Stitchers' Rhapsody Shawl

Size

Wingspan 165cm/65in
Depth 56cm/22in

Pattern repeats can be omitted or added to make a smaller or larger shawl

Materials

• 3 100g skeins Vicki Brown Designs Standard Sock (4ply weight, 75% superwash merino, 25% nylon, 425m/465yds/100g) in
• Col A (semi solid) Violacea
• Col B (variegates) Vintage Christmas
• Col C (speckles) Heather
• 4mm (US G) hook
• A removable stitch marker

Any hand-dyed or mill-patterned 4ply yarns would work well in this pattern. The striping pattern means it would lend itself well to using mini skeins or small amounts of leftover yarn (with larger amounts reserved for later rows)

Tension
16st and 12 rows in htr in BLO to measure 10cm/4in using 4mm hook, or the size required to obtain tension.

Difficulty Rating
Intermediate

Skills Needed
Basic crochet stitches, raised stitches, spike stitches, bead stitches

Construction
Centre out symmetrical triangular shawl, the shawl starts at the center of the neckline and grows outwards with increases at the edges and in center of the row.

This pattern uses standard UK terms (US conversions given in brackets)
This pattern was previously published in Inside Crochet Issue 133