Why Not

by Siew Clark

The shawl is asymmetrical. The first section is

crocheted top-down & the second is crocheted
outward. It is worked in one piece. You can
customize into any size you want. You can
customize the border too with fewer gathers.
This pattern will work with any kind of yarn and
colours. Gauge is unimportant.

Measurements
Without border - 65" top edge x 24" spine
With border - 56" top edge x 23.5" spine

Materials

Shawl without the border used about 350 yds of wool in brown, dk.
Shawl with border used about 860 yds of Shetland 100% pure virgin wool, fingering weight.
1 ball of 100% Shetland wool in yellow/orange; 100g – 440 yds
1 ball of 100% Shetland wool in aqua blue; 100g – 440 yds
Hook Size US G / 4 mm

Gauge after blocking

Shawl without border : 7 V-sts by 9 rows = 4”

Shawl with border : 6 V-sts by 10 rows = 4”

Abbreviation
Ch chain
Sp space
Sk skip
Sl st slip stitch
Dc double crochet
V-st dc, ch, dc

Fsc – Foundation single crochet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY6Iy7gdVEM

Note : If start off with even number of V-sts, the last row will have 2 V-sts.
If start off with odd number of V-sts, the second last row will have 3 V-sts.
Increase even number of pattern repeats in the bracket for a bigger shawl.

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Pattern

Without border (option to use ch 171, add a row of sc across each ch, then start Row 1.)

First-fsc: ch2, insert hook into first ch, (yo, pull through one loop) twice, yo, pull through two loops.

Next-fsc: Insert hook into 2 loops at the bottom of the last SC worked, YO and pull through the 2 loops, YO and
pull through 1 loop (creating ch 1), YO and pull through 2 loops (sc made).

Fsc 170 (multiples of 3 + 2)

Row 1 : Ch 1, sc in first Fsc, ch 1, sk 1 Fsc, sc in next Fsc, (ch 3, sk 2 Fsc, sc in next Fsc) x 55, ch 1, sk 1 Fsc,
sc in next Fsc, turn.

Row 2 : Ch 3, sk first sc, (V-st in next sc) x 56, sk 1 ch, dc in sc, turn.

Row 3 : Ch 1, sc in dc, ch 1, sc in V-st sp, (ch 3, sc in V-st sp) x 53, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, turn.

Row 4 : Ch 3, sk first sc, (V-st in next sc) x 54, sk 1 ch, dc in sc, turn.

Row 5 : Ch 1, sc in dc, ch 1, sc in V-st sp, (ch 3, sc in V-st sp) x 51, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, turn.

Repeat rows 4 & 5. Decreasing 2 repeats in the bracket for every row until 2 V-sts left.

Do not cut the yarn, slip st along the short straight edge. Total 113 sts.
Place 113 slip stitches evenly along the short straight edge. In this case, we have 28 pattern repeats, so if we
place one slip stitch in the side of each sc, 3 slip stitches in the side of each dc and one slip stitch in the side of
the fsc that gives 113 stitches.

Row 1 : Ch 1, sc in first sl st, ch 1, sk 1 sl st, sc in next sl st, (ch 3, sk 2 sl st, sc in next sl st) x 36, ch 1, sk 1 sl
st, sc in next sl st, turn.

Row 2 : Ch 3, sk first sc, (V-st in next sc) x 37, sk 1 ch, dc in sc, turn.

Row 3 : Ch 1, sc in dc, ch 1, sc in V-st sp, (ch 3, sc in V-st sp) x 34, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, turn.

Row 4 : Ch 3, sk first sc, (V-st in next sc) x 35, sk 1 ch, dc in sc, turn.

Row 5 : Ch 1, sc in dc, ch 1, sc in V-st sp, (ch 3, sc in V-st sp) x 32, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, turn.

Repeat rows 4 & 5. Decreasing 2 repeats in the bracket for every row until 3 V-sts left.

Row 1 : Ch 1, sc in dc, ch 1, sc in V-st sp, ch 3, sc in V-st sp, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, turn.

Row 2 : Ch 3, sk first sc, (V-st in next sc) x 2, sk 1 ch, dc in sc, BO.

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With border (option to use ch 132, add a row of sc across each ch, then start Row 1.)

Fsc 131

Row 1 : Ch 1, sc in first Fsc, ch 1, sk 1 Fsc, sc in next Fsc, (ch 3, sk 2 Fsc, sc in next Fsc) x 42, ch 1, sk 1 Fsc,
sc in next Fsc, turn.

Row 2 : Ch 3, sk first sc, (V-st in next sc) x 43, sk 1 ch, dc in sc, turn.

Row 3 : Ch 1, sc in dc, ch 1, sc in V-st sp, (ch 3, sc in V-st sp) x 40, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, turn.

Row 4 : Ch 3, sk first sc, (V-st in next sc) x 41, sk 1 ch, dc in sc, turn.

Row 5 : Ch 1, sc in dc, ch 1, sc in V-st sp, (ch 3, sc in V-st sp) x 38, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, turn.

Repeat rows 4 & 5. Decreasing 2 repeats in the bracket for every row until 2 V-sts left.

Do not cut the yarn, slip st along the short straight edge. Total 85 sts.
Place 85 slip stitches evenly along the short straight edge. In this case, we have 21 pattern repeats, so if we
place one slip stitch in the side of each sc, 3 slip stitches in the side of each dc and one slip stitch in the side of
the fsc that gives 85 stitches.

Row 1 : Ch 1, sc in first sl st, ch 1, sk 1 sl st, sc in next sl st, (ch 3, sk 2 sl st, sc in next sl st) x 27, ch 1, sk 1 sl
st, sc in next sl st, turn.

Row 2 : Ch 3, sk first sc, (V-st in next sc) x 28, sk 1 ch, dc in sc, turn.

Row 3 : Ch 1, sc in dc, ch 1, sc in V-st sp, (ch 3, sc in V-st sp) x 25, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, turn.

Row 4 : Ch 3, sk first sc, (V-st in next sc) x 26, sk 1 ch, dc in sc, turn.

Row 5 : Ch 1, sc in dc, ch 1, sc in V-st sp, (ch 3, sc in V-st sp) x 23, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, turn.

Repeat rows 4 & 5. Decreasing 2 repeats in the bracket for every row until 2 V-sts left. BO.

Option : either to sl st or not to sl st along the short straight edge.

: sc along the short straight edge of the second half of the shawl to match the fsc on the long edge of
the first half.

Border Border with fewer gathers

Row 1 : (green) Ch 1, sc every st, turn. Rows 1 – 7 : Ch 1, sc every st, turn.

Rows 2, 3, 6 & 7 : (yellow) Ch 1, sc every st; 2 sc at every corner, turn. Rows 8 – 11 : Ch 2, dc every st,
turn.
Rows 4 & 5 : (green) Ch 1, sc every st; 2 sc at every corner, turn.
BO
Rows 8 – 11 : (green) Ch 2, dc every st, V-st at every corner, turn. BO.

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