This pretty shawl is worked from the top down to the point with dramatic shells that look like sunflower petals. Multi-colored yarn is worked in effortlessly to resemble the look of dense, sunflower seeds.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Size: 25″ deep x 64″ wingspan

Gauge: 18 dc and 10 rows = 4” [10 cm]

Materials

Yarn: Bijou Basin Ranch Himalayan Summit (50% Yak, 50% Merino; 325 yards [297 meters]/100 grams): 06 Curry (MC, 2 balls), 11 Pumpkin Spice (CC, 2 balls)

Hook: US size 7 (4.5 mm)

Notions: Tapestry needle

Abbreviations

CC: contrast color

MC: main color

Tc: turning chain

Special Stitches

Shell: 11 dc in 5 ch-sp

Pattern Notes

The shawl is worked from the top with shells and is increased on each edge until the final shells are completed on the border. Finally, a single crochet edging is worked on the sides and top edge of the piece. 

Sc in the dc or sc of shell in row below – this is a sc that is worked in the center sc or dc below the ch-sp indicated.

Pattern

With MC, ch 58.

Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, ch 1, sk 1 ch, sc in next ch, [ch 5, sk 3 chs, sc in next ch, ch 3, sk 3 chs, sc in next ch] 6 times, ch 5, sk 3 chs, sc in next ch, ch 1, sk 1 ch, sc in last ch.

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first sc, shell, [sc in center ch between 3 ch-sp of row below, shell] 6 times, sc in last sc. (7 shells)

Row 3: Ch 10, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 3 times, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 1 dc, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 3 times, tr in last sc.

Row 4: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 3 times, sc in 3rd dc of shell in row below, shell, sc in 9th dc of shell in row below, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 2 times, sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell in tc, sc in 5th ch of tc. (9 shells)

Row 5: Ch 10, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 4 times, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 1 dc, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 4 times, tr in last sc.

Row 6: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 4 times, sc in 3rd dc of shell in row below, shell, sc in 9th dc of shell in row below, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 3 times, sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell in tc, sc in 5th ch of tc. (11 shells)

Row 7: Ch 10, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 5 times, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5,sk 1 dc, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 5 times, tr in last sc.

Row 8: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 5 times, sc in 3rd dc of shell in row below, shell, sc in 9th dc of shell in row below, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 4 times, sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell in tc, sc in 5th ch of tc. (13 shells)

Row 9: Ch 10, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 6 times, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 1 dc, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 6 times, tr in last sc.

Row 10: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 6 times, sc in 3rd dc of shell in row below, shell, sc in 9th dc of shell in row below, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 5 times, sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell in tc, sc in 5th ch of tc. (15 shells)

Row 11: Ch 10, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 7 times, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 1 dc, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 7 times, tr in last sc.

Row 12: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 7 times, sc in 3rd dc of shell in row below, shell, sc in 9th dc of shell in row below, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 6 times, sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell in tc, sc in 5th ch of tc. (17 shells)

Row 13: Ch 10, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 8 times, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 1 dc, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 8 times, tr in last sc.

Row 14: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 8 times, sc in 3rd dc of shell in row below, shell, sc in 9th dc of shell in row below, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 7 times, sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell in tc, sc in 5th ch of tc. (19 shells)

Row 15: Ch 10, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 9 times, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 1 dc, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 9 times, tr in last sc.

Row 16: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 9 times, sc in 3rd dc of shell in row below, shell, sc in 9th dc of shell in row below, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 8 times, sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell in tc, sc in 5th ch of tc. (21 shells)

Row 17: Ch 10, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 10 times, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 1 dc, [sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc] 10 times, tr in last sc.

Row 18: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 10 times, sc in 3rd dc of shell in row below, shell, sc in 9th dc of shell in row below, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 9 times, sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell in tc, sc in 5th ch of tc. Do not turn. (23 shells)

Row 19: Join CC to sc at beginning of current row, ch 1, sc in first sc, sc in each dc and sc across row, fasten off and break CC.

Row 20: Using MC, Ch 10, [sk 4 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc] 11 times, sk 2 sc, sc in next sc, ch 1, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 1, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, [sk 4 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc] 11 times, tr in last sc.

Row 21: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 11 times, sc in 3rd dc of shell in row below, shell, sc in 9th dc of shell in row below, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 10 times, sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell in tc, sc in 5th ch of tc. (25 shells)

Row 22: Rep Row 19.

Row 23: Using MC, Ch 10, [sk 4 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc] 12 times, sk 2 sc, sc in next sc, ch 1, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 1, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, [sk 4 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc] 12 times, tr in last sc.

Row 24: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 12 times, sc in 3rd dc of shell in row below, shell, sc in 9th dc of shell in row below, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 11 times, sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell in tc, sc in 5th ch of tc. (27 shells)

Fasten off and break MC.

Row 25: Rep Row 19. Do not fasten off or break CC.

