Since September I have been going threw some rough times my boyfriend had to have part of his foot amputated and spent almost a month in a nursing home. It was a real rough month for me and in December he had to go back in to have another surgery on his foot . It hasnt been easy getting threw these last few months . I have finly figured out how to make sence of some of the crochet patterns and this this is one of the first that I have realy concored .I know alot of you dont like Red Heart but this shawl says it all for me and recently another woman's husband had a stroke and is now in the same nursing home that Joe was in and she hasnt been having a very good time of it either and I rember how lonly it was for me and I decided to start making these to give to the other ladys in the dyalasis unit that are going threw what I went threw . After all a shawl is like a hug . Have a Heart Shawl Crochet Pattern | Red Heart ; they do make nice gifts for ladys that are going threw some trying times. it lets them know that they are not alone.Attachment 3181