Touch of Style

Frosted Berries Shawl

PATTERN NOTES

3 skeins of yarn were hand-dyed (see article on page 8) for contrasting colors. Shawl is worked top down from a small chain stitch setup row, with minor increases occurring every 2nd row and major increase rows worked at 3 points in main body of shawl. Edging is worked directly after main shawl body and includes a series of Tunisian crochet rows. Tunisian crochet stitches are completed in a series of forward and return passes with the same side of the crochet fabric always facing. Join with slip stitch unless otherwise stated.

SPECIAL STITCHES

Single crochet V-stitch (scv): (Sc, ch 2, sc) all in same st or sp.

Shell: (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in designated st or sp. Beginning single crochet V-stitch (Beg scv): (Ch 3, sc) in designated st or sp. Tunisian simple stitch (tss): Insert hook under front vertical bar of next st from right to left, yo, draw lp through.

Tunisian purl stitch (tps):

Move yarn from back to front of fabric to the right of next st to be worked, insert hook under front vertical bar from right to left, yo, draw lp through.

Work loops off hook (work

lps off hook): Yo, draw through 1 lp on hook (A), *yo, draw through 2 lps on hook (B), rep from * across until 1 lp rem on hook. Last lp on hook counts as first st of next row.

Puff: [Yo, insert hook in st or sp indicated, yo and draw up lp] 3 times, yo and draw through all 7 lps on hook.

Cluster (cl): [Yo, insert hook in st or sp indicated, yo and draw up lp, yo and draw through 1 lp] 2 times, yo and draw through all 3 lps on hook.

Partial double crochet (par

tial dc): Yo, insert hook into designated sp or st and pull up lp, yo and pull through 2 lps on hook.