Kathy Lashley of Elk Studios Crafted Crochet Designs designed this pretty shawl pattern that she calls Dixie Charm – A Summer Shawl. I’m changing the name a bit and calling it Dixie Alpaca Charm Shawl, because I used alpaca yarn of course! I’ve made two so far, the first one was out of our Paca Paints Yarn, a hand-painted 100% alpaca yarn, by The Alpaca Yarn Company, a color called Wisteria Way.
Stitches Used:
SC- single crochet
HDC – half double crochet
DC – double crochet
SKILL LEVEL
Easy
HOOK
US 5.5mm (I)
MATERIALS
Two skeins of Paca Paints Yarn
Tapestry Needle for sewing in the ends
NOTE
Note: Each row increases by 8 st.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
66 inches/ 167.64 cm across the top, and 31 inches/78.74 cm long from neck to point of triangle
DIRECTIONS
Ch 3, sl st to first ch to make ring.
Row 1: ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, Turn (8 st)
Row 2: ch 3, (counts as first dc here and throughout, 2 dc in same sp, dc in next 2 st, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in center ch-2 sp , dc in next 2 st, 3 dc in top of 3rd ch, turn (16 st)
Row 3: ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, dc in next 6 st, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in center ch-2 sp, dc in next 6 st, 3 dc in top of 3rd ch, turn, (24 st)
Row 4: ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, ch 2, [skip 2 st, dc in next 2 dc, ch 2] Repeat until center, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in center ch-2 sp, ch 2, *skip 2 st, dc in next 2 dc ch 2* repeat *to* until end, 3 dc in top of 3rd ch, turn (32 st)
Row 5: ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, ch 2, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, [skip 2 st, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2], repeat until center, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in center ch-2 sp, ch 2 *skip 2 st, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2* repeat *to* until end, 3 dc in top of 3rd ch, turn (40 st)
Row 6-7: Repeat Row 5
Row 8: ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, ch 2, [skip 2 st, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2] repeat until center, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in center ch-2 sp, ch 2 *skip 2 st, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2* repeat *to* until end, 3 dc in top of 3rd ch, turn (64 st)
Row 9: ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, [dc in next 6 st, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp], repeat until 2 stitches from center, dc in next 2 st, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in center ch-2 sp, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, *dc in next 6 st, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp* repeat from *to* across until end, dc in last 2 st, 3 dc in top of 3rd, turn, (72 st)
Repeat rows 4-9 until you have reach desired length and width.
Edging of Shawl
Row 1: ch 1 and sc in same sp, [ch 5, skip next 3 st, sc in next st] repeat until 2 st from center, ch 5, sc in center ch-2 sp, ch 5, skip 2 st, sc in next st, *ch 5, skip next 3 st, sc in next st*, repeat from *to*, turn
Row 2: ch 1, *(2 sc, hdc, dc, hdc, 2 sc) in next ch 5 sp*, repeat *to* until end. Fasten off.
Optional: You can finish off the shawl by crocheting sc stitches evenly down the top of the shawl.
For the second shawl, I used three different yarns, one our Swizzle Alpaca Yarn, color Plum Perfection, our Astral Yarn, color Libra, and our Classic Baby Alpaca Yarn , color called White House. I’ll list the order of yarn colors I used in my next post, or just alternate as you wish. The White House has the least amount of yardage, so save that one for single rows.
Enjoy!
