Pocket Shawl Crochet

ABBREVIATIONS

Level: Easy
Approx = Approximately
Beg = Begin(ing)
Ch = Chain(s)
Dc = Double crochet
Dcfp = Yoh and draw up a loop around post of next stitch at front of work, inserting hook from right to left. (Yoh and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice.
Hdc = Half double crochet
Hdcbp = Yoh and draw up a loop around post of next stitch at back of work, inserting hook from right to left. Yoh and draw through all loops on hook.
Pat = Pattern
Rep = Repeat
RS = Right side
Sc = Single crochet
St(s) = Stitch(es)
Tog = Together
WS = Wrong side
Yoh = Yarn over hook

Materials

Red Heart® With Love Stripes™ (5 oz/141 g; 223 yds/204 m) Sandbar Stripe (1975) 3 balls.
Size U.S. J/10 (6 mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge. Yarn needle.

MEASUREMENTS

Approx 20″ [51 cm] wide x 55″ [140 cm] long (excluding fringe).

GAUGE

12 sts and 15 rows = 4″ [10 cm] in pattern.

INSTRUCTIONS

Notes:

• Ch 3 at beg of row counts as dc.
• Ch 2 at beg of row does not count as st

SHAWL

Ch 50. See diagram on page 2.
1st row: (WS). 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. 1 sc in each ch to end of chain. Turn. 49 sc.
2nd row: Ch 3. 1 dc in each sc to end of row. Turn.
3rd row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each st to end of row. Turn.
4th row: Ch 3. *1 dcfp around dc 2 rows below. 1 dc in next sc. Rep from * to end of row. Turn.
5th row: As 3rd row.
6th row: Ch 3. *1 dc in next st. 1 dcfp around dc 2 rows below. Rep from * to last 2 sts. 1 dc in each of last 2 sts. Turn.
Rep 3rd to 6th rows for pat until work from beg measures 55″ [140 cm], ending on a WS row. Fasten o­ff.

Edging

With RS facing, join yarn with sl st to bottom right corner.
1st row: (RS). Ch 1. Work 164 sc evenly along side edge. Turn.
2nd row: Ch 2. 1 hdc in each sc to end of row. Turn.
3rd and 4th rows: Ch 2. *1 dcfp around each st to last st. 1 hdc in last st. Turn.
5th row: Ch 2. *1 hdcbp around each st to last st. 1 hdc in last st. Fasten o­ff.
Rep for other side.

POCKETS

(make 2) Ch 30. Work from ** to ** as given for Shawl. Rep 3rd to 6th rows for pat until work from beg measures 10″ [25.5 cm], ending on a WS row. Fasten o­ff.

Sew Pockets to either side of bottom of Shawl as shown in picture.

Fringe: Cut lengths of yarn 20″ [51 cm] long. Taking 3 strands tog, knot into fringe in every other st across both ends of Shawl. Trim fringe evenly.