I used a 5mm hook to work this pattern, but please see gauge swatch information below and adjust hook size accordingly.
We will be using four different colours of 100g DK Tencel Yarn (225m per skein), hand dyed by Adelle, but you are more than welcome to use any DK yarn. You will see me reference my chosen four colours in the pattern, from left to right below: Kushy, Cutting, Crocodillo and Rustier. To ensure you have enough yarn if using the DK tencel, it is important to assign each one of my colours to your corresponding colour, and stick with this order as you work the pattern.
This pattern is written in UK crochet terms.
I have given the stitches used below, with a translation to US terms where needed.
| UK Crochet Terms | US Crochet Terms |
| dc - double crochet | sc - single crochet |
| htr - half treble crochet | hdc - half double crochet |
| tr - treble crochet | dc - double crochet |
| tr2tog - treble two indicated stitches together | dc2tog - double crochet two indicated stitches together |
| dtr - double treble | tr - treble |
Universal Terms
| sl st - slip stitch |
| st - stitch |
| ch - chain |
| blo - back loop only |
| flo - front loop only |
| yo - yarn over |
| RS - right side of work |
| WS - wrong side of work |
| sp - space |
Special Stitches
Chainless tr - pull up a long loop to the height of a tr st then wrap it around the hook (the hook goes underneath the loop) - this creates 2 loops on the hook. Insert hook into the st, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2 loops, yo and pull through 2 loops.
Standing htr - ch1. Make a dc into the st, then dc into the left leg of the dc, creating a stacked st.
Picot - the picot is made by chaining 3, then sl st to the first ch.
Notes
The pattern is designed with motifs attached to turned rows. There is a right side (front) and wrong side (back). The motifs sit on the left side of the shawl when looking at the front.
The exposed edge on the right side of the shawl may get a little wavy as it is worked, but this will be rectified at the end of the pattern.
When a row is started and denoted with RS, this means that we start both on the right side of the shawl (as in the front) but also on the right side of the body of the shawl as you look at it.
When a tr is made in a new colour at the beginning of the row (typically on the RS of the shawl) the tr is made by holding the loop on the hook (this is the loop created by the slip knot), wrapping the yarn around the hook, then inserting into the st, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2 loops. Yo and pull through remaining loops. The last loop will be the slip knot loop you made.
The same is applicable when a htr is used at the start of a row when using a new colour. The htr is made by holding the loop on the hook (this is the loop created by the slip knot), wrapping the yarn around the hook, then inserting into the st, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through all loops. The last loop will be the slip knot loop you made.
The same is applicable when a dc is used at the start of a row when using a new colour. The dc is made by holding the loop on the hook (this is the loop created with the slip knot), then inserting the hook into the st, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through all loops. The last loop will be the slip knot loop you made.
Gauge Swatch
If you are using DK tencel from Vegan Yarn, it will be beneficial to complete the gauge swatch below to make sure you have enough yarn for the pattern. If you are using different yarn, but would like to achieve a similar aesthetic in terms of tension to me, you will also benefit from doing the gauge swatch first.
In order not to give anything away about the pattern just yet, this is just a basic gauge swatch. Try to get as close to my measurements as you can, but please do not worry if you are a little bit out.
14tr to 4" wide by 4 rows to 2" high
Once you are satisfied with your gauge, please unravel the yarn to be used in the main design.
