This shawl was inspired by the beautiful green colours of the yarn and the springlike beauty of them bought to mind buds shooting forth, unfurling and opening. A big hug of a shawl, this is one for chilly spring days or as a reminder that spring will come when you are in the darkest depths of winter.
The gentle crescent shape is worked with alternating pops of colour. The length of the short row stripes is completely adjustable without affecting the pattern, making it a great shawl for using up very small amounts of precious yarns or handspun yarn of indeterminate length.

Size
Finished depth: 33cm/13in
Finished length at neck edge: 150cm/59in

Materials
1 100g skein Sparkleduck Spirit (4ply weight, 75% Superwash merino, 25% nylon, 100g/425m) in The Forest Began to Sing (MC)
1 set (6 x 20g) Sparkleduck Ducklings Spirit (4ply weight, 75% Superwash merino, 25% nylon, 20g/85m) in Somewhere That’s Green (CC)
4.5mm hook (US 7) hook

Tension
19 sts and 15 rows in htr in BLO to 10 cm/4 in using 4.5mm hook (or size needed to achieve tension)

Difficulty Rating
Easy

Skills Needed
Basic crochet stitches, working in rows, increasing, working in front loops only, working in back loops only, working over incomplete rows (explained in pattern), popcorns (explained in pattern)

Construction
Starting at centre top the shawl grows outwards with increases at each edge. Incomplete rows are worked in the contrast yarns on the wrong side of the work.

This pattern forms part of The Shawl Project: Book Three. It is not available as an individual pattern.

All patterns are written using standard UK crochet terminology with US conversions given in the abbreviations section. Patterns are charted where appropriate and contain a schematic.