Crochet Wrap

I started and finished this crochet shawl this week. It's lightweight, and feminine despite the charcoal color.

Since September, our friend Amy K has been joining us once a week. Autumn taught her how to knit, and then crochet. She proved to be a quick learner, and is turning out projects left and right.

I'm enjoying spending long afternoons with these two young women; one already married, and one soon to be.

Ruffle Edge Crochet Wrap

shell = (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) all in same space

shell over shell = shell in chain 3 space of shell below

Begin: Chain 10; join with a slip stitch in first chain to form a ring

Row 1: Ch 3, 2 dc in ring, (ch 3, 3 dc in ring) 3 times; turn

Row 2: Chain 5, (shell in next ch 3 space, ch 3) 3 times, dc in top of ch 3; turn.

Row 3: Chain 5, dc in first space, (ch 3, 3 dc in next ch 3 space) twice, ch 3, shell over shell, (ch 3, 3 dc in next ch 3 space) twice, ch 3, (dc, ch 2, dc) all in last space; turn.

Row 4: ch 5, dc in first space, ch 3, * 3 dc in next ch 3 space, ch 3; repeat from * to center shell; shell over shell, ** ch 3, 3 dc in next ch 3 space; repeat from ** to last space; ch 3, (dc, ch 2, dc) all in last space; turn.

Rows 5-26: Repeat row 4

Ruffle-Row 1: *ch 5, sc in next space, ch 5 , skip next dc, sc in next dc; repeat from * to last stitch, ch 5, sc in 3rd ch of chain 5; turn.

Row 2: Ch 4, (dc, ch 1) 9 times all in first ch 5 space; * (dc, ch 1) 10 times all in next ch 5 space; repeat from * across omitting last ch 1 in last space; turn. Fasten off. Weave in ends.

This pattern is easily adaptable to fit a child or a larger woman, just make less or more rows before beginning the ruffle.

I used an H/8- 5.00 MM crochet hook, and three skeins of Caron Simply Soft yarn to complete this project.