Eventually Shawl

Over the last couple of years during our travels through various Western States, my son and I had been researching and wanting to check out New Mexico. However, with one thing or another, our roads always took us to other destinations.

Last fall, though, we finally got the chance to explore the Taos/Santa Fe area a little bit. I took this meandering around as an inspiration for this shawl, working it in different sections and directions, ending with a unique construction to a simple style.

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Yarn

Mountain Colors Winters Lace Junior (50% wool/50% silk; 600 yds [549 m]/50 g): Wild Horse (3) held double.

This yarn has been discontinued. A nice substitute would be anything with a 30% or higher silk content to show off the sheen and stitch definition. You’ll need approximately 1,400 of lace weight, held double, or 750 – 800 yds of fingering.

Needle/Hook

Size 3.25mm hook

Or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge

16 sts = 4” [10cm] in dc

Size

83” [211cm] long and 17” [43cm] deep

Notions

Tapestry needle, stitch markers.

Abbreviations

ch	chain
dc	double crochet
fan	5 dc into same st
pm	place marker
shell	2dc-ch1-2dc
rep	repeat
shell in shell	work shell in ch1 sp of shell in row below
sp	space
shell	2dc-ch1-2dc
st(s)	stitch(es)

Tutorials

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Pattern Notes

The Center panel is worked top down.
The side “wings” are worked in 2 different sections: an attached row of fans and a sideways joined triangle of textured stitches.
Pattern is worked holding 2 strands of lace weight yarn together.

Shawl Instructions

Section 1: Center Triangle

Set-up: Ch6, 2 dc in 4th ch from hook, ch1, shell in same ch, ch1, 3dc in last ch, turn.

Row 1 (RS): Ch3 (counts as first dc), dc in next dc, dc in ch1-sp, ch1, shell-in-shell, ch1, dc in ch1-sp, dc in dc, dc in top of turning ch, turn.

Row 2 (WS): Ch3, dc in next 2 dc, dc in ch1-sp, ch1, shell-in-shell, ch1, dc in ch1-sp, dc in next 2 dc, dc in top of turning ch, turn.

Row 3: Ch3, dc in each dc to ch1-sp, dc in ch1-sp, ch1, shell-in-shell, ch1, dc in ch1-sp, dc in each dc to end of row, ending with dc in top of turning ch, turn.

Rep Row 3 33 more times. (39 dc on each side of shell) Do not cut yarn.

Section 2

This section is worked from the bottom of the shawl up, along the side of the Center Triangle toward the initial Setup Row. This is achieved by joining the following fan section with a sl st into the top of the turning ch3, then a ch2 and sl st into the top of edging dc st.

Row 1: Ch 9. Sk 3 (counts as first dc), dc into next st, ch 2, sk 2, fan into next ch, sk2, sl st into top of turning ch3 (edge st) of center panel. Ch2, sl st into the top of the dc at the edge of the next row of the center panel, turn.

Row 2: Ch 2, fan into 5th dc of fan below, sk 2, dc into dc, dc into top of turning ch, turn.

Row 3: Ch 3, dc into dc, dc into next st, ch2,, fan into next ch, sk2, sl st into dc of center panel. Ch2, sl st into next dc of center panel, turn.

Rep Rows 2 & 3 16 more times, finishing with Row 2 once more. (36 fans) Do not cut yarn.

Section 3

Rotate 90°. You will be working into the dc and ch sts along the outside edge of section 2.

Set-up: *Ch2, sl st into dc, ch 2, sl st into ch3; rep from * to end. (36 ch2)

Row 1: *Ch2, sl st into ch2-sp; rep from * to end of row.

Row 2: *Ch2, sl st into ch2-sp; rep from * until 1 ch2-sp left. Sl st into last ch2-sp.

Turn. Ch 2, sl st into ch2-sp, pm. (Denotes end of decrease row. Move this marker each time you repeat Row 2)

Row 3 – 6: Rep Row 1.

Rep Rows 1 – 6 5 more times.

Row 37: Rep Row 1.

Row 38: Rep Row 2.

Row 39 – 40: Rep Row 1.

Rep Row’s 37 – 40 13 more times.

Row 93: Rep Row 1.

Row 94: Rep Row 2.

Row 95 – 97: Rep Row 1.

Row 98: Rep Row 2.

Row 99: Rep Row 1.

Row 100: Rep Row 2.

Rep Rows 93 – 100 twice more.

Rep Rows 1 & 2 6 more times. Fasten off.

Turn project. Attach yarn at bottom of Center triangle and rep Sections 2 & 3.

Finishing

Weave in ends. Wash and block.