The shawl
This is a lacy, textured pattern made with a lot of love! It’s an advanced crochet design with a numbers of different stitches and differentiating rows that also makes it a little bit more fun. This one requires you to check the stitch count carefully. But don’t worry! I’ve put in a table with a complete stitch count up until row 56, which is as big as the purple shawl in the pictures (70x170 cm) (Scheepjes Whirl, Lavenderlicious).

Shawl size
The size is depending on which yarn and hook you use. This is an example of how mine turned out with this Scheepjes Whirl yarn (about a 1000 meters) and a 3.0 millimeter hook (about a size D or 3). It’s a triangle shawl and the width is about 170 cm, and from the middle point down it’s around 70 cm. I did 3 repeats in total, counting the first as well. The shawl has not been tested for more repeats than three, but three repeats is perfect for a Scheepjes whirl (for example).

With the Schoppel Wolle Zauberball I used two skeins in order to get to around the same size as with the Whirl. But here I still had to use a different yarn for the edge as I lost at yarn chicken on the second to last row!

Blocking is important to enhance the pattern.

Pattern includes:

• Written PDF pattern with instructions.

• Step-by-step photo tutorial, as well as the links to the tutorial videos (see more info further down).

• Tips regarding your yarn choice and other “good to know” tips.

• A table with complete stitch count for repeats for up to a yarn usage of a 1000 meters (with for example a Scheepjes Whirl).

• Video tutorials are available for the two special stitches, the pap-stitch and the 2fptrctog. There is not one for the entire design/pattern.

• Two alternative edges (two for the price of one!) - There are descriptions and photo tutorials for two different versions of the edging. Pick a more distinct with bigger impact or something a little bit more discrete (but not too discrete, ‘cause face it, then you wouldn’t have choose an advanced design as this one!)

Video tutorials
Video tutorial is available for the two special stitches, the pap-stitch and the 2fptrctog. There is not one for the entire design/pattern.

Step-by-step photo tutorial is available together with the written instructions in the pattern, as well as the links to the tutorial videos. You can also have a look at the videos from here without purchasing the pattern HERE

Two alternative edges (two for the price of one!)
There are descriptions and photo tutorials for two different versions of the edging. Pick a more distinct with bigger impact or something a little bit more discrete (but not too discrete, ‘cause face it, then you wouldn’t have choose an advanced design as this one!)

Why is it called The Citadel Shawl?
I absolutely love crochet but as my daytime job I work as an urban planner. Sometimes my studies in urban development and planning inspires my artwork. In early city planning ways to defend your city and it’s citizens was crucial. A citadel, also called star fortress sometimes, is the core fortified area of a town or city. The
inspiration for the pointed shells in the shawl pattern comes from the shape of the ancient citadels, hence the name “The Citadel Shawl”.