Throw Me A Kiss Shawl is a great beginner crochet shawl pattern. Step up this simple shawl base with a beautiful lace border. Impress your friends, and yourself, with how easily you can make this lace border crochet shawl for your wardrobe.
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Beginner Crochet Shawl Pattern
My most recent FREE crochet pattern is the Throw Me A Kiss Crochet Shawl. Worked in Red Heart Soft yarn and two colors you will fall in love with how quickly this pattern works up.
The body of the shawl is a beginner friendly mesh pattern. Step it up a notch with the lace pattern to finish off your shawl. Unlike other shawls this is on the smaller side. Great for your petite friends or to add a button, or single crochet the two sides together, to make your own bandana scarf.
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MEASUREMENTS
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: 42” [106.68 cm] wingspan (not including picot trim) x 20″ [50.8 cm] at (not including trim) center point; edging from row 1 to the picot of round 6 = 2.5” [6.35 cm].
GAUGE: 9 stitch pattern repeats (dc and ch-1 sp) = 4″ [10 cm] CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge. Exact gauge is not critical to this project.
MATERIALS
Yarn: Red Heart® Soft™ [Art. E728 available in solid color 5 oz (141 g), 256 yd (234 m), print 4 oz (113 g), 204 yd (187 m), and heather 4oz (113 g), 212 yd (194m) balls], Light Gray Heather (MC) 1 ball, Grape (CC) 1 ball.
Hook: Susan Bates® H/8 [5 mm]
Notions
Stitch Markers, Bent Tip Tapestry Needle
ABBREVIATIONS
Ch– chain
Sc– single crochet
Dc– double crochet
Ch-sp- Chain Space
Pm– place marker
Tch– turning chain
MC- main color
CC- contrasting color
SPECIAL STITCHES
Small Filet Crochet Mesh: This most basic of mesh patterns. Small Mesh is built on a grid of double crochet separated by one chain.
Stitch Multiple for gauge swatch: An odd number of sts, plus 3 for the foundation chain.
Set-up: Dc in 6th ch from hook (skipped ch count as ch-1 sp and dc), *ch 1, skip 1 ch, dc in next ch; rep from * to end, turn.
Row 1: Ch 4 (counts as dc and ch-1 sp), skip first dc and ch-1 sp, *dc in next dc, ch 1, skip ch-1 sp; rep from * to tch, dc in last ch, ch 1, skip 1 ch on t-ch, dc in next ch of tch, turn.
Repeat row 1 for gauge swatch.
PATTERN NOTES
- By using the removable stitch marker to mark the CENTER stitch,, it becomes a reference point for the center increase throughout the pattern.
- Change color every 2 rows.
- To change color, work last stitch of old color to last yarn over. Yarn over with new color and draw through all loops on hook to complete stitch. Proceed with new color.
- Carry the colors up along side of shawl.
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Throw Me A Kiss Shawl|| FREE CROCHET SHAWL PATTERN
PATTERN
Body
With MC, ch 4.
Row 1 (RS): Skip 3 ch (counts as 1 dc), (dc,ch 1, dc (place marker in the dc just complete), ch 1, 2 dc) in last ch, turn – total of 5 (including original ch 3) dc, 2 ch-1 sps.
Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc now and throughout), dc in first dc (this makes 2 dc in first st and is the increase at the start of the shawl), ch 1, dc in next dc, (ch 1, dc) 3 times in center marked dc, move the marker up to the center dc of last 3 dc made, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, 2 dc in 3rd ch of tch of previous row, turn – 9 dc, 6 ch-1 sps
Change color to CC
Row 3: Ch 3 , dc in first dc, *ch 1, dc in next dc; repeat from * to center marked dc, (ch 1, dc) 3 times in center marked dc, move the marker up to the center dc of last 3 dc made, **ch 1, dc in next dc; repeat from ** to tch, ch 1, 2 dc in 3rd ch of tch of previous row, turn – 13 dc, 10 ch-1 sps.
Row 4: Ch 3 , dc in first dc, *ch 1, dc in next dc; repeat from * to center marked dc, (ch 1, dc) 3 times in center marked dc, move the marker up to the center dc of last 3 dc made, **ch 1, dc in next dc; repeat from ** to tch, ch 1, 2 dc in 3rd ch of tch of previous row, turn – 17 dc, 14 ch-1 sps.
