TOOLS & SUPPLIES
- RED HEART® Super Saver®: 3 skeins 400 Grey Heather
- Susan Bates® Crochet Hook: 5mm [US I-9]
- 5" (12.75 cm)-wide piece of cardboard, sharp scissors, yarn needle
- GAUGE: 14 dtr = 5" (12.75 cm); 9 rows = 5" (12.75 cm) in pattern. CHECK YOUR
- Use any size hook to obtain the gauge given.
- RED HEART® Super Saver®, Art. E300 available in solid color 7 oz (198 g), 364 yds (333 m); stripes, prints, multis and heathers 5 oz (141 g), 236 yds (215 m); flecks 5 oz (141 g), 260 yds (238 m) skeins
Shawl measures 63" (160 cm) at widest point x 39" (99 cm) at longest point.
Special Abbreviations
dtr (double treble crochet) = Yarn over 3 times, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, [yarn over, pull through two loops] 4 times.
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SHAWL
Make an adjustable ring as follows: Wrap yarn around your finger with the yarn tail to the left and under the working yarn. Insert hook through the circle from front to back. Using the working yarn, yarn over and pull up a loop. Row 1: (3 sc, ch 2, 3 sc) in ring; tighten beginning yarn tail to close ring. Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st to ch- space, (sc, ch 3, sc) in ch-space, sc in each remaining st. Row 3: Ch 5 (counts as dtr here and throughout), turn, 2 dtr in same st. dtr in each st to ch-space, (3 dtr, ch 2, 3 dtr) in ch-space, dtr in each remaining st to last st, 3 dtr in last st. Row 4: Ch 1, turn, 2 sc in first st, sc in each st to ch-space, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch- space, sc in each remaining st to last st, 2 sc in last st. Rows 5-46: Repeat Rows 2-4 fourteen times. Row 47: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st to ch-space, 3 sc in ch-space, sc in each remaining st. Fasten off.
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FINISHING
Tassels (make 3) Step 1: Wrap yarn around a 5" (12.75 cm)-wide piece of cardboard 30 times. Step 2: Cut a 24" (61 cm) length of yarn. Tie the length of yarn snugly around the top of the tassel, leaving ends for attaching to shawl. Step 3: Using sharp scissors, cut the bottom ends of yarn that are wrapped around the cardboard opposite the tied end. Remove the tassel from cardboard. Step 4: Cut a 25" (63.5 cm) length of yarn. Wrap yarn snugly around tassel 8-10 times, just below the tied end. Tie knot and tuck ends inside tassel. Step 5: Trim tassel ends evenly. With yarn needle, attach tassels at each of three shawl points. Weave in all loose ends.
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ABBREVIATIONS
ch = chain;
mm = millimeters;
sc = single crochet;
st(s) = stitch(es),
[] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified.