How to crochet The Earth Shawl

Hi friends! Happy New Year!!



This is the shawl I have been working on during summer and I am so glad to finally show it to you!
The yarn is really great , it is like a cosy hug of wool that wraps you gently! 
And colors are earth colors....mushroom as the ground , seaspray as leaves or lake water  and natural heather as  mountain rocks.

 Last year was an amazing year for my merrry mary stories and I want to thank you for supporting my small business. On November 2018 I opened my Etsy shop with written patterns and since then I had a number of sales that made me really happy that so many people trusted me!

  At the same time I started making videos in english on my new you tube channel  Merry Mary Stories while I had already an old greek channel Maria Grasia. This was a hard work for me as I am not a native english speaker and I am grateful to you for much support and encouragement. 

PATTERN

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Materials needed

-US size J/10 (6 mm) crochet hook

You will need Worsted/Aran yarn

I used:

LION BRAND WOOL EASE, you can purchase it  from Love Crochet here

and from Amazon here

86% acrylic- 10% wool

180m/197yds

Shades:

403 mushroom       = 300 yds

123 seaspray          =300yds

098 natural heather= 300 yds

Skill level: easy+

Gauge

12 dcs = 4 inches (10 cm) width

7 dc rows =4 inches (10 cm) long

Sizes: one adult size, you can make the shawl bigger working more rows of double crochets.

Abbreviations in US terms:

YO=yarn over

Sts=stitches

Ch=chain

Sl st=slip stitch  

dc=double crochet 

Rep=repeat

Sk = skip

Prev =previous

Special sts

Cluster  =YO, insert hook in indicated st, yo and pull up a loop, (3 loops on hook), YO and pull through 2 loops,  again YO , insert hook in same st, YO and pull up a loop, YO, pull through 2 loops, (3 loops on hook now), YO and pull through all 3 loops.

                      FINISHED    MEASUREMENTS

Shawl is a triangular shape.

Width 31.50” (80cm)

Height 49.20” (125cm)

CROCHET  PROJECT

This pattern starts from a small triangle that on every row is getting bigger and bigger.

We are making  increases in every first and last stitch and one increase in the middle of the shawl, there we will be working a corner, { 2dc, ch2, 2dc}, always at the ch2 space of previous corner.

CROCHET PATTERN

Note:I wrote all rows so it is clear how to work and always add 6 sts on every row. To accomplish this, I worked in a different way on every clusters row, because on cluster rows it is difficult to maintain the same number of sts and make the increases at the same time. So be a little bit patient and read the written pattern carefully and I promise you will have the right number of sts on every row.

Notes

 – We turn our work at the end of every row

– The first 3 chains at the start of every row count as 1 dc

– The last stitches of a row are worked in the third chain if it’s a dc row and in the first sc if it’s a sc row, of the previous row

– The amount of stitches mentioned at the end of a row only includes the double crochet or single crochet stitches and not the chains ( ch3 at the beginning count as 1 st)

Start with a magic ring or chain4 and join with a sl st in 1^st ch to make a ring

Row 1 dc row (natural heather):ch3(count as dc), 2dc in the ring, ch2, 3 dc in the ring, -one corner is made in the middle of the row and there we have a ch 2 space-, turn  (6 sts)

Row 2 dc row (natural heather):ch3, dc in very first st, dc in each of next 2 sts, 2dc, ch2, 2dc in ch2 sp, dc in each of next 2 sts, 2 dc in 3^rd ch or initial ch3, turn (12  sts)

Row 3 sc row (mushroom):ch1, 2 sc in very first st, sc in each of next sts till center of ch2 space, 2sc, ch2, 2sc in ch2 sp, sc in each of next sts till one st before the end, work  2 sc in 3^rd ch or initial ch3, turn (18  sts)

Row 4 dc row (seaspray):ch3, dc in very first st, dc in each of next sts till center of ch2 sp, 2dc, ch2, 2dc in ch2 sp, dc in each of next sts till one st before the end, 2 dc in last sc of prev row,  turn (24  sts)

Row 5 dc row (seaspray):ch3, dc in very first st, dc in each of next sts till center of ch2 sp, 2dc, ch2, 2dc in ch2 sp, dc in each of next sts till one st before the end, 2 dc in 3^rd ch or initial ch3,  turn (30  sts)

Row 6 sc row (natural heather):rep row 3, turn (36  sts)

Row 7 dc row (mushroom):ch3, dc in very first st, dc in each of next sts till center of ch2 sp, 2dc, ch2, 2dc in ch2 sp, dc in each of next sts till one st before the end, 2 dc in last sc of prev row,  turn (42  sts

Row 8 dc row (mushroom):):ch3, dc in very first st, dc in each of next sts till center of ch2 sp, 2dc, ch2, 2dc in ch2 sp, dc in each of next sts till one st before the end, 2 dc in 3^rd ch or initial ch3,  turn (48  sts)

Row 9 sc row (seaspray): rep row 3, turn ( (54  sts)

Row 10 cluster row (natural heather): ch3, dc in very first st,*ch1, sk next st, cluster in next st*, rep from * to * to  ch2 sp, (13 clusters worked), 2dc, ch2, 2dc in ch2 sp,,cluster in next st (it’s the first sc), ,*ch1, sk next st, cluster in next st*, rep from * to * to last 2 sts before the end, (13 clusters), ch1, 2 dc in last sc , turn (60  sts)

