Lilac Dreams Shawl

Design by Gwen Buttke McGannon

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

63 inches wide x 36 inches long

MATERIALS

• Universal Yarn Bamboo Pop light (DK) weight cotton/bamboo yarn (31/2 oz/292 yds/100g per skein): 2 skeins #210 orchid

smash • Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle

GAUGE

6 Solomon’s knots = 6 inches; 6 rows = 6 inches

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated. Shawl is worked in a Solomon’s knot grid triangle. Top of Shawl is created with chains ending the Solomon’s knot grid. After side edges are finished, a row of single crochet edges the top of the Shawl. The side edgings are worked in back-and-forth rows. Chain-4 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet and chain-1 unless otherwise stated. Chain-5 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet and chain-2 unless otherwise stated.

SPECIAL STITCHES

Solomon’s knot (SK): Draw up lp on hook to measure 3/4 inch, yo, draw through long lp, sc in back strand of long lp. Shell: ({Dc, ch 1} twice, dc) in indicated st or sp. Picot: Ch 4, sl st in first ch of ch-4.

SHAWL

Row 1: Ch 2, sc in 2nd ch, make 4 SK (see Special Stitches), join (see Pattern Notes) to first sc. (4 SK, 1 sc) Row 2: 3 SK in next SK, sc in next SK, 3 SK, sc in next SK, turn. (6 SK, 2 sc) Row 3: SK, sc in next SK (form

ing edge of Shawl), 3 SK, sc in next SK, 2 SK in next sc, sk 1 SK, sc in next SK, 3 SK, sc in next SK, turn. (9 SK, 4 sc) Row 4: SK, sc in next SK (form

ing edge of Shawl), 3 SK, sc in next SK, [2 SK, sk next SK, sc in next SK] twice, 3 SK, sc in next SK, turn. (11 SK, 5 sc) Rows 5–48: Rep row 4 adding 2 SK in center of Shawl.

SHAWL TOP EDGE

SK, sc in next SK ch 3, sc in next SK, [ch 5, sk 1 SK, sc in next SK] across to last SK, ch 3, sc in last SK. (2 ch-3 sps, 47 ch-5 sps)

SHAWL SIDE EDGES

Row 1: Working down side edge of rows, sc in same sp, *ch 5, sc in next SK*, rep from * to * 48 times, ch 3, sc in same st, rep from * to * 48 times, ending with sc. (96 ch-5 sps, 1 ch-1 sp) Row 2: Ch 4 (see Pattern Notes), dc in same st, *sc in ch-5 sp, (ch 5, sc in ch-5 sp) twice, shell

(see Special Stitches) in next ch-5 sp*, rep from * to * 11 times, shell in next ch-3 sp, shell in next ch-5 sp, rep from * to * 11 times, (sc in next ch-5 sp, ch 5) twice, dc, ch 1, dc in last sc, turn. (48 ch-5 sps, 25 shells, (dc, ch 1, dc) twice)

Row 3: Ch 1, sc in first st, shell in next sc, *sc in next ch-5 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-5 sp, shell in next sc, sk next 2 sts, sc in next dc, sk next 2 sts, shell in next sc*, rep from * to * 10 times, sc in next ch-5 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-5 sp, shell in next sc, sk 2 sts, sc in next st, ch 1, sk 4 sts, shell in next dc, ch 1, sk 4 sts, sc in next dc, shell in next sc, rep from * to * 11 times, sc in next ch-5 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-5 sp, shell in next sc, sc in 3rd ch of ch 4, turn. ( 49 shells, 24 ch-5 sps) Row 4: Ch 5 (see Pattern Notes), sk 2 sts, sc in next dc, *shell in sc, sc in ch-5 sp, shell in next sc, sk next 2 sts, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk next 5 sts, sc in next dc, sk next 2 sts*, rep from * to * 10 times, shell in next sc, sc in next ch-5 sp, shell in next sc, ch 5, sk next 5 sts, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 3, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 5, sk next 5 sts, sc in next dc, sk next 2 sts, rep from * to * 11 times, shell in next sc, sc in next