Row 26: Ch 10, [sk 5 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 5 sc, tr in next sc, ch 5] 12 times, sk 5 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 5 sc, dc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc, dc in next sc, ch 5, [sk 5 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 5 sc, tr in next sc, ch 5] 12 times, sk 5 sc, sc in next dc, ch 5, tr in last sc.

Row 27: Ch 3, 4 dc in top of tr, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 5 ch-sp] 26 times, ch 1, (5 dc, ch 1, 5 dc) in next 5 ch-sp, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 5 ch-sp] 26 times, ch 1, 5 dc in tc, ch 1, 5 dc in 5th ch of tc.

Row 28: Ch 3, 4 dc in first dc, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 1 ch-sp] 27 times, ch 1, (5 dc, ch 1, 5 dc) in next 1 ch-sp, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 1 ch-sp] 27 times, ch 1, 5 dc in tc.

Row 29: Ch 3, 4 dc in first dc, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 1 ch-sp] 28 times, ch 1, (5 dc, ch 1, 5 dc) in next 1 ch-sp, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 1 ch-sp] 28 times, ch 1, 5 dc in tc.

Row 30: Ch 3, 4 dc in first dc, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 1 ch-sp] 29 times, ch 1, (5 dc, ch 1, 5 dc) in next 1 ch-sp, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 1 ch-sp] 29 times, ch 1, 5 dc in tc.

Row 31: Ch 3, 4 dc in first dc, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 1 ch-sp] 30 times, ch 1, (5 dc, ch 1, 5 dc) in next 1 ch-sp, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 1 ch-sp] 30 times, ch 1, 5 dc in tc.

Fasten off and break CC.

Row 32: Join MC to first dc, ch 10, sk 2 dc, sc in next dc, [ch 3, sk 4 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 4 dc, sc in next dc] 15 times, ch 3, sc in next 1 ch-sp, ch 5, sk 2 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 4 dc, sc in next dc, ch 5, sc in next 1 ch-sp, ch 3, sk 2 dc, sc in next dc, [ch 5, sk 4 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 4 dc, sc in next dc] 15 times, ch 5, tr in tc.

Row 33: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 3 ch-sp, shell] 16 times, shell, [shell, sc in 3 ch-sp] 16 times, shell, sc in 5th ch of tc. (35 shells)

Row 34: Rep Row 19.

Row 35: Using MC, ch 10, [sk 4 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc] 16 times, sk 2 sc, sc in next sc, ch 1, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 1, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, [sk 4 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc] 16 times, tr in last sc.

Row 36: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 17 times, sc in 3rd dc of shell in row below, shell, sc in 9th dc of shell in row below, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 16 times, sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell in tc, sc in 5th ch of tc. (37 shells)

Row 37: Rep Row 19.

Row 38: Using MC, ch 10, [sk 4 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc] 17 times, sk 2 sc, sc in next sc, ch 1, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 1, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, [sk 4 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc] 17 times, tr in last sc.

Row 39: Ch 1, sc in tr, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 18 times, sc in 3rd dc of shell in row below, shell, sc in 9th dc of shell in row below, shell, [sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell] 17 times, sc in 6th dc of shell in row below, shell in tc, sc in 5th ch of tc. (39 shells) Fasten off and break MC.

Row 40: Rep Row 19. Do not fasten off or break CC.

Row 41: Ch 10, [sk 5 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 5 sc, tr in next sc, ch 5] 18 times, sk 5 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 5 sc, dc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 3 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sk 3 sc, dc in next sc, ch 5, [sk 5 sc, sc in next sc, ch 5, sk 5 sc, tr in next sc, ch 5] 18 times, sk 5 sc, sc in next dc, ch 5, tr in last sc.

Row 42: Ch 3, 4 dc in top of tr, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 5 ch-sp] 38 times, ch 1, (5 dc, ch 1, 5 dc) in next 5 ch-sp, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 5 ch-sp] 38 times, ch 1, 5 dc in tc, ch 1, 5 dc in 5th ch of tc.

Row 43: Ch 3, 4 dc in first dc, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 1 ch-sp] 39 times, ch 1, (5 dc, ch 1, 5 dc) in next 1 ch-sp, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 1 ch-sp] 39 times, ch 1, 5 dc in tc.

Row 44: Ch 3, 4 dc in first dc, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 1 ch-sp] 40 times, ch 1, (5 dc, ch 1, 5 dc) in next 1 ch-sp, [ch 1, 5 dc in next 1 ch-sp] 40 times, ch 1, 5 dc in tc.

Fasten off and break CC.

Row 45: Join MC to first dc, ch 8, sk 2 dc, sc in next dc, [ch 8, sk 4 dc, sc in next dc] 83 times, ch 8, sc in tc.

Row 46: Ch 1, [(sc, 2 hdc, 4 dc, picot, 4 dc, 2 hdc, sc) in next 8 ch-sp] 85 times. Do not turn.

Finishing

Using MC, work 3 sc in each ch-sp and tr along edge of Shawl, sc in each beg-ch across top, 3 sc in each ch-sp and tr along edge.

Fasten off and break MC.

Weave in ends.

Block to measurements.