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MATERIALS & GUIDELINES
YARN
Cascade Yarns Cantata
Color – Berry
3 hanks – 654 yds.
WEIGHT
4 – Medium
SKILL LEVEL
Easy
HOOK
I / 5.5 mm
FINISHED SIZE
Length – 52” X Depth – 25”
OTHER
Tapestry Needle, Scissors
ABBREVIATIONS
Beg = beginning
Begdc = beginning double crochet
Ch/s = chain/s
Dc= double crochet
Fsc = foundation single crochet
Hk = hook
Lp/s = loop/s
Rem = remains
Sc = single crochet
Sk = skip/skipped
Sp/s = space/s
St/s = stitch/es
Tr = treble crochet
Yo = yarn over
STITCH MULTIPLE
Foundation chs = Ch a multiple of 10 + 9 (+1 for base chain)
FSC (foundation single crochet) = Multiple of 10 + 9
BEGINNING STITCHES
Begdc Tutorial – No More Turning Chains.
FOUNDATION SINGLE CROCHET (FSC)
FSC Tutorial – Foundation Single Crochet
SPECIAL STITCHES
Tr2tog (treble crochet 2 together) = Work 1 tr in next st until last lp rem on hk (2 lps on hk), sk next 3 sts, work 1 tr in next st until last lp rem on hk (3 lps on hk), yo and draw through all 3 lps.
Shell = (Tr, ch 1) 6 times in same sp.
INSTRUCTIONS
*Shawl is rectangular, and worked from top to bottom, and in rows from side to side.
*There is no right /wrong side – shawl is reversible.
*Ch or FSC the multiple as listed on pg. 2 to desired width.
*For FSC, begin pattern with Row 2.
*For foundation chains, begin pattern at Row 1.
Row 1: (Top of shawl) Working in back bumps of chs, sc in 2nd ch from hk and in each ch to end, turn. My sample – 160 foundation chs, 159 sc.
Row 2: Begdc in first st, dc in next 6 sts, [ch 2, tr2tog, ch 2, dc in next 5 sts] to last
2 sts, dc in last 2 sts, turn. My sample – 84 dc, 15 tr2tog, 30 ch-2.
Row 3: Begdc in first st, dc in next 6 sts, [sk next ch-2, (tr, ch 3, tr) in top of next tr2tog, sk next ch-2, dc in next 5 sts] to end, dc in last 2 sts, turn.
My sample – 84 dc, 30 tr, 15 ch-3.
Row 4: Begdc in first st, dc in next st, [ch 2, tr2tog, ch 2,* dc in next tr, 3 dc in next
ch-3 sp, dc in next tr] to last 2 sts ending rep at *, dc in last 2 sts, turn.
My sample – 79 dc, 16 tr2tog, 32 ch-2.
Row 5: Begdc in first st, dc in next st, [sk next ch-2, (tr, ch 3, tr) in top of next tr2tog,
sk next ch-2, dc in next 5 dc] to end omitting last 3 dc, turn.
My sample – 79 dc, 32 tr, 16 ch-3.
Row 6: Begdc in first st, dc in next 2 sts, [3 dc in next ch-3 sp, dc in next tr, ch 2, tr2tog, ch 2, dc in next tr] to last ch-3, 3 dc in last ch-3 sp, dc in last 3 sts, turn.
My sample – 84 dc, 15 tr2tog, 30 ch-2.
Rep Rows 3 – 6until desired size, ending with Row 5.
My sample – I worked Rows 1 – 6 once, then Rows 3 – 6 five times, then Rows 3 – 5.
Edging
You have ended at Row 5 (bottom of shawl.)
1. Do not turn. Ch 1, rotate around the corner to work across short side. Sc evenly spaced across short side to end.
2. (Top of shawl) Ch 1, rotate around the corner to work across long side of foundation row, sc in each ch across to end.
3. Ch 1, rotate around the corner to work across short side. Sc evenly spaced across short side to end.
4. (Bottom of shawl) Ch 1 rotate around the corner to work on long side. Sc in vertical side of last sc just made, [place 1 sc in each dc and tr, and 3 sc in each ch-3 sp] across, sc in vertical side of first sc on short side, turn. My sample – 161 sc.
5. Ch 1, sc in first 4 sc, [ch 5, sk next 3 sc, sc in next 7 sc] to end, omitting last 3 sc, turn.My sample – 16 ch-5, 113 sc.
6. Ch 1, sc in first sc, [ch 1, Shell in next ch-5 lp, sk next 3 sc, sc in next sc] to end, turn.
My sample – 16 Shells, 17 sc.
7. Ch 1, sc in next ch-1 sp, *[(sc, ch 3, sc) in next ch-1 sp] 5 times,** ch 2, (sc in next ch-1 sp) twice, ch 2, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, sc in last ch-1 sp, sl st in last sc. Finish off, weave in ends.
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