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New design - Harvest shawl

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Yay a new design! I have been thinking about this design for months and finally i was able to create what i imagined. But there is a reason behind my design, like most of my patterns. You see, i work in the rural industry and have done so on and off over the last 18 years. With the knowledge and skills in the rural industry, i wanted to dedicate this new design to the Australian farmers. For a while now, Australia has been in the grips of a severe drought. Farmers are unable to feed their livestock, or even plant a crop because they have not had the rain to sustain the ground. It is sad to hear of a farmer who has committed suicide or even had to just walk off his land because he literally can not take the hardship any longer. The banks are on their door step repossessing the property because they defaulted on their loan, or the fact they have not had an income for goodness knows how long.  But those farmers, despite the battles and hardships keep going. They k...