Row 11 cluster row (natural heather): ch3, dc in very first st,*ch1, cluster in next sp between clusters*, rep from * to * to last 2 sts before ch2 sp,(14 clusters worked, last cluster is worked in space between dcs and clusters of prev row), ch1,sk next 2 sts, ,  2dc, ch2, 2dc in ch2 sp,ch1,sk 2 sts cluster in space between dcs and cluster of prev  row,*ch1, cluster in next sp between clusters*, rep from * to * to last space, (14 clusters), ch1,sk next st,  2 dc in last st, turn (66  sts)

Row 12 sc row (mushroom): rep row 3, turn ( (72  sts)

Row 13 cluster row (seaspray): ch3, dc in very first st,*ch1, sk next st, cluster in next st*, rep from * to * till center of ch2 sp, (17 clusters worked, last cluster is worked in last sc), ch1, 2dc, ch2, 2dc in ch2 sp,ch1,cluster in next st (it’s the second sc), ,*ch1, sk next st, cluster in next st*, rep from * to * to last 2 sts before the end, (17 clusters), ch1, 2 dc in last sc , turn (60  sts) (78 sts)

Row 14 cluster row (seaspray): ch3, dc in very first st,*ch1, cluster in next sp between clusters*, rep from * to * to last sp,ch1, work the last cluster in last dc of prev row,(19 clusters worked), 2dc, ch2, 2dc in ch2 sp, worh cluster in first dc , *ch1, cluster in next sp between clusters*, rep from * to * to last space, (19 clusters), ch1,sk next st,  2 dc in last st, turn (84 sts)

Row 15 sc row(mushroom): rep row 3, turn (90 sts)

Row 16 dc row  (natural heather): rep row7, (96  sts)

Row 17 dc row  (natural heather): rep row 8 (102 sts)

Row 18 sc row (seaspray): rep row 3, turn 108 sts)

Row 19 dc row  (mushroom): rep row 7, turn 114 sts)

Row 20 cross st row (mushroom): ch3, dc in very first st,*sk next st, dc in next st, dc in first skipped st from front of your work *, rep from * to * , to ch2 sp, (28 pairs of cross dcs), 2dc, ch2, 2dc in ch2 sp, dc, *sk next st, dc in next st, dc in first skipped st from front of your work *, rep from * to * to last st , (28 pairs of cross dcs), 2 dc in 3rd ch or initial ch3,  turn (120  sts)

Row 21 dc row  (mushroom): rep row7, (126  sts)

Row 22 sc row (natural heather): rep row 3, turn (132 sts)

Row 23  cluster row (seaspray): rep row 13,(32 clusters on each side) turn (138 sts)

Row 24  cluster row (seaspray): rep row 14, (34 clusters on each side ),turn (144 sts)

Row 25 sc row (mushroom): rep row 3, turn (150 sts)

Row 26  cluster row (natural heather): rep row 10, (37 clusters on each side) turn (156 sts)

Row 27  cluster row (natural heather): ch3, dc in very first st,*ch1, cluster in next sp between clusters*, rep from * to * to last sp,ch1, work the last cluster in next dc of prev row,(38 clusters worked),ch1,  2dc, ch2, 2dc in ch2 sp,ch1, work cluster in second  dc , *ch1, cluster in next sp between clusters*, rep from * to * to last space, (38 clusters), ch1,sk next st,  2 dc in last st,  turn (162 sts)

Row 28 sc row (mushroom): rep row 3, turn (168 sts)

Row 29 dc row  (seaspray): rep row7, (174  sts)

Row 30 dc row  (seaspray): rep row 8 (180 sts)

Row 31 sc row (natural heather): rep row 3, turn 186 sts)

Row 32 dc row  (mushroom): rep row7, (192  sts)

Row 33 dc row  (mushroom): rep row 8 (198 sts)

Row 34 sc row (seaspray): rep row 3, turn 204 sts)

Row 35 dc row  (natural heather): rep row 7, turn 210 sts)

Row 36 cross st row (natural heather): rep row 20, (52 pairs of cross dcs on each side ), turn (216  sts)

Row 37 dc row  (natural heather): rep row7, (222  sts)

Row 38 sc row (mushroom): rep row 3, turn (228 sts)

Row 39  cluster row (seaspray): rep row 13,(56 clusters worked) turn (234 sts)

Row 40  cluster row (seaspray): rep row 11, ,(57 clusters worked)  turn (240 sts)

Fasten off, weave in all ends.

ADD FRINGE

I added 4or 5 fringes in every color in the row, so 4 seaspray fringes, then 4 natural heather fringes, then 4 mushroom fringes  and so on…….

I added approx. 62 fringes all around the shawl Each fringe has 6 strands of yarn.
 1: Cut the yarn into 6 pieces for every fringe of 11.08”(30cm) long.
2: Fold the strands of yarn for one fringe in half, forming a loop at one end.
3: Take your hook and draw the loop through the stitch that you’re attaching the fringe to
.4:Holding the top of the fringe in one hand, pull gently on the fringe ends with your other hand
5: Tighten the knot so that it’s secure.
6: To finish, trim the ends of the fringe so that they’re even.

I would love to read your comments!

Happy crocheting!