Three-Cornered Shawl

For detail, see Grandmother’s Stitch, page 17

MATERIALS

SUNLIGHT four-fold Germantown

8 skeins one color

2 skeins different color

1 10-inch Bone Crochet Hook, No. 5

INSTRUCTIONS

(Written for gray and purple.)

Start at the neck with a loose chain of 44 stitches.

1st row: Make a double crochet in the 5th stitch from your needle, then 1 chain and another double crochet in same stitch. * Make 1 chain, yarn over hook, take up 1 loop in same place as preceding stitch, yarn over and take up another loop in 2nd stitch on the chain. Now you have 5 loops on your needle. Put yarn over hook and pull through 4 loops, yarn over and pull through 2 loops. This is the stitch; repeat from *.

Work 9 stitches; then make 1 chain and 1 double crochet, 1 chain and another double crochet in same place as preceding stitch. Make 1 chain, then make the stitch, taking up 1st loop in very same place as before and the other loop in 2nd stitch on the chain. This stitch is the center stitch; then reverse the stitches, turn.

2nd row: A chain of 4 stitches; make 2 double crochet, with 1 chain between in the 1st space on 1st row. Make 1 chain and work 4 of the stitches, making 1 above each one on 1st row. Now make 1 chain, 1 double crochet, 1 chain and start next stitch in same place as preceding stitch, this makes the increasing of 1 stitch. Continue with 4 of the stitches and increase 1 stitch, make 5 stitches, increase 1 and work the center stitch over the center stitch below. Increase 1 stitch, make 5, increase 1 stitch, make 4, increase 1 stitch, make 4 more, then make 3 double crochet with 1 chain between in same or last space, turn.

3rd row: A chain of 4 stitches; make 1 double crochet, 1 chain and start your stitch in 1st space. This start is the same on both sides to the last row. Increase 2 stitches, 1 stitch for each time in the middle of each side. Make 2 double crochet with 1 chain between on each side of center stitch.

End 3rd row with 2 double crochet with 1 chain between, turn; repeat this for every row. Next row have 1 double crochet on each side of center stitch. Repeat these 2 last rows in center until you have 12 rows on shawl, then have 1 double crochet on each side of center stitch till last row.

1334th row: Increase 2 stitches on each side. No more increasing, work back and forth and follow the directions above for center and ends.

Work 20 rows in gray. Start border with 1 row in purple, then make 1 row in gray, 1 in purple, 4 in gray, 1 in purple, 1 in gray, 1 in purple, 2 in gray. Then 1 row in the double crochet, with 1 chain between, in purple and 1 row the same in gray.

For border on front edges of shawl, make 1 row in purple in the same stitch as on shawl.

2nd row: On same side in gray: Make 1 single and 2 double crochet in 1st space, skip 1 space and repeat the same on top of next stitch. Continue this to end of row.

Put fringe on the 2 sides. For fringe, cut the threads 8 inches. Take 3 threads, double them as 1 thread and put the loop through space on edge, then draw ends through loop.

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