Chain Link Shawl The Official Shawl of the Crochet Guild of America’s 20th Anniversary!
By Reneé Rodgers Copyright 2014 Crochet Reneé Skill Level Intermediate Finished Measurements Shawl is 34" long (center back to tip) and 72" wide. Materials Red Heart Soft 100% Acrylic Yarn (5oz/141g/256yds/234m)
o 1 skein True Green (Color A) o 3 skeins Light Grey Heather (Color B) o 1 skein White (Color C) Crochet hook size US K-10½ (6.50mm) Yarn needle Gauge Center ring motifs are 4" in diameter. Gauge for side panels: 4 rows and 2 pattern repeats = 4". TAKE TIME TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE Abbreviations ch = chain rep = repeat sc = single crochet sl st = slip stitch tr = treble crochet Special Stitches Picot (Pic) – Ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook. Notes Ch-4 at beginning of ring motifs counts as tr.
Center Panel First motif (half ring): With Color A, ch 20, join with sl st to first ch to form a ring. Sl st into ring, ch 4, 19 tr into center of ring, finish off. (20 tr) Second motif: With Color B, ch 20, insert beginning of ch into ch-20 sp of first motif, join with sl st to first ch to form a ring. (This will interlock the motifs together.) Sl st into ring, ch 4, 39 tr into center of ring, join with sl st to top of ch-4, finish off. All remaining motifs: With Color C, ch 20, insert beginning of ch into ch 20 sp of previous motif, join with sl st to first ch to form a ring. Sl st into ring, ch 4, 40 tr into
center of ring, join with sl st to top of ch-4, finish off. Continue in this manner, alternating colors in an A-B-C sequence until you have a panel of 12 linked rings. Join Color B with a sc at top of center panel at the top of the half ring, *ch 7, sc in any 3 consecutive tr of next ring, rep from * 10 times, finish off. Turn panel over and repeat on opposite side of center panel, assuring that the single crochets worked into the rings allow the panel to lie flat. Side Panels Row 1: Using Color B, join with sl st at 1st ch at top of center panel, ch 5, sk next ch on side of center panel *sc in next st (ch or sc), 2 Pic, sc in next st, Pic, sc in next st, ch 5**, sk 3 st, rep from *16 times, rep from * to ** once, end with sc in last ch, turn. Row 2: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *17 times, turn. Row 3: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 16 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 4: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *16 times, turn. Row 5: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 15 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 6: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *15 times, turn. Row 7: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 14 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 8: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *14 times, turn. Row 9: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 13 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 10: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *13 times, turn. Row 11: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 12 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 12: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *12 times, turn. Row 13: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 11 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 14: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *11 times, turn.
Row 15: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 10 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 16: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *10 times, turn. Row 17: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 9 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 18: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *9 times, turn. Row 19: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 8 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 20: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *8 times, turn. Row 21: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 7 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 22: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *7 times, turn. Row 23: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 6 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 24: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *6 times, turn. Row25: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 5 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 26: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *5 times, turn. Row 27: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 4 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 28: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *4 times, turn. Row 29: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 3 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 30: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *3 times, turn. Row 31: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 2 times, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 32: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *2 times, turn. Row 33: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, rep from * 1 time, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn.
Row 34: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 9, sc in next ch-5 sp, rep from *1 time, turn. Row 35: *Ch 5, (sc, 2 Pic, sc, Pic, sc) in next ch-9 sp, ch 5, sc in last ch-9 sp, turn. Row 36: Sl st to 2nd ch, sc in ch-5 sp, ch 9, sc in last ch-sp, finish off. Repeat on opposite side of center panel. With yarn needle, weave in all loose ends.