6 Crochet World CROCHET-WORLD.COM AUGUST 2018FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Approximately 171/2 inches wide
x 60 inches long
MATERIALS- Red Heart Soft medium
(worsted) weight acrylic
yarn (4 oz/212 yds/113g
per ball):
4 balls #9440 light
grey heather - Size I/9/5.5mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge - Tapestry needle
GAUGE
14 dc = 4 inches; 7 dc rows =
4 inches
TOUCH OF STYLE
Heather's Shawl
Design by Jamie SwiatekINTERMEDIATEPATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work
progresses.
Shawl is worked lengthwise
from the bottom up.
Chain-3 at beginning of row
counts as first double crochet
unless otherwise stated.
Border is worked on the short
ends of Shawl only.
Chain-4 at beginning of row
counts as first double crochet
and chain-1 unless otherwise
stated.
Join with slip stitch unless
otherwise stated.SPECIAL STITCHES
Love knot (LK): Draw up lp on
hook and extend to about 1/2 inch
in length; holding lp in place,
ch 1, insert hook under left-hand
strand of the 3 strands below
hook (see illustration A), draw
up lp, yo, pull through 2 lps on
hook (see illustration B) to closethe knot (see illustration C—sc
completed).Large shell (lg shell): (Dc,
{ch 1, dc} 3 times) all in indi-
cated st or sp.
Small shell (sm shell): ({Dc,
ch 1} twice, dc) all in indicated
st or sp.SHAWL
Row 1 (WS): Ch 183, sc in the
back bar (see illustration) of
2nd ch from hook and in each
back bar across, turn. (182 sc)Row 2 (RS): Ch 3 (see Pattern
Notes), sk next 3 sts, tr in next
st, working behind tr just
made, dc in the 3 sk sts, *sk
next 3 sts, tr in the next st,
working behind the tr just made,
dc in 3 sk sts, rep from * across
to the last st, dc in the last st,
turn. (137 dc, 45 tr)
Row 3: Ch 3, *sk next 3 dc, tr
in next tr, working in front oftr just made, dc in 3 sk sts, rep
from * across, dc in top of ch-
turning ch, turn.
Row 4: Ch 3, dc in the first dc,
*LK (see Special Stitches), sk
next 3 sts, dc in next tr, rep from
* across, dc in top of ch-3 turning
ch, turn. (45 LK, 48 dc)
Row 5: Ch 3, dc in next dc, *LK,
dc in next dc, rep from * across,
dc in top of ch-3 turning ch, turn.
Row 6: Ch 1, sk first dc, sc in
the next dc, *sc in sc of next LK,
ch 2, sc in next dc, rep from *
across, sc in top of ch-3 turning
ch, turn. (92 sc, 45 ch-2 sps)
Row 7: Ch 1, *sc in next 2 sts,
2 sc in the next ch-2 sp, rep from
* across to the last 2 sts, sc in
rem 2 sts, turn. (182 sc)
Rows 8–31: [Rep rows 2–7]
4 times.
Rows 32 & 33: Rep rows 2 and- (137 dc, 45 tr)
Row 34: Ch 1, sc in each st
across. Do not turn and do not
fasten off. (183 sc)
BORDER
Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, across 1
short end of Shawl (see Pat-
tern Notes) work 56 sc evenly,
turn. (56 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each st
across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, sk the first sc,
(sc, ch 2, sc) in the next sc, ch 1,
*sk next 2 sc, sc in next sc, ch 1,
sk next 2 sc, lg shell (see Special
Stitches) in next sc, ch 1, rep
from * across to last 6 sc, sk
the next 2 sc, sc in the next
sc, ch 1, sk the next 2 sc, (sc,
ch 2, sc) in the last sc, turn.
(8 lg shells, 13 sc)
Row 4: Ch 4 (see Pattern Notes),
dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next
sc, dc in next sc, *ch 2, sm shellBack Bar of ChainLove KnotabcLove KnotABCContinued on page 56