Spider Stitch Shawl Free Pattern

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Now to my recent crochet project and its pattern.

This Spider Stitch Shawl looks prettier in reality than in the pictures. I used Vanna’s Glamour yarn by Lion Brand, which has metallic polyester thread added. The shawl indeed looks glamorous. But the pictures don’t do it justice and show it rather as boringly grey. 

Now let me tell you how I made this shawl. There were four steps:

First, I crocheted the triangle using spider stitch.

Then, I made edging along two shorter sides of the triangle.

Next, I crocheted one round of single crochets around all three sides.

And finally, I added fringe (which was the most boring part).

As I was crocheting, I took detailed notes, so I could write the pattern. I didn’t have difficulty with the spider stitch, but I did have some trouble writing the pattern for the edging and especially the final round of single crochets.

As you can see from the pictures, the edging itself is not elaborate; it’s just four rows of simple mesh. And what’s too difficult about making a round or single crochets?

But I did have trouble writing down how to make the spacing between the stitches even, especially along the longest side of the triangle. I apologize if that part of the pattern is not very clear. 

But as I said, the edging is simple and perhaps you can make it without the pattern. Or, perhaps, you can come up with your own, fancier edging.

You are welcome to use my pattern to make shawls for personal use or for sale. But if someone asks you about the pattern, please refer them to my blog. Thank you!

Size: 62 inches wide, 35 inches long (not including fringe)

Materials:

Vanna’s Glamour by Lion Brand, Color 150 Platinum, 7 balls

US size E/4 (3.50mm) hook

Row1: Ch 4, 2 dc in fourth ch from hook. Ch 3, turn.

Row 2: 2 dc into first st of row, ch 4, 3 dc into last dc. Ch 3, turn.

Row 3: 2 dc into first st of row, ch 6, 3 dc into last dc. Ch 3, turn.

Row 4: 2 dc into first st of row, ch 8, 3 dc into last dc. Ch 3, turn.

Row 5: 2 dc into first st of row, ch 4, skip 1 dc, 3 dc in next dc, ch 2, sc in ch-4 space grabbing all three chains of previous rows, ch 2, 3 dc in next dc, ch 4, 3 dc into last dc. Ch 3, turn.

Row 6: 2 dc into first st of row, ch 6, skip next 4 dc, 3 dc in next dc, ch 1, 3 dc into next dc, ch 6, 3 dc into last dc. Ch 3, turn.

Row 7: 2 dc into first st of row, ch 8, 3 dc into ch-1 space, ch 8, 3 dc into last dc. Ch 3, turn.

Row 8: 2 dc into first st of row, *ch 4, skip 1 dc, 3 dc into next dc, ch 2, sc into ch-4 space grabbing all three chains or previous rows, ch 2, 3 dc in next dc* 2 times, ch 4, 3 dc into last dc. Ch 3, turn.

Row 9: 2 dc into first st of row, *ch 6, skip next 4 dc, 3 dc in next dc, ch 1, 3 dc into next dc* 2 times, ch 6, 3 dc into last dc. Ch 3, turn.

Row 10: 2 dc into first st of row, *ch 8, 3 dc into ch-1 space* 2 times, ch 8, 3 dc into last dc. Ch 3, turn. 

Repeat Rows 8 through 10 increasing executing instructions from * to * by one. 

For example, in the rows 11, 12, and 13 you will need to execute instructions from * to * three time. In the rows 14, 15, and 16, you will need to execute these instructions four times. And so on.

Continue crocheting your triangle until you have 90 rows in total.

Row 91: 2 dc into first st of row, *ch 4, sc into ch-4 space grabbing 2 chains of previous rows, ch 4, 3 dc into ch-1 space* 29 times, ch 4, sc into ch-4 space grabbing 2 chains of previous rows, ch 4, 3 dc in last dc.

Don’t make turning ch 3 in the last row.

Edging:

Continue crocheting along the shorter sides of the triangle.

Row 1: Ch 4, dc in same space, *ch 2, dc* in end of each row across; (dc, ch 5, dc) all in corner space; *ch 2, dc* in end of each row across. Make (ch 2, dc, ch 1, dc) all in the end of last row. Ch 5, turn.

Row 2: Dc in next dc, *ch 2, dc in next dc* across; (ch 2, dc, ch 5, dc) all in third ch of corner ch-5; *ch 2, dc in next dc* across. Ch 4, turn.

Row 3: dc in same space, *ch 2, dc in next dc* across; (ch 2, dc, ch 5, dc) all in third ch of corner ch-5; *ch2, dc in next dc* across; (ch 2, dc, ch 1, dc) all in the last stitch. Ch 5, turn.

Row 4 same as Row 2, but don’t make turning ch 4 at the end of the row.

Now we are going to make one round of single crochets at the perimeter of the entire triangle (this is the part I warned you about in the beginning of this post).

Ch 1, turn.

2 sc in next ch-2 space across; 4 sc into corner space, 2 sc in next ch-2 space across; 4 sc into next corner space. Continue crocheting along the longest side of the triangle: *2 dc in next space* three times (those were the spaces of the three rows of the edging).

Now continue crocheting into the last row of the spider stitch pattern. *Skip next dc, sc in next space, 3 sc in next ch-4 space, 3 sc in next ch-4 space* across. Skip next dc, sc in next space.

*2 dc in next space* four times (the spaces of four rows of the edging). Sl st to join. Fasten off.

Fringe:

If you have never made fringe before, I recommend you check out Youtube for some related videos first.

Cut yarn into strands 18 inches long.

Stretch your shawl on a surface the wrong side up. Take three strands of yarns at a time and make fringe in corner space and into every other ch-2 space of the edging.  Then tie the fringe into knots as shown in the picture below.

Trim the ends if needed.

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