A mermaid tale

Hi!

Today I present you the second shawl in original creation Le Crochet d’ Argent: A Mermaid Tale.
Find in the article the free tutorial, in writing and in diagrams ;-) !

A Mermaid Tale is a shawl that begins as a semicircle ans ends as a triangle.
The pattern is made in 2 parts : the semicircle at the first time, and triangle and edge at second time.
This shawl with modern colors is made with merino Freïa handpaint yarn, « cruelty free », and Blue Velvet color. (I use 2 skein of 393m.)
Made with E hook (3,5mm), it measure after bloking 140x76 cm
It’s up to you to play with gradients colors, so have fun!

Abbreviations

ch = chain
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
hdc = half double crochet
Fancy stitch : in sc :
Row1 : sc1, ch1
Row2 : ch1 on sc, sc1 in space of the previous row

Part 1

Row1 : in a magic round, ch3, dc7

Row2 : ch3/dc1 in the 1st dc, dc2 to each dc of the prev row.

Row3 : ch3/dc1, dc1, *dc2 in next st, dc1 in next st*, repeat

Row4 : ch3/dc1 in the first st, *ch2, skip next st, dc1*, repeat, end with dc2 in the last st.

Row5 : ch3/dc1 to each st of the prev row, dc2 to each space of the prev row.

Row6 : ch3/dc1, *ch2, skip the following st,dc1in next st*, repeat, dc2 in the last st.

Row7 : ch3/dc1, dc1 to each dc of the prev row, dc2 to next space.

Row8 : ch5, skip 1 st, dc1 in the 3rd st of the prev row, *ch2, skip next st, dc1 in the following stitch.*, dc1 to each 2 last dc.

Row9 : ch3/dc1, dc2 in first space, *dc1 in next st., dc1 in next space, dc1 in next st, dc2 in next space*, dc1 to each 2 last dc.

Row10 : dc2 in 1st st, dc1 to each dc of prev row, dc2 in last st.

Row11 : ch5, skip next stitch, dc1 in third stitch, *dc2, skip next stitch, dc1 in next stitch*, repeat until the end

Row12 : ch3/dc1, dc2 in 1st space, *dc1in next stitch, dc1 in next space, dc1 in following dc, dc2 in next space*

Row13 : dc2 in first stitch, dc1 to each dc, dc2 in last stitch.

Row14 : ch5, skip next stitch, dc1 in third stitch of the prev row, *ch2, skip next, dc1 in next stitch*, end with dc1 to each last 2 stitch.

Row15 : ch3, *dc1 in next dc, dc2 in next space, dc1 in next dc, dc1 in next space*

Row16 and 17 : like 10 and 11

Row18 : ch3, *dc1 in next space, dc1 in next stitch, dc2 in next space, dc1 in next stitch*

Row19 : ch3, dc1 to each dc of the prev row

Row20 : ch5, skip the first 2 stitches, dc1 in the third st, *ch2, skip next stitch, dc1 in next stitch*, repeat until the end

Row21 : ch3, dc2 to each space, repeat until the end

Row22 : ch3, dc1to each dc of the prev row

Row23 : like row 20, but edn with dc1 in the 2 last stitches

Row24 : ch3, dc2 to each space, repeat

Row25 : ch3, dc1 to each dc

Rows 26 to 34 : Repeat the last 3 rows 3 times again

Part 2

Now you should mentally divide your shawl in 3 parts to create the triangle. The number of stitches I give is for indicative, so you may not have the same as me.
Nevermind, take approximately 60 stitches to each side of the semicircle, so that you have a number of stitches divisible by 3.

Row35 : sc1 in the 60 dc of the previous row, *ch5, skipt 2 st, sc1 in the third stitch*, repeat on the 99 central stitches, then sc1 to each dc.

We work now with the fancy stitch (cf diagram).
Every 2 rows, increase at beginning and at end of each row by crocheting 2 sc in the first and the last stitch of the previous row.
You should sometimes crochet 3sc at beginning of the row for respecting the fancy stitch (sc in a space/ch1)
To each row you will have 2 hoops less to each side, until there is only one.

Row36 : sc2 in the first st, *ch1, sc1 in next space* until the 2 last stitch before hoop, sc1 in the 2 sc before the hoops, sc3 in the first hoop, *ch5, sc1 in next hoop*, repeat until the last hoop, sc3 in the last hoop, sc2 in the first 2 stitches of the previous row, *ch1, sc1 in next space*, sc2 in the last stitch.

Row 37 : ch1 , sc1 in the first stitch, *ch1, sc1 in next space*, repeat until the 2 last stitch before hoop, sc1 in the 2 sc before the hoops , sc3 in the first hoop, *ch5, sc1 in next hoop*, repeat until the last hoop, sc3 in the last hoop, sc2 in the first 2 stitches of the previous row, *ch1, sc1 in next space*, sc1 in the last stitch.

Always repeat this 2-rows until you have one central-hoop.
So repeat one more time 1 row of fancy stitch.
Crochet in the central-hoop : sc3, ch1, sc3.

You have made the triangle.

Edge

hdc2 in the last stitch of the prev row, hdc1 to each sc and each space of the prev row, hdc1/ch2/hdc1 in the central space, hdc1 to each sc and each space of the prev row, hdc2 in last stitch.

Last row : ch3/dc4 in the forst st, *skip 3 stitches, dc7 in the next stitch, skip 3 st, sc1 in next st* repeat until the point, sc3 in ch2 of the prev row, *skip 3 st, dc7 in next st, skip 3st, sc1 in the next stitch*, skip 3stitch, dc5 in the last stitch.

Fasten off, block and wear !