BASE PATTERN FOR A CRESCENT WRAP
another brighter option i tried last night
4MM HOOK,
Space dyed yarn for automatic colour changes, dk
US Terms.
A crescent shawl always sits beautifully around your shoulders wraps around you and give that
lovely hug we all like
This pattern has been inspired by the crescent Moon and what it means....
The women of this world seem to have a very special connection to the moon, and the crescent moon
is
a beautiful way to express her dark and mysterious side. The moon is a symbol of regeneration,
and without the female of the species bringing new life into the world, there would be no life.
FOR EVERYONE with a new beginning or new life in their family.
PATTERN
Please note that you start with a right angle triangle made from the top point to the wide base, then
a straight length, then a right angle triangle from the wide bit to the finishing point.
INCREASE is ONLY ON ONE SIDE, and the other side is kept straight making a right angled triangle.
Sl st, on hook, ch3
ROW 1: dc, in first ch, [2dc]
ROW 2: ch2, turn miss the first st, dc into sp. [2dc]
ROW 3: ch2, turn, dc in first st, dc in next st, dc in sp between last 2 sts. [3dc]
ROW 4: ch2, turn, miss the first st, dc in next st, dc, in sp between last 2 sts. [3dc]
ROW 5: ch2, turn, dc in first st, dc in all sts, dc in sp between last 2 sts. [4dc]
ROW 6: ch2 turn, miss first st, dc in all stitches, dc in sp, between last 2 sts. [4dc]
NOTES: by row 6 you can easily see which is the straight side if you have difficulty then add a st,
marker to the increase side so you always know which row starts with a stitch into first st.
ROWS 7-33: REPEAT ROWS 5 AND 6 ALTERNATELY
Ending with 2 rows of each increase...
2,2 3,3 4,4 5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8...... and so on, until you have 18sts in last 2 rows. [18dc]
ROWS 33-51: mark row 33, then work each row STRAIGHT,
ONE STITCH IN EACH STITCH with NO INCREASE, FOR 19 ROWS.
the ch2 counts as the first st [18sts]
IMPORTANT NOTE: This odd number of rows will ensure you can add almost any stitch to the
side bands. Some stitches can be done in each section, so it doesn't matter how many sections
you have, but some stitches require 2 sections e.g. a shell stitch you would do the shell in the
first section, and the anchor stitch in the second section, then repeat so at the end you would
end the row with an anchor section if the number of sections is even, with the extra section
[odd number of sections] you will have enough sections to finish with a shell st not the anchor....
hope that helps with designing the side rows?
ROWS 52-83: decrease ONLY on the same side as the increase and do 2 rows of each count, 17,17,16,16,15,15,14,14...as so on until only 2 stitches remain.
Pull yarn through and hold ready for the first row of the next stage.
HOW TO DECREASE
ch1, hold on hook, half make a dc pull yarn through both sts, now counts as
one st.
JOINING THE CAL?
the base crescent can be made in a couple of hours so if you are quick and want to make more
than one ready for Monday and stage 2, feel free, I'm sure there will be lots of variations to
have fun with.
SO... 4 Days to make one or more base crescent ready to add the chosen side bands. I will share
a few tips on adding your chosen stitches on Monday.
SOME YARN OPTIONS:
Any yarn could be used but my suggestion is to use dk and 4mm hook
A space dyed yarn is a good idea, if you want to use lots of colours, so that you can concentrate
on the increasing and decreasing.
Different coloured yarns can be used in the second stage side bands
On Monday i will add my options for the side rows, there are many many options to complete
this Crescent Moon wrap. Hope some of you will join the fun and try your own stitches so that we can make a few crochet community Wraps.
All the variations will be share by the participating Hookers on my Facebook Group
click the link and join the crochet community
Here are a couple of the variations i've tried so far, there will be hundreds of options you could try, so have fun
Update August 3rd
2nd Crecsent Moon Shawl completed, this is more of a scarf than a wrap really as i only had one ball of the bright yarn.
8 pattern rows of Block stitch added to the base pattern with a spiky,
black and cream tweed triangle edging
