Week 4 part 2 Crochet Tournament of Stitches Mystery Make-Along 2019

Well, we’ve made it to Week 4 part 2 Crochet Tournament of Stitches Mystery Make-Along 2019. Before we get started, I want you to PROMISE that you will be patient with yourselves and with me. This is a challenging section NOT because the stitches are hard but BECAUSE it is different than what most of you have done before.

Also, many of you have different measurements than what I have and that is okay (I think the difference between sections 7 and 8 are my fault but I address that below) . We will figure out how you can adjust the pattern to fit your shawl. BUT you must first understand the basic construction of the triangles.

Please, trust me. We will get through this

And at the same time I am sure I will get a few of you that will just do a couple rounds of plain border and call it good. That would be okay too 😉

Let’s not waste any time and just jump right in.

BORDER

Special Stitches and Abbreviations

Single crochet 2 together (sc2tog): [Insert hook in next or indicated st and pull up a lp] twice, yo and draw through all 3 lps on hook.

Surface slip stitch (surface sl st): Insert hook in indicated sp, yo, pull lp to RS and through lp on hook.

First Side Edging

With Border color and RS of shawl facing, and working along the long edge of the shawl, join yarn with a slip stitch in corner of section 1.

Rnd 1 (RS): Working in ends of rows, ch 1, place marker, evenly space 30 sc in each section across the long edge — 270 sc.

Rotate piece to width edge of section 9, ch 1, sc in each hdc across edge — 13 sc.

Rotate piece to jagged side edge of section 9, ch 1, working in ends of rows, sc evenly spaced 30 sc across section, place a marker in last stitch — 30 sc.

Rotate piece to width edge of section 8, ch 1, sc evenly spaced 16 sc across section (make sure the fabric isn’t puckering) — 16 sc.

Rotate piece to jagged side edge of section 8, ch 1, working in ends of rows, sc evenly spaced 30 sc across section, place a marker in last stitch — 30 sc.

Note: After seeing so many of your samples coming out with this section larger than I had planned, I had a look at my instructions. After calculating everything again, I think I had you leave too many stitches unworked on section 7 when I gave you the instructions for section 8. So, we have a bigger gap to fill if you followed what I had written. That is why these numbers are larger.

At the risk of giving you too much information, I feel the need to tell you that if you do not need all 30 of the stitches for the width edge of section 7 and the established pattern of 16 is enough for your shawl, then do 16 instead of the 30.

Bitmoji Image — Make sure you read that before moving on. Make note of any change you made!

Rotate piece to width edge of section 7, ch 1, sc evenly spaced 30 sc across section — 30 sc.

Rotate piece to jagged side edge of section 7, ch 1, working in ends of rows, sc evenly spaced 30 sc across section, place a marker in last stitch — 30 sc.

Rotate piece to width edge of section 6, ch 1, sc evenly spaced 16 sc across section — 16 sc.

Rotate piece to jagged side edge of section 6, ch 1, working in ends of rows, sc evenly spaced 30 sc across section, place a marker in last stitch — 30 sc.

Rotate piece to width edge of section 5, ch 1, sc evenly spaced 16 sc across section, place a marker in the last stitch of this row (this will be the starting point for triangles 5-8) — 16 sc.

Rotate piece to jagged side edge of section 5, ch 1, working in ends of rows, sc evenly spaced 30 sc across section, place a marker in last stitch — 30 sc.

Rotate piece to opposite width edge of section 5, ch 1, place a marker in the first stitch of this row (this will be the starting point for triangles 1-4), sc evenly spaced 16 sc across section — 16 sc.

Rotate piece to jagged side edge of section 4, ch 1, working in ends of rows, place a marker in first stitch, sc evenly spaced 30 sc across section, — 30 sc.

Rotate piece to width edge of section 4, ch 1, sc evenly spaced 16 sc across section — 16 sc.

Rotate piece to jagged side edge of section 3, ch 1, working in ends of rows, place a marker in first stitch, sc evenly spaced 30 sc across section, — 30 sc.

