SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti Pilling
- #302 Iron Grey, 5 Balls
- Lion Brand Crochet Hook Size I-9 (5 1/2mm)
- Lion Brand Stitch Markers
- Lion Brand Large-eyed Blunt Needle
- SIZE:
- Finished Wingspan About 90in measured along top edge.
- Finished Length About 14in measured from center top edge down to lower center point
- GAUGE:
- 13 dc + 7 rows = about 4in
- BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE.
DIRECTIONS:
STITCH EXPLANATIONS:dc2tog (dc 2 sts together) (Yarn over, insert hook in next st and draw up a loop, yarn over and draw through 2 loops) twice, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on hook - 1 st decreased.
picot Ch 3, sl st in top of last st made.
V-st (V-stitch) Work (dc, ch 3, dc) in indicated st.
NOTES:
Shawl is worked in one piece, from side to side.
First half of the Shawl is shaped with increases and the second half with decreases.
A lace border is worked directly onto edge of Shawl.
SHAWL:
Ch 3.
Increase Half.
Row 1: Dc in 3rd ch from hook (2 skipped ch do not count as a st) - you will have 1 dc in this row.
Row 2: Ch 2 (does not count as a st in this row and in all following rows), turn, 2 dc in st - 2 dc.
Row 3: Ch 2, turn, dc in next 2 sts.
Row 4: Ch 2, turn, dc in first st, 2 dc in last st - 3 dc.
Row 5: Ch 2, turn, dc in next 3 sts.
Row 6: Ch 2, turn, dc in first 2 sts, 2 dc in last st - 4 dc.
Row 7: Ch 2, turn, dc in each st across.
Row 8 (Increase Row): Ch 2, turn, dc in each st across to last st, 2 dc in last st - 5 dc.
Rows 9-70: Rep Rows 7 and 8 until you have 36 dc in the last row you work.
Decrease Half.
Row 71: Ch 2, turn, dc in each st across.
Row 72 (Decrease Row): Ch 2, turn, dc in each st across to last 2 sts, dc2tog - 35 dc.
Rows 73-138: Rep Rows 71 and 72 until only 2 dc remain in the last row you work.
Row 139: Ch 2, turn, dc in each st across.
Row 140: Ch 2, turn, dc2tog - 1 dc.
Do not fasten off.
LACE BOREDR:
Row 1: Working along diagonal (lower) edges of piece, work 2 sc in the end of each row to lower point, 3 sc in end of row at lower point, 2 sc in end of each row to end - 281 sc.
Place a marker in the center sc, so that there are 140 sc on each side of the marked st.
Row 2: Ch 6, turn, dc in first st (beg ch-6 and following dc count as first V-st), ch 1, sk next st, dc in next 3 sts, ch 1, sk next 3 sts, V-st in next st, * ch 1, sk next 3 sts, dc in next 3 sts, ch 1, sk next 3 sts, V-st in next st; rep from * to 1 st before marked st, ch 1, sk next st, 3 dc in next st and remove marker, ch 1, sk next st, V-st in next st, ** ch 1, sk next 3 sts, dc in next 3 sts, ch 1, sk next 3 sts, V-st in next st; rep from ** to last 8 sts, ch 1, sk next 3 sts, dc in next 3 sts, ch 1, sk next st, V-st in last st - 30 V-sts (15 V-sts on each side of center 3-dc group) and twenty-nine 3-dc groups.
Row 3: Ch 3 (counts as dc), turn, 6 dc in ch-3 sp of first V-st, * ch 1, dc in center dc of next 3-dc group, ch 1, 7 dc in ch-3 sp of next V-st; rep from * across - Thirty 7-dc groups and 29 separate dc between groups.
Row 4: Ch 6, turn, dc in first st (beg ch-6 and following dc count as first V-st), ch 1, sk next st, dc in next 3 sts, * ch 1, sk next 2 sts, sk next ch-1 sp, V-st in next dc, ch 1, sk next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, dc in next 3 sts; rep from * to last 2 sts, ch 1, sk next st, V-st in top of beg ch-3.
Row 5: Rep Row 3.
Row 6: Ch 1, turn, sc in first st, ch 3, sk next st, dc in next st, (dc, picot, dc) in next st, dc in next st, * ch 3, sk next 2 sts, sk next ch-1 sp, sc in next st, ch 3, sk next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, dc in next st, (dc, picot, dc) in next st, dc in next st; rep from * to last 2 sts, ch 3, sk next st, sc in top of beg ch-3.
Fasten off.
FINISHING:
Weave in ends.
Block to open up the lace border.
ABBREVIATIONS:
beg = begin(ning)(s)
ch = chain
ch-sp(s) = chain space(s) previously made
dc = double crochet
rep = repeat
sc = single crochet
sk = skip
st(s) = stitch(es)