Change color to MC
Row 5: Ch 3), dc in first dc, *ch 1, dc in next dc; repeat from * to center marked dc, (ch 1, dc) 3 times in center marked dc, move the marker up to the center dc of last 3 dc made, **ch 1, dc in next dc; repeat from ** to tch, ch 1, 2 dc in 3rd ch of tch of previous row, turn – 21 dc, 18 ch-1 sps.
Row 6: Ch 3, dc in first dc, *ch 1, dc in next dc; repeat from * to center marked dc, (ch 1, dc) 3 times in center marked dc, move the marker up to the center dc of last 3 dc made, **ch 1, dc in next dc; repeat from ** to tch, ch 1, 2 dc in 3rd ch of tch of previous row, turn – 25 dc, 22 ch-1 sps.
Rep Rows 3-6 (changing color every two rows) 6 times more — 121 dc, 118 ch-1 sps.
Edging/Trim
Continue with MC
Row 1 (RS): Ch 3, dc in first dc, dc in next dc, *dc in next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc; repeat from * to center marked dc, 3 dc in center marked dc, move marker up to the center dc of last 3 dc made, **dc in next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc; repeat from ** to tch, 2 dc in 3rd ch of tch, turn — 243 dc; (121 dc, 1 dc at center, 121 dc).
Row 2 (WS): Ch 1, 2 sc in first dc, sc in each dc to center marked dc, 3 sc in center marked dc, move marker up to the center sc of last 3 sc made, sc in each dc to tch, 2 sc in 3rd ch of tch, turn — 247 dc; (123 dc, 1 dc at center, 123 dc).
With CC
Row 3 (RS): Ch 1, sc in first sc, *ch 1, skip 3 sc, (dc, ch 1) 4 times in next sc, skip 3 sc, sc in next sc; repeat from * 14 times more, skip next 2 sc, (ch 1, dc) 4 times in marked center stitch, move marker up to the 3rd ch-1 made, ch 1, skip next 2 sc, sc in next sc, **ch 1, skip 3 sc, (dc, ch1) 4 times in next sc, skip 3 sc, sc in next sc; repeat from ** across, turn — 31 shells made.
Row 4 (WS): Ch 3, dc in first sc, ch 2, skip 2 dc, (dc, [ch 1, dc] 3 times) in next ch-1 space, ch 2, skip 2 dc, *dc in next sc, ch 2, skip 2 dc, ([dc, ch 1] 3 times dc) in next ch-1 space, ch 2, skip 2 dc; repeat from * 13 times more, dc in next sc, ch 2, skip 2 dc, ([dc, ch 1] 4 times, dc) in next ch-1 space, ch 2, skip 2 dc, **dc in sc, ch 2, skip 2 dc, ([dc, ch 1] 3 times,dc) in next ch-1 space, ch 2, skip 2 dc; repeat from ** to last sc, 2 dc in last sc, turn.
Round 5 (RS): Ch 3, dc in first dc, dc2tog next dc and ch-2 space, *ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, (dc, ch 3, slip stitch in 1st ch, dc) in next ch-1 space, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, sc in next dc; repeat from * 14 times more, [ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next ch-1 sp] twice, ch 1, (dc, ch 3, slip stitch in 1st ch, dc) in next dc, [ch 1, dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, dc in next dc] twice, ch 1, sc in next dc, **ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, (dc, ch 3, slip stitch in 1st ch, dc) in next ch-1 space, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, sc in next dc; repeat from ** 13 times more, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, (dc, ch 3, slip stitch in 1st ch, dc) in next ch-1 space, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc2tog next ch-2 space and next dc, 2 dc in 3rd ch of tch. DO NOT TURN.
Rotate shawl and working along the wingspan of shawl, sc evenly across to start of round 5, join with a slip stitch to first 3rd ch of the beginning.
Fasten off.
Finishing
Weave in all ends.
Add Tassels to edges (optional)
Fold the shawl into thirds and sc around the wingspan edge joining the fabric together and turning the shawl into a bandana cowl (optional)
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