Rotate piece to width edge of section 3, ch 1, sc evenly spaced 16 sc across section — 16 sc.

Rotate piece to jagged side edge of section 2, ch 1, working in ends of rows, place a marker in first stitch, sc evenly spaced 30 sc across section, — 30 sc.

Rotate piece to width edge of section 2, ch 1, sc evenly spaced 16 sc across section — 16 sc.

Rotate piece to jagged side edge of section 1, ch 1, working in ends of rows, place a marker in first stitch, sc evenly spaced 30 sc across section, — 30 sc.

Rotate piece to width edge of section 1, ch 1, sc in each hdc across edge — 13 sc.

Ch 1, join with a slip stitch to first sc of rnd. Fasten off.

The long straight edge of the shawl has 270 sc. Each jagged edge of each section now has 16 sc along the width edge and 30 sc along the height edge (or long edge or row edge…whichever way best describes the edge) with the exception of the width on section 7 which has more to fill a bigger gap.

Triangle Side Sections

1st Triangle– START AT MARKER ON SECTION 5 WORKING TOWARDS SECTION 1

With RS of shawl facing, the second added marker of Section 5, join border color in the marked stitch with a slip stitch.

Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, sc in next 15 sc, sc2tog in last sc and first sc of side edge (this stitch is marked with a marker to help you find it, you can remove the marker after you work into the stitch), sl st in next sc of side edge, turn — 16 sc.

Row 2 (decrease row): Skip the sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 15 sc.

Row 3: Ch 1, sc in first 14 sc, sc2tog in last sc and next sc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 4 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 14 sc.

Row 5: Ch 1, sc in first 13 sc, sc2tog in last sc and next sc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 6 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 13 sc.

Row 7: Ch 1, sc in first 12 sc, sc2tog in last sc and next sc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 8 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 12 sc.

Row 9: Ch 1, sc in first 11 sc, sc2tog in last sc and next sc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 10 (decrease row): Sk sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 11 sc.

Row 11: Ch 1, sc in first 10 sc, sc2tog in last sc and nextsc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 12 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 10 sc.

Row 13: Ch 1, sc in first 9 sc, sc2tog in last sc and next sc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 14 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 9 sc.

Row 15: Ch 1, sc in first 8 sc, sc2tog in last sc and next sc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 16 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 8 sc.

Row 17: Ch 1, sc in first 7 sc, sc2tog in last sc and next sc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 18 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc,sc2tog, turn — 7 sc.

Row 19: Ch 1, sc in first 6 sc, sc2tog in last sc and nextsc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 20 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 6 sc.

Row 21: Ch 1, sc in first 5 sc, sc2tog in last sc and next sc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 22 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 5 sc.

Row 23: Ch 1, sc in first 4 sc, sc2tog in last sc and next sc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 24 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 4 sc.

Row 25: Ch 1, sc in first 3 sc, sc2tog in last sc and next sc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 26 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 3 sc.

Row 27: Ch 1, sc in first 2 sc, sc2tog in last sc and next sc of side edge, sl st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 28 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn — 2 sc.

Row 29: Ch 1, sc in first sc, sc2tog in last sc and next sc of side edge, slip st in next sc of side edge, turn.

Row 30 (decrease row): Skip sl st, sc2tog, turn — 1 sc.

Join with a slip stitch to next ch-1 space.

2nd–4th Triangles

Repeat rows 1-30 to fill the the jagged edge of each section ending at the ch-1 space on section 1. Fasten off.

5th Triangle– START AT MARKER ON SECTION 5 WORKING TOWARDS SECTION 9

With WS of shawl facing, the first added marker of Section 5, join border color in the marked stitch with a slip stitch.

Row 1 (WS) (decrease row): Ch 1, sc in next 15 sc, sc2tog in last sc and first sc of side edge (this stitch is marked with a marker to help you find it, you can remove the marker after you work into the stitch), sl st in next sc of side edge, turn — 16 sc.