Worked and designed on a blissful Italian holiday under the shade of ancient wisteria trellises, this shawl has very happy memories woven into the easily memorised pattern.
The lace edging is worked first from end to end in a fairly simple, and easily memorised six row repeat using the beautiful gradient to create an ombre effect. The body of the shawl is picked up and worked in rows of increasing length in a delicate, textured, lacy pattern.

Size
Finished depth: 33cm/13in
Finished length at neck edge: 170cm/67in
Finished border length: 203cm/80in

The size is easily adjustable by working fewer or more repeats of the lace border. Adjusting the size affects the amount of yarn required.

Materials
2x 50g skeins Easy Knits Big Boy Minis (4ply weight, 70% Exmoor,20% Alpaca,10% nylon, 50g/165m) in Dusk
1 set (5x 60m) of Easy Knits Big Boy Cakes (4ply weight, 70% Exmoor,20% Alpaca,10% nylon) in Heathers
3.5mm (US E) hook
4mm hook (US G) hook

Tension
Lace edging measures 12.7cm/5in across with 13 rows to 12.7cm/5in using 3.5mm hook.

Difficulty Rating
Easy

Skills Needed
Basic crochet stitches, working in rows, working into chain spaces short rows (fully explained in pattern).

Construction
Edging is worked end to end first. Body of the shawl is worked in increasing rows from the straight edge of the edging.

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.