Rebecca Velasquez’s gorgeously textured shawl is a crocheted take on the Danish style of functional beauty, rendered in shell and puff stitches. Worked from the bottom center point out to the sides, with chain-stitch ties for tying at the wearer’s back as traditionally worn.

shown in smaller size on 34” 86.5 cm model

yarn
chickadee / iceland 153 / 6 (8) skeins

hook
one in size US G/6 / 4 mm

gauge
20 sts and 13 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stitch pattern, after blocking / after completing 13 rows in pattern, shawl measures 4” / 10 cm deep and 11½“ / 29 cm wide

skills required
Chain, single and double crochet, triple crochet, slip stitch, shell, puff stitch and puff shell. Charted and line-by-line instructions provided. Standard US abbreviations used.