Picot-Boo Shawl

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

27 inches long x 52 inches wide at widest point

MATERIALS

• Red Heart Boutique Unforgettable medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (31/2 oz/ 279 yds/100g per ball):

4 balls #3935 dragonfly • Size J/10/6mm crochet hook or

size needed to obtain gauge • Yarn needle

GAUGE

4 shells = 5 inches; 8 shell rows = 4 inches

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated. Chain-3 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.

SPECIAL STITCH

Shell: (2 dc, ch 3, sl st in first ch of ch-3—for picot, 2 dc) in indicated sp.

SHAWL

Row 1: Ch 3, join (see Pattern Notes) to form a ring, ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), 2 dc in ring, ch 1, 3 dc in ring, turn. (6 dc)

Row 2: Ch 3, 2 dc in same st as beg ch-2, sk next 2 dc, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 dc, 3 dc in last dc, turn. (12 dc)

Row 3: Ch 3, 2 dc in same st as beg ch-3, sk next 2 dc, 3 dc in sp before next 3-dc group, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next ch-1 sp, sk next 3 dc, 3 dc in sp before next 3-dc group, sk next 2 dc, 3 dc in last dc, turn. (18 dc)

Row 4: Ch 3, 2 dc in same st as beg ch-3, sk next 2 dc, [3 dc in sp before next 3-dc group, sk next 3 dc] twice, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next ch-1 sp, [sk next 3 dc, 3 dc in sp before next 3-dc group] twice, sk next 2 dc, 3 dc in last dc, turn. (24 dc)

Row 5: Ch 3, 2 dc in same st as beg ch-3, sk next 2 dc, [ shell (see

Special Stitch) in sp before next 3-dc group] 3 times, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next ch-1 sp, (sk next 3 dc, shell in sp before next 3-dc group] 3 times, sk next 2 dc, 3 dc in last dc, turn. (36 dc)

Row 6: Ch 3, 2 dc in same sp as beg ch-3, sk next 2 dc, [shell in sp before next shell] 3 times, shell in next sp before 3-dc group, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next ch-1 sp, [shell in sp before next shell] 3 times, shell in next sp before 3-dc group, sk next 2 dc, 3 dc in last dc, turn. (44 dc) Row 7: Ch 3, 2 dc in same sp as beg ch-3, sk next 2 dc, [shell in sp before next shell] across to last sp before 3-dc group, shell in next sp before 3-dc group, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next ch-1 sp, [shell in sp before next shell] across to last sp before last 3-dc group, shell in last sp before 3-dc group, sk next 2 dc, 3 dc in last dc, turn.

Rows 8–37: [Rep row 7] 30 times or desired length, working 1 shell inc each side of center and (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in center ch-1 sp. Fasten off. CW