Join Furls Crochet and Hannah Cross of Han Jan Crochet for Furls first ever UK Crochet-a-Long. Hannah has made a lovely free crochet shawl pattern, the Blossom Shawl as our inaugural CAL. Details Below.

The Blossom Shawl is a delicate and light crochet shawl worked using a variety of stitches to add detail, interest and give a stunning result. The shawl is worked in straight rows for main and then a subtle decrease is used towards the end of the shawl to help it drape effortlessly and make it comfy and easy to wear with any outfit.

ABOUT OUR DESIGNER
Hannah Cross is the designer and blogger behind HanJan Crochet. Having designed for publications such as Simply Crochet and Mollie Makes for almost a decade, Hannah is also now focussing on sharing her patterns and knowledge on her blog and through her weekly newsletter too. Hannah is delighted to be working with Furls to launch the very first UK CAL!

SUPPLIES
- Hook - G/4mm Furls Odyssey Hook (or hook to obtain gauge)

• Yarn used - 690yds of James C Brett ‘It’s Pure Cotton’, 100% cotton double knit, 215m(235yds)/100g: 1 ball each of - Colour A: Dark Pink IC10, Colour B: Silver IC07, Colour C: Light Pink IC06 were used.

Great alternative yarn option (I’ve included this as not sure everyone will be familiar with the above yarn/able to access it depending on where they live) - WeCrochet ‘CotLin’, 70% Tanguis Cotton, 30% Linen, 123yds/50g 2 balls each of - Colour A: Cerise, Colour B: Whisker, Colour C: Flamingo

PATTERN DETAILS

Finished size
15” by 60”

Gauge
16sts and 8 rows of dc = 4” square

Abbreviations used
Ch - chain
St - stitch
Sts - stitches
Sk - skip
RS - right side
WS - wrong side
Htr - half treble (standard UK terms)
Tr - treble crochet (standard UK terms)

Special Stitches

HBtr - herringbone treble - Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over and pull through stitch (3 loops on the hook) pull 1st loop though the 2nd loop on the hook. Yarn over and pull though 1 loop (2 loops on the hook). Yarn over and pull though both loops on the hook.

HBhtr - herringbone half treble - Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over and pull through stitch (3 loops on the hook) pull 1st loop though the 2nd loop on the hook. Yarn over and pull though both loops on the hook.

Notes

• A ch1 or ch2 at the beginning of a row does not count as a stitch.
• Turn your work after each row.
• Carry your yarn through your work as much as possible for colour changes.

Difficulty
Intermediate

PART ONE
Coming Tuesday, March 9, 2021

PART TWO
Coming Tuesday, March 16, 2021

PART THREE
Coming Tuesday, March 23, 2021

PART FOUR
Coming Tuesday, March 30, 2021