crochet stole

[kmeiding]

My pastor asked my group to make stoles for our church. Has anyone done something like this before? A stole is kinda like a scarf. I might just do a single crochet scarf for it, but I want to see if there are any other ideas out there first.

[Granny Square]

There are many lovely patterns here, many lacy ones that would work up more quickly (and be more fun to do) than sc

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/shawls_etc.php

[RoseRed]

You're making a prayer shawl. Krystal16 made a post about stole threads - i'll see if I can find it. I can't but there's a good list of links here

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=55794&highlight=shawl+patterns

Prayer Shawl Ministry home page http://www.shawlministry.com/

[kmeiding]

I meant this kind of stole - like a pastor in a Christian church would wear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stole

[RoseRed]

I think that's called a 'Mantle'. You might try googling that instead. All the ones I've seen are embroidered.

[Empress Busy Bee]

I think they're called different things in different churchs.
Here's a list of scarfs:

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/scarves.php

Most will be too fancy/lacy/etc. for what you want. You might find something plain enough to work for you though.
Here are some hand woven stoles. Might give you an idea. Of course you might have to have certain colors and things for yours. Click on the names next to hand woven clergy stoles:

http://www.ourladyoftenderness.com/

Here's some more:

http://www.mayantraditions.com/Guatemalan_Clergy_Stoles_s/5.htm

Maybe that will help you some. :)

[sherryzzz]

There's a nice cable scarf that would work well as a mantle in the December issue of Crochet Today: http://www.crochettoday.com/articlepage.aspx?articleid=80