Windows Shawl

Check out this great pink crochet pattern that's easy to crochet and beautiful to wear!

Windows Shawl

This crochet shawl pattern is divine! With a lovely windowed pattern and easy-to-follow instructions, you'll be able to complete this crocheted shawl in no time at all. This is one of the best summer shawl patterns you'll stumble across, so you just have to try it out!

From the Designer: "I am thrilled to be invited to participate in AllFreeCrochet's 10th Birthday Celebration. To commemorate this event, I present to you my new design Windows Shawl. It is pretty to wear and easy to crochet, and I hope that my fellow crocheters will like and make this shawl themselves. Thank you, AllFreeCrochet.com for the invitation, and happy birthday!"

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Easy

Crochet Hook4.5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet Gauge18 sts x 20 rows in 10 cm x 10 cm/ 4"x 4", (double crochet stitch).

Finished SizeWidth: 176 cm/ 63.5", height:106 cm/ 42", approx.

Materials List

NAKO Senet:(75% premium acrylic, 25% wool), 100 g/ 3.53 Oz, 270 m/ 295 yds): color no. 569. Skeins : 6. (Yarn weight: Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran).
Crochet Hook: Size U.S.7 /4.5 mm.
Tapestry needle.

Pattern Instructions:

Abbreviations:

ch: chain.
sl st: slip stitch.
dc: double crochet.

Shawl:

Make a knot and chain 5, sl st in first ch.:

Row 1: ch 19, sl st in fifth ch from hook, ch 2, dc in each ch 14 times, ch 2, turn.
Row 2: dc in first st, 3 dc in dc, (skip 2 dc, ch 2, dc in dc) twice, 3 dc in dc, ch 2, turn.
Row 3: dc in first st, 3 dc in dc, (skip ch 2 space, ch 2, dc in dc) twice, 3 dc in dc, ch 14, turn.
Row 4: sl st in fifth ch from hook, ch 2, dc in each ch 9 times, 4 dc in dc, (2 dc in ch 2 space, dc in dc) twice, 3 dc in dc, ch 2, turn.
Row 5: dc in first st, 3 dc in dc, *(skip 2 dc, ch 2, dc in dc) twice, 3 dc in dc, repeat from * to end, ch 2, turn.
Row 6: dc in first st, 3 dc in dc, *(skip ch 2 space, ch 2, dc in dc) twice, 3 dc in dc, repeat to end, ch 14, turn.
Row 7: sl st in fifth ch from hook, ch 2, dc in each ch 9 times, 4 dc in dc, (2 dc in ch 2 space, dc in dc) twice, 3 dc in dc, repeat from * to end, ch 2, turn.
Repeat rows (5-7) thirty six times, then repeat row 5 once.

Work last two rows as follows:
Row 6.1: dc in first st, 3 dc in dc, *(skip ch 2 space, ch 2, dc in dc) twice, 3 dc in dc, repeat to end, ch 7, turn.
Row 7.1: sl st in fifth ch from hook, dc in each ch 9 times, 4 dc in dc, (2 dc in ch 2 space, dc in dc) twice, 3 dc in dc, repeat from * to end, ch 5, sl st in fifth ch from hook, cut yarn.
Weave in loose ends. Block.

Fringe:

Cut yarn into 36 cm/ 14" strands. Pass a bundle of 8 strands through each one of the four ch circles on each side of the shawl. Trim loose ends to measure 15 cm/ 6".