Pattern: Timeless Triangle Motif Shawl

Finally, another crochet design off of the hook and onto the net! Isn't it pretty? I am so so proud of it. It cost me a lot of work and a lot of yarn.

The shawl consists of triangles and those are sewn together into a triangular shape.

This pattern calls for fingering weight yarn and I used my beloved Regia.

General information

This is a pattern for a triangle motif shawl. The shawl is made of 49 triangles sewn together. This creates a nice, warm and big shawl. Perfect for winter time! This pattern also includes a decorative border onto which tassels can be attached.

Skill level

Beginner plus: experience with motif making, joining motifs

Special Stitches

Bobble stitch:  Yoh, insert hook in st, yoh, pull through st, yoh, pull through 2 loops (2 loops on hook), yoh, insert hook in the same st, yoh and pull through st, yoh and pull through 2 loops hook (3 loops on hook), yoh, insert hook in same st, yoh and pull through st, yoh and pull through 2 loops on hook (4 loops on hook), yoh and draw through all loops on hook. Ch 1 to close bobble stitch. Stitches made in the following rounds are made into the loops before the ch stitch.

Abbreviations

Ch: chain

Sc: single crochet

Dc: double crochet

Sl st: slip stitch

Ch sp: chain space

Bobble: bobble stitch

Notes

You can make this shawl with any yarn, any gauge you want. Just remember  to adjust the amount of triangles to make up this shawl. Every row consists of an odd number of triangles.

Finished measurement

Shawl: tip-to-tip: 50”

Triangle: tip-to-base: 5.5”  side (tip-to-tip): 6”

Materials

Hook:  4mm (size G)

6 balls Regia Uni colour   (210 mtr/50gr) or approx. 1300 meters of fingering weight yarn (approx. 1400 yards)

Pattern

Triangle Motif (make 49)

Do not turn after finishing a round. The motif will have a right side and a wrong side.

Ch 6, sl st to close

Round 1: Ch3, dc 3 times in ring, *ch2, dc 7 times into ring*, repeat between ** one more time, ch2, dc 3 times into ring, sl st in top ch of beg ch 3. (21 dc, 3 ch2 sp)

Round 2: Ch3, dc into next two dc, bobble in dc before ch sp, (bobble, ch2, bobble) into ch2 sp, bobble in next dc, dc in next 5 dc*, repeat between ** one more time, bobble into dc before ch sp (bobble, ch2, bobble) into last ch2 sp, bobble in next dc, dc in last 2 dc, sl st in top ch of beg ch3 (12 bobbles, 15 dc, 3 ch2 sp)

Round 3: Ch3, dc into next 2 dc, dc into bobble st (not in closing ch st!), bobble in bobble, *(bobble , ch2, bobble) into ch2 sp, bobble in bobble, dc in next bobble, dc into next 5 dc dc, dc in next bobble, bobble in bobble*, repeat between ** one more time, (bobble, ch2, bobble) into ch2 sp, bobble in bobble, dc in bobble, dc into last 2 dc, sl st in top ch of beg ch3. (12 bobbles, 21 dc, 3 ch2 sp)

Round 4: Ch3, dc into next 2 st, ch1, sk next dc, dc into bobble st, bobble in bobble, *(bobble, ch2, bobble) into ch2 sp, bobble in bobble, dc in next bobble, ch1, sk next dc, dc in next 5 dc, ch1, sk next dc, dc in next bobble, bobble in bobble*, repeat between ** one more time, (bobble, ch2, bobble) into ch2 sp, bobble in bobble, dc in next bobble, ch1, sk next dc, dc in last 2 dc, sl st in top ch of beg ch3. 

Fasten off. (12 bobbles, 21 dc, 6 ch1 sp, 3 ch2 sp)

Weave in ends.

Finishing

Arrange the triangles according to the scheme.

There are multiple methods to join these triangles together.

-          Join as you go

-          Sc/sl st them together

-          Sew them together

I sewed my triangles together and finished the shawl with a decorative border.

For sewing together the motifs, please follow these instructions:

1.       Take row 1 (13 triangles). First you assembly the rows, then you put the rows together.

2.       Take two triangles.

3.       Take a length of yarn that is easy to work with and a darning needle.

4.       Pull the needle through  the back loop of one of the corner stitches, leave about 6”  of yarn, reinsert needle into same stitch. This locks your yarn in the starting place.

5.       Start sewing the triangles together by using a whipstitch through back loops only.

6.       After sewing the sides of the triangles start weaving in your end by running your needle through a couple of stitches, lock the yarn by going back one stitch and going through a couple more stitches.

7.       Cut yarn flush.

For pictures of the sewing method, I use the same method as Bunny Mummy described at her blog. Here is the address: Click here!

Decorative border

Attach yarn to left tip of the shawl. Attach yarn in the ch sp of the triangle.

Row 1: Ch1, sc two times into ch sp, sc in each following dc and ch sp along edge, sc in between bobble st and make 3 sc in each side point. When you come back to the left tip, sc once into ch sp and sl st to first sc made.

Row 2: *Ch3, dc two times into sc, ch7, sl st in 2^nd ch from last dc, ch1, dc 3 times into sc, ch1, sk one st, sl st in each sc till row meeting point*, repeat ** around shawl till right tip of the shawl.

Fasten off. Weave in ends

Optional: You can make tassels and tie them into the large picots.