This is a quick and easy shawl that has stripes without using different colored balls of yarn. The secret is to use a self-striping yarn, not a multi-colored yarn.

The double crochet stitches stack in line.

Increase/decrease on one side only.

On HDC rows in rectangles, only do 1 CH for turning.

On HDC rows on increase/decrease portion, do 2 CH for turning.

On increase portion, make last DC in space of turning CH.

On decrease portion, make 2togDC for last stitch.

When doing HDC in CH SP, go under bar.