Adur Crochet Shawl

Here is another crochet shawl. This isn’t a quick one. The slip stitch takes quite some patients but it is an easy stitch, just goes slowly. But I love how it shows of hand-dyed yarn and I think it is totally worth it. The resulting shawl is very soft and thick.

Notes on yarn: The shawl can be made as big or as small as you want, by adding an even number of rows to either section. Which means you can work it in any weight of yarn; however, I would suggest sticking to a range between 4ply and DK as thicker yarn will make section 2 too heavy. For the same reason I would recommend wool or wool blend yarns, rather than cotton yarn as cotton tends to be heavier.

I would also suggest using non-splitty yarn as the stitch in section 1 can be a bit fiddly to work (but it is worth it, I promise!) and splitty yarn will make the job a lot trickier, especially if you have never worked this kind of stitch before.

Adur Crochet Shawl Pattern

Yarn requirements: Sport weight yarn, 329m/100g. Approximately 250g in total

I used Madeline Tosh Pashmina for the first sample in Opaline colourway. 240g used

Please see notes for yarn recommendations.

Hook: 3.5mm hook

Gauge: 22 sts and 16 rows per 10cm square worked over hdcssblo “rib fabric”

Swatch stitch: Chain 31, hdcss in second chain from hook, hdcss to end, chain 1, turn. Next row: Hdcss blo across. Repeat this row 20 more times. Measure gauge.

Measurements:

Wingspan – 150cm

Depth – 58cm

Abbreviations (US terms):

RS – right side

WS – wrong side

St – stitch

Ch – chain

Sc – single crochet

Dc – double crochet

Blo – back loop only – work in the back loop of the stitch only.

Hdcss – half double crochet slip stitch. To work hdcss, yarn over hook, insert the hook into specified stitch, pull yarn through the stitch loop and both loops on hook. One hdcss worked.

Fpdc – front post double crochet – yarn over hook, insert hook from front to back around the posts of the double crochet on the row below, pull yarn through, yarn over hook, pull through the first two loops on hook, yarn over hook, pull through the remaining two loops on hook. One Fpdc worked.

Bpdc – back post double crochet – back post double crochet – yarn over hook, insert hook from back to front around the posts of the double crochet on the row below, pull yarn through, yarn over hook, pull through the first two loops on hook, yarn over hook, pull through the remaining two loops on hook. One Bpdc worked.

Notes: Throughout the pattern chains don’t count as a stitch, which means you will work into the first stitch of the row and in the last stitch, not in the top of the chain. This will create an even and neat edge.

Directions:

Chain 3

Section 1

Row 1: 2 hdcss in 2d ch from hook, hdcss in last chain. Ch 1, turn (3 sts)

Row 2: Hdcss blo in next 2 sts, 2 hdcss blo in last st, ch 1, turn (4 sts)

Row 3: 2 hdcss blo in first st, hdcss blo to end, ch 1, turn (5 sts)

Row 4: Hdcss blo to last st, 2 hdcss blo in last st, ch 1, turn (6 sts)

Rows 5 – 124: Repeat rows 3 and 4 (126 hdcss)

Section 2:

Row 1: Chain 1 (on top of chain 1 worked on previous row), 3 dcs blo in first st, dc blo to end, turn

Row 2: Ch 2, skip first dc, (fpdc around next dc, bpdc around next dc) repeat to last dc, 3 dc in last st, turn (130 sts)

Row 3: Ch 2, 3 dcs in first st, (fpdc around next dc, bpdc around next dc) repeat to last st, bpdc around next st, fpdc around ch 2, turn