SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Lion Brand COBOO (Art. #835):
- #143 Lilac, 4 Balls
- Lion Brand Crochet Hook Size I-9 (5 1/2 mm)
- Lion Brand Large-Eyed Blunt Needle
- SIZE:
- About 19 1/2x 60 in.
- GAUGE:
- 13 hdc = about 4 in.
- EXACT GAUGE IS NOT ESSENTIAL FOR THIS PROJECT.
DIRECTIONS:
STITCH EXPLANATIONS:cross-dc (crossed double crochet - worked over 2 sts) Skip next st, dc in next st, dc in skipped st.
Fhdc (Foundation half double crochet).
Ch 2 (does not count as a st), yarn over, insert hook in 2nd ch from hook and draw up a loop; yarn over and draw through one loop on hook (the "chain"); yarn over and draw through 3 loops on hook (the "half double crochet").
Yarn over, insert hook into the "chain" of the half double crochet just made and draw up a loop; yarn over and draw through one loop on hook (the "chain"), yarn over and draw through 3 loops on hook (the "half double crochet"); repeat from * the total number of times indicated.
NOTES:
Shawl is worked back and forth in rows, from one long edge across to the other long edge.
Multiple crochet sts are used to make the Shawl - but all of the sts are easy.
This design begins with a row of foundation half double crochet (Fhdc). If you prefer, you can beg with a traditional foundation ch and a row of half double crochet sts, as follows: Ch 197, hdc in 2nd ch from hook (skipped ch 1 does not count as a st) and in each ch across - you will have 196 hdc in this row. Proceed to Row 1 instruction.
SHAWL:
Fhdc 196.
Rows 1-5: Ch 1, turn, hdc in each st across.
Row 6: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across.
Row 7: Ch 1, turn, cross-dc across - you will have 98 cross-dc in this row.
Row 8: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across.
Row 9: Ch 4 (counts as tr), turn, skip first st, tr in each st across.
Row 10: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across working last sc in top of beg ch-4.
Rows 11-38: Rep 7-10 for 7 more times.
Rows 39 and 40: Rep Rows 7 and 8.
Rows 41-46: Ch 1, turn, hdc in each st across.
Fasten off.
FINISHING:
Weave in ends.
ABBREVIATIONS:
beg = begin(ning)(s)
ch = chain
dc = double crochet
hdc = half double crochet
rep(s) = repeat
sc = single crochet
st(s) = stitch(es)
tr = treble (triple) crochet