October Shawl

MATERIALS

• Windy Valley Muskox, Suri Alpaca, 218 yds, 1 oz (28.5 gm) per skein:
  6 skeins, color 3026 Pale Sage
• Size J (10 -6.0mm) crochet hooks
• Darning needle
• Stitch markers

SIZE
Outer edge, 135”; height, 20”; sleeve length, 11” from underarm

GAUGE
14 sts = 4” (10 cm) in linked double crochet
Take time to save time: crochet a gauge swatch!

INSTRUCTIONS
Notes: While sleeve is worked in the round, the shawl is worked back and forth in rows. Turn after every row. Techniques used include: working in the round, lace edge.

Stitches
Beginning linked double crochet (B-ldc): Ch3, insert hook in the second chain from the hook, yarn over and draw up a loop (2 lps on hook). Insert hook in the same st as the beginning ch3 and draw up a loop (3 lps on hook). [Yarn over, draw through 2 loops] twice.

SHAWL
Using the foundation single crochet method, work 55 sts.
Row 1: sc in each stitch across. 55 sc.
Row 2 (RS): B-ldc and ldc in first sc (increase made), (ldc, ch 3, ldc) in next sc, ldc in next 7 sc (for left sleeve), (ldc, ch 3, ldc) in next sc, ldc in next 21 sc, (ldc, ch 3, ldc) in next sc, ldc in next 10 sc, (ldc, ch 3, ldc) in next sc, ldc in next 10 sc, (ldc, ch 3, ldc) in next sc, 2 ldc in last sc. 62 ldc.
Row 3: B-ldc and ldc in first ldc, * ldc in each ldc across to first ch 3 space (ldc, ch 3, ldc) in ch 3 space; repeat from * across to last ldc, 2ldc in last ldc. 74 ldc.
Repeat Row 3 until there are 45 stitches for the left sleeve.

SEPARATE SLEEVE STITCHES

Next Row: B-ldc and ldc in first ldc, ldc in each ldc across to next ch 3 space, 1 ldc in ch 3 space, ch 13, 1 ldc in next ch 3 space, * ldc in each ldc to next ch 3 space (ldc, ch 3, ldc) in ch 3 space; repeat from * twice more, ldc in each ldc to last ldc, 2ldc in last ldc.

Row 1: B-ldc and ldc in first ldc, ldc in each ldc across to ch 13 space, ldc in first 6 chs, (ldc, ch 3, ldc) in next ch, ldc in next 6 chs, * ldc in each ldc across to next ch 3 space (ldc, ch 3, ldc) in next ch 3 space: repeat from * twice more, ldc in each ldc to last ldc, 2ldc in last ldc.
Row 2: B-ldc and ldc in first ldc, *ldc in each ldc across to ch 3 space, (ldc, ch 3, ldc) in ch 3 space; repeat from * 3 times more, ldc in each ldc to last ldc, 2ldc in last ldc.
Repeat Row 2, 4 times more.

LACE EDGING
(Lace edging is variation of mussel edging from Donna Kooler’s encyclopedia of crochet p.217 – beginning with Row 5 on this pattern.)
Row 1: 2sc in first ldc, * sc in each ldc, 4 sc in each ch 3 space; repeat from * to last ldc, 2sc in last ldc. 350 sts.
Row 2: Ch3 (counts as a dc + ch1) * skip 2 sc, dc in 3rd sc, ch1, working in front of dc just worked, dc in first sc of skipped 3 sc; repeat from * .
Row 3: Ch 1, 2sc in first dc, sc in each dc and in each ch space to last dc, 2sc in last dc. 352 sts.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in each sc.
Row 5: Ch 1, sc in first sc and in next 4 sc, * skip 3 sc, ch 4, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next sc, skip 3 sc, ch 4, + sc in next 9 sc; repeat from * across ending last repeat at +, sc in last 5 sc.
Row 6: Ch 1, sc in first sc and in next 3 sc, * ch 5, dc in first dc, ch 2, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch 2 space, ch 2, dc in next dc, ch 5, + skip 1 sc, sc in next 7 sc; repeat from * across ending last repeat at +, skip 1 sc, sc in last 4 sc.
Row 7: Ch 1, sc in first sc and in next 2 sc, * ch 5, (dc in next dc, ch 2) twice, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch 2 space, (ch 2, dc in next dc) twice, ch 5, + skip 1 sc, sc in next 5 sc; repeat from * across ending last repeat at +, skip 1 sc, sc in last 3 sc.
Row 8: Ch 1, sc in first sc and in next sc, * ch 5, (dc in next dc, ch 2) 3 times, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch 2 space, (ch 2, dc in next dc) 3 times, ch 5, + skip 1 sc, sc in next 3 sc; repeat from * across ending last repeat at +, skip 1 sc, sc in last 2 sc.
Row 9: Ch1, sc in first sc, * ch 5, (dc in next dc, ch 2) 4 times, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch 2 space, (ch 2, dc in next dc) 4 times, ch 5, + skip 1 sc, sc in next sc; repeat from * across ending last repeat at +, skip 1 sc, sc in last sc.
DO NOT FASTEN OFF.

FINISHING
Edging
Note: Edging is worked in sc around entire shawl beginning with lace bottom and going up one side of the side around the neck and back down the other side.

Round 1: Ch 1, sc in first sc, * 3sc in each ch 5 sp and 2sc in each ch 2 sp; repeat from * across bottom of lace edging, sc evenly up side of shawl across neck and down the other side of shawl. Fasten off.
Row 1: B-ldc in first ch, ldc in next 6 chs, linked dc in next 45 ldc (around armhole), ldc in next 6 chs. 58 ldc. Row 2: B-ldc in first ldc, ldc in each ldc across.
Row 3: B-ldc in first ldc, ldc in each ldc across.
Row 4: B-ldc in first ldc, skip 1 ldc, ldc in each ldc across to last 2 ldc, skip 1 ldc, ldc in last ldc. 56 ldc.
Repeat Rows 2-4 to 46 sts. Work on those 46 sts until armhole measures 11”
Next Row: B-ldc in first ldc, ldc in next 2 ldc, skip 1 ldc, * ldc in next 3 ldc, skip 1 ldc; repeat from * across. 35 ldc.

SLEEVE
Note: sleeve will be worked back and forth down from the armhole and seamed up.
With RS facing, rejoin yarn to center of underarm.

SLEEVE EDGING
Row 1: ch 1, sc in each ldc across.
Row 2: ch 1, sc in each ldc across. Fasten off leaving a long tail to seam up sleeve.
Weave in ends.
Block shawl.