Paris Street; Rainy Day the Impressionist painting by Gustave Caillebotte was the inspiration for the design.

I designed this shawl using yarn that is in the range between sock/fingering and worsted. You can find yarn in this weight at big box stores, online retailers, and indie dyers. There is a lot of variation in this category; the ball band lists a number 3 and it might be called DK, sport, or baby. Some are very fluffy

and almost as plump as a worsted weight yarn, others are almost as thin as a sock yarn. Hook size used and finished size of the shawl will depend a lot on your yarn choice and stitch tension.

The instructions are written for 2 colors, but it’s just as pretty in one.

Increases and decreases occur in different ways in this piece. In the first section, the increase happens in by adding stitches in a row and the decreases are made by crocheting 2 stitches together or skipping stitches. It also takes advantage of adding a stitch at the beginning of a row, then subtracting a stitch at the end of the next row to give a nice edge and not change the stitch count.

In sections 2 & 4, the increase and decrease is formed by changing the stitch height along the row starting with single crochet, moving through half double crochet, double crochet, treble crochet, then back through double crochet, half double crochet and ending with single crochet.

In section 3, short rows are used to make the center portion longer than the edges.

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Yarn

Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool 45% wool, 35% silk, 20% nylon 1.760z50g 192yds,176m

MC color 25 (cream) 3 hanks (actual used, 104g; hanks used were underweight by 5g each)

CC color 10 (blue) 1 hank (actual used, 12g)

Needle/Hook

Size G (4.0mm) hook

Or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge

16 sts and 8 rows = 4″ [10cm] in dc

Size

14” [35.5 cm] deep and 54” [137.2 cm] wide unblocked

Notions

Tapestry needle

3 stitch markers

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About the Designer: Margo Bauman

Artistic crafts have always been a huge part of Margo’s life. As a young child, she learned to crochet from her Grandmother. She has also spent time doing embroidery, needlepoint, sewing, craft painting, candle-making, braiding, card-making, origami, photography, quilling, jewelry making and book-folding.

While she spent some time working on crochet projects while growing up, and later in college (degree in Civil Engineering), she didn’t devote much time to it until 2000. Since then, she has won a considerable number of awards for her exceptional work. She enjoys incorporating unusual materials (wire, nylon cord and other finds from the hardware store, upcycled clothing) in her creations.

Margo was a part of the national juried Artists in Action 2020 at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center in Solomons, MD.

Margo (aka flyingflower on Ravelry) started writing crochet patterns in 2015. Her very first pattern was a Crochet Awards (aka the Flamies) Judges Nominee. She enjoys partnering with Indie dyers to create patterns that highlight their artistic creations.

She is a member of New View Fiber Works – Home of the Fuzzy Farmers (a women’s cooperative of fiber enthusiasts in Southern Maryland), and the Crochet Guild of America (CGOA).

Margo spends most days living the philosophy: Eat. Sleep. Crochet. Repeat.