His strong, proud features seemed to intensify with each word.
Lily sighed as relief washed over her. “The only thing I’ll ever want is you.”
“I’m already yours. I have been since that night in the attic and probably long before then, only I refused to acknowledge it.” His strong arms held her closer as if he feared she would escape him.
Lily’s eyes gleamed with happiness. “Gram was right.”
“About what?”
“Before I left this morning, she told me that you and I were destined to be together.”
Unable to resist any longer, Jake tenderly kissed the corner of her mouth. “How could she be so sure of that?”
Lily’s hands toyed with the hair at the back of his neck. “Remember the day we met in front of the Wheaton when Gram chanted over you?”
His mouth found her cheek. “I’m not likely to forget it.”
“Gram was sealing our fate. That was a fertility rite. We’re doomed to live a long, happy life. And from what Gram said, we’re going to need a very large boat in the years to come.”
Jake chuckled. “I can live with that,” he told her, and then he kissed her, certain that this time, he’d never let go.
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Jo Marie’s Crochet Shawl
Designed by Ellen Gormley
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Length:
35″
Depth:
14″
MATERIALS
Debbie Macomber’s Blossom Street Collection
Petals Socks
(100g/462 yds; 50% fine merino, 30% nylon, 20% angora) Color 601 Cherry Blossom—1 ball
Hook:
US Size F-5 (3.75 mm) hook
or size to obtain gauge
Notions:
6 lock-ring stitch markers
GAUGE
16 sts x 11 rows = 4″ in patt st, blocked
Save time, check your gauge
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PATTERN NOTES
Chain 2 at the beg of row counts as 1 dc.
Markers are placed at the increases. Move markers as work progresses.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Cluster (CL):
* Yo, insert hook in first specified st and draw up a lp to height of dc; yo and draw through 2 lps; yo, insert hook in next st and draw up a lp to height of dc, yo and draw through 2 lps **; sk next st, rep from * to ** once in next 2 sts; yo and draw through all 5 lps on hook; CL made. (After the foundation ch, all CL will be worked in ch-3 sps straddling a dc.)
SHAWLETTE
Ch 186.
Row 1 (RS):
Sc in 2nd ch from hook; * ch 4, sk next ch, CL over next 5 chs, ch 4, sk next ch, sc in next ch; rep from * across; with RS facing, counting in from the beginning of the row, pm (place marker) in the 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 20th CL, ch 4, turn—23 CL.
Row 2:
* Sc in top of next CL, ch 3, dc in next sc, ch 3; rep from * across, ending last rep with ch 1, dc in last sc; ch 3, turn—24 dc, 23 sc.
Row 3:
Sc in next sc, ** * ch 4, CL in next 2 ch-3 sps, working half of CL in each ch-3 sp, ch 4, sc in next sc; rep from * twice, to next marker: [ch 4, CL in next 2 ch-3 sps, working half of CL in each ch-3 sp, ch 4, sc in
same
ch-3 sp, ch 7, sk sc, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, CL in
same
ch-3 sp and next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sc in next sc]; rep from * to * twice to next marker, rep from [to] one time, rep from ** in pattern across, ending last rep with ch sc in
last sc, leaving remaining sts unworked;
ch 1, turn. Move the markers to the ch-7 spaces—22 CL, 5 ch-7 sps.
Row 4:
Sc in first CL; [* ch 3, dc in next sc, ch 3, sc in top of next CL; rep from * to marked ch-7 sp, ch 3, dc in sc before ch-7 loop, ch 3, sc in ch-7 sp, ch 3, dc in sc after ch-7 loop, ch 3, sc in CL]; rep from [to] across, ending last rep with sc in
last CL, leaving remaining sts unworked;
ch 4, turn.
Row 5:
* CL in next 2 ch-3 sps, ch 4, sc in next sc; rep from *, ending last rep with sc in last sc, ch 4, turn—26 CL.
Row 6:
* Sc in top of next CL, ch 3, dc in next sc, ch 3; rep from * across, ending last rep with sc in last CL; ch 4, turn.
Row 7:
Rep row 5—25 CL.
Row 8:
Rep row 6.
Row 9:
Sc in next sc, ** * ch 4, CL in next 2 ch-3 sps, ch 4, sc in next sc *; rep from * to * twice, [ch 4, CL in next 2 ch-3 sps, working half of CL in each ch-3 sp, ch 4, sc in
same
ch-3 sp, ch 7, sk sc, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, CL in
same
ch-3 sp and next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sc in next sc]; rep from * to * twice, rep from [to] one time, rep from ** in pattern across, ending last rep with sc in
last sc
, leaving remaining sts unworked; ch 4, turn. Move the markers to the ch-7 spaces—24 CL, 5 ch-7 sps.
Row 10:
Rep row 4.
Row 11:
Rep row 5—28 CL.
Row 12:
Rep row 6.
Row 13:
Rep row 5—27 CL.
Row 14:
Rep row 6.
Row 15:
Sc in next sc, ch 4, CL in next 2 ch-3 sps, ch 4, sc in next sc, ** * ch 4, CL in next 2 ch-3 sps, ch 4, sc in next sc *; rep from * to * twice, [ch 4, CL in next 2 ch-3 sps, working half of CL in each ch-3 sp, ch 4, sc in
same
ch-3 sp, ch 7, sk sc, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, CL in
same
ch-3 sp and next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sc in next sc]; rep from * to * twice, rep from [to] one time, rep from ** in pattern across, ending last rep with ch 4, CL in next 2 ch-3 sps, ch 4, sc in
last sc
, leaving remaining sts unworked; ch 4, turn. Move the markers to the ch-7 spaces—26 CL, 5 ch-7 sps.
Row 16:
Rep row 4.
Row 17:
Rep row 5—30 CL.
Row 18:
Rep row 6.
Row 19:
Rep row 5—29 CL.
Row 20:
Rep row 6.
Row 21:
Sc in next sc, * ch 4, CL in next 2 ch-3 sps, ch 4, sc in next sc *; rep from * to * 5 more times, ** [ch 4, CL in next 2 ch-3 sps, working half of CL in each ch-3 sp, ch 4, sc in
same
ch-3 sp, ch 7, sk sc, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, CL in
same
ch-3 sp and next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sc in next sc], rep from * to * 5 times; rep from ** across; leaving remaining sts unworked; ch 4, turn. Move the markers to the ch-7 spaces—28 CL, 3 ch-7 sps.
Row 22:
Rep row 4.
Row 23:
Rep row 5—30 CL.
Row 24:
Rep row 6.
Row 25:
Rep row 5—29 CL.
Row 26:
Rep row 6.
Row 27:
Rep row 21—28 CL, 3 ch-7 sps.
Row 28:
Rep row 4.
Row 29:
Rep row 5–30 CL.
Row 30:
Rep row 6.
Row 31:
Rep row 5—29 CL.
Row 32:
Rep row 6.
Row 33:
Rep row 9 (same as row 21)—28 CL, 3 ch-7 sps.
Row 34:
Rep row 4.
Row 35:
Rep row 5—30 CL.
Row 36:
Rep row 6.
Row 37:
Rep row 5—29 CL. Fasten off. Block to enhance lace effect.