Mermaid Fade Shawl

Who doesn’t want to be a Mermaid?

It is the perfect season to wear a lightweight and shawl and when you wear a shawl that fades from one color to another, it gives it a little extra!

Size

70” length and 16” width (179cm length x 41cm width)

Yarn

Arkansas Yarn Co, Mermaid Fade, Fingering Weight (75% SW Merino, 20% Nylon and 5% Stellina; 219 yds [200 meters])/50 grams: 5 balls, 1,095 yds total.

Hook

Size US H/10.5 (5.00 mm)

Notions

scissors; tape measure and tapestry needle

Gauge

12 sc and 19 rows = 4” [10 cm]

Abbreviations

Please see our standard abbreviations.

Pattern Notes

Chain 1 at the beginning of the row will not count as a stitch.

Chain 6 will count as 1 treble and 2 chains.

To create the fade look, you will want to work the pattern until one color runs out and then join the next color to create the transition.

Shawl Instructions

Chain 377

Row 1: 1 sc in 2^nd ch from hook, 1 sc in next ch and each ch across. – 376 sc

Row 2: Ch 1 and turn, 1 sc in same st, 1 sc in next st, *ch 5, skip 2 sc, 1 sc in next 3 sc; repeat from *, until last 4 sc, ch 5, skip 2 sc, 1 sc in last 2 sc. – 226 sc & 75 ch arches

Row 3: Ch 1 and turn, 1 sc in same st, *skip next sc, 5 sc in next ch arch, skip 1 sc, 1 sc in next sc; repeat from * until end. – 451 sc

Row 4: Ch 6 and turn, skip this st and next st, 1 sc in next 3 sc, *ch 5, skip 3 sc, 1 sc in next 3 sc; repeat from*, until the last 2 sc, ch 2, 1 tr in last sc. – 225 sc, 74 ch arches & 2 tr

Row 5: Ch 1 and turn, 1 sc in 1st tr, 2 sc in next ch 2 arch, skip 1 sc, 1 sc in next sc, skip 1 sc, *5 sc in next ch 5 arch, skip 1 sc, 1 sc in next sc, skip 1 sc; repeat from * until the last ch 2 arch, 2 sc in last ch 2 arch (of the ch 6 of the row before), 1 sc in the 4th ch of the ch 6 of the previous row. – 451 sc

Row 6: Ch 1 and turn, 1 sc in same st, 1 sc in next st, *ch 5, skip 3 sc, 1 sc in next 3 sc; repeat from* until the last 5 sc, ch 5, skip 3 sc, 1 sc in last 2 sc. – 226 sc & 75 ch arches

Repeat Rows 3-6 until the shawl measures 16 inches long.

Finishing

Fasten off, weave in any loose ends.