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Enjoy the silence shawl free pattern

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Do you want to add to your wardrobe by making something with your own hands? Then, you’re in the right place! Do you want to express your creativity through crochet but you aren’t very experienced in it? Or maybe, you’ve just started your crochet adventure, but you’d like to make something beautiful and useful immediately? Then you’re in the right place! Are you an experienced crocheter, but you’d like to watch your favorite TV show while crocheting, so you need something easy to work on? Then you’re in the right place!

Because this shawl is a great contribution to your wardrobe, and it’s so easy to make that every beginner would be capable of making it. Plus you can watch your favorite podcast or TV show, and after some time you will have something beautiful to wear around your neck.

Pattern is written using US crochet terminology. UK terms are given in brackets.

Level: Beginner
Size: 300 x 35 cm (118” x 12”)
Crochet hook: 3.5mm (USA-E / UK-9)
Gauge: 19 st in 10 cm

The shawl is very long, narrow and symmetrical. It is crocheted from one tip of the triangle to the other, from point A to point B. If you want your shawl to be shorter and wider, instead of double treble crochet (triple treble crochet) use treble crochet (double treble crochet). Start with one color; change the color when you have gone through the whole skein of yarn. Repeat that until you finish all 6 skeins.

We will always increase/decrease the width on the same side of the shawl. We’ll increase every row by one stitch until we reach the widest point of the shawl. From that point we’re going to decrease every row by one stitch.

Material needed:

For this shawl you can use whatever yarn you like, I’d only advise against using chunky yarn, because it doesn’t drape very well. I used 100% cotton yarn 125m/50g

3 skeins (50g) of “Tango color” no. 0092 – 100% cotton 125m/50g
3 skeins (50g) of “Tango color” no. 0192 – 100% cotton 125m/50g

In this step-by-step tutorial you will learn how to do the increase/decrease. And that’s the only thing you should know in order to make this super easy shawl.

Row 1: Start with a magic ring. Make ch-5 in the ring. Counts as dtr (trtr) – Picture 1

Make 3 dtr (trtr) in the ring. (4 st in total) – Picture 2

Pull the tail and close the ring. – Picture 3

Row 2: Make ch-5, – Picture 4

then turn your work over. – Picture 5

Make dtr (trtr) in the same stitch; (increase) – Picture 6

Make dtr (trtr) in the next 2 stitches. – Picture 7

Make dtr (trtr) in the fifth chain of the initial ch-5. – Picture 8

I put the stitch marker on the side where we will do the increase. – Picture 9

Row 3: Make ch-5, turn over your work. Since this is the side where we don’t do the increase, we will not make dtr (trtr) in the same stitch. – Picture 10

Instead, we will make dtr (trtr) in the next 3 st. Now, we need to do the increase, but I don’t like to do it in ch-5 (which is the last stitch). – Picture 11

Instead, we will do the increase in the last dtr (trtr) of the row, so make one more dtr (trtr) in the last dtr (trtr) of the row. – Picture 12

so, make dtr (trtr) in the fifth st of the initial ch-5. – Picture 13

Row 4: Make ch-5, turn over and make dtr (trtr) in the same stitch (increase). – Picture 14

Make dtr (trtr) in the next five stitches. As you can see we increased every row by one stitch. – Picture 15

And now you know how and where to do the increase. You only have to repeat the second and the third row until you reach the widest point of the shawl.
In the second row we did the increase at the beginning of the row – in the first stitch. In the third row we did the increase at the end of the row – in the next-to-last stitch, which is dtr (trtr). The last stitch is ch-5.
So, repeat the second and the third row until you achieve the desired width. Now, we are going to do the decrease in every row, on the same side of the shawl where we did the increase.

When you achieve the desired width, make ch-5, turn over, make 1 dtr (trtr) in every stitch, until you reach the last dtr (trtr) of the row, which is the next-to-last stitch. Now we’re going to make dtr 2tog (trtr2tog) – Picture 16

make an “incomplete” dtr (trtr) – yo three times, insert your needle into the next dtr (trtr), pull up a loop, [yo, draw the yarn through two loops] three times, and now stop. You should have 2 loops on the hook. – Picture 17

Make one more “incomplete” dtr (trtr) in the fifth chain of ch-5; now you should have 3 loops on your hook. – Picture 18

yo and draw the yarn through all three loops. We’ve just done the decrease at the end of the row. – Picture 19

Now, we’re going to do the decrease at the beginning of the row, so make ch-5; – Picture 20

make an “incomplete” dtr (trtr) in the next stitch; – Picture 21

make another “incomplete dtr