Queen Elizabeth Crochet Stole
Feel like royalty when wearing the Queen Elizabeth Crochet Stole. This crochet shawl pattern is brilliant with its crown-like border and lightweight design. The deep pomegranate color will easily accent your outfit with elegance and glamour. It's an intermediate crochet pattern that might take a little bit of practice working up, but once complete it will make you feel like a million bucks.
Crochet HookC/2 or 2.75 mm hook
Yarn Weight(1) Super Fine (27-32 stitches to 4 inches)
Materials:
- Willow Yarns™ Stream (70% superwash wool/30% silk; 50g/437yd) -732250-0026 Pomegranate (4 balls)
- US size C-2 (2.75mm) hook or size needed to obtain gauge
- Yarn needle
Gauge
2 pat reps = 3" x 5" (7.6cm x 12.7cm) tall, blocked Save time, check your gauge.
Stitch Guide
4dc-cl: (Yo, insert hook in indicated sp or ch, yo and pull up a lp, yo and draw through 2 lps on hook) 4 times in indicated sp or ch, yo and draw through all lps on hook
Finished Size:
21" x 98" (53cm x 249cm)
Instructions:
Center
Ch 102.
Row 1 (RS): Sc in second ch from hook, *sc in next ch, ch 3, sk 3 ch, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch, ch 3, sk 3 ch, sc in next 2 ch; rep from * 9 more times, turn.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *ch 4, 5 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 4, sk next sc, sc in next sc; rep from * across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 7 (counts as tr, ch 3), *sc in each of next 5 dc, **ch 5; rep from * across, ending at **, ch 3, tr in next sc, turn.
Row 4: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in tr, *ch 3, sk 1 sc, sc in next 3 sc, ch 3, **sk 2 ch, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch; rep from * across, ending at **, 2 dc in fourth ch of beg ch 7, turn.
Row 5: Ch 3 (counts as dc), 2 dc in first dc, *ch 4, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 4, **5 dc in ch-2 sp; rep from * across, ending at **, 3 dc in third ch of beg ch 3, turn.
Row 6: Ch 1, sc in first 3 dc, *ch 5, **sc in each of next 5 dc; rep from * across, ending at **, sc in next 2 dc, sc in third ch of beg ch 3, turn.
Row 7: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *sc in next sc, ch 3, sk 2 ch, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch, ch 3, sk 1 sc, sc in next 2 sc; rep from * across, turn.
Rep Rows 2-7 thirty-nine more times. Fasten off.
Border
Attach yarn at any corner.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, work 1,376 sc evenly around stole (approx 128 on each short side and 560 on each long edge—approx 14 sc per 6 row rep), sl st in first sc to join.
Note: Sc must be a multiple of 16, but if you are 16 or even 32 sc over or under total it will still look fine, just know your numbers will be different at the end of each rnd.
Rnd 2: Ch 1, (sc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc) around, sl st in first sc to join—344 ch-3 sps.
Rnd 3: Sl st in ch-3 sp, ch 1, (sc in ch-3 sp, ch 3) around, sl st in first sc to join— 344 ch-3 sps.
Rnd 4: Ch 1, (sc in sc, ch 6, sc in next sc, 3 sc in next ch-3 sp) around, sl st in first sc to join—172 ch-6 sps.
Rnd 5: Sl st to center of ch-6 sp, ch 1, *sc in ch-6 sp, ch 4, (4dc-cl, ch 3, 4dc-cl, ch 3, 4dc-cl) in next ch-6 sp, ch 4; rep from * around, sl st in first sc to join—258 4dc-cl.
Rnd 6: Ch 7 (counts as tr, ch 3), *sk 3 ch, 4dc-cl in next ch, (ch 3, 4dc-cl in next ch-3 sp) twice, ch 3, 4dc-cl in first ch of ch-4 sp, ch 3,= **tr in sc, ch 3; rep from * around ending at **, sl st in fourth ch of beg ch 7 to join— 344 4dc-cl, 86 tr.
Rnd 7: Sl st in ch-3 sp, ch 1, *(sc in ch-3 sp, ch 3) twice, 4 dc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, (sc in ch-3 sp, ch 3) twice; rep from * around, sl st in first sc to join.
Rnd 8: Sl st in ch-3 sp, ch 1, *(sc in ch-3 sp, ch 3) twice, sk 1 dc, dc in next 2 dc, ch 3, (sc in ch-3 sp, ch 3) 3 times; rep from * around, sl st in first sc to join.
Rnd 9: Sl st in ch-3 sp, ch 1, *3 sc in each of next 2 ch-3 sps, sc in next dc, ch 3, sc in next dc, 3 sc in each of next 3 ch-3 sps; rep from * around, sl st in first sc to join—86 ch-3 sps.
Fasten off.
Finishing
Weave in ends.
Block stole to final dimensions, pinning out each ch-3 sp to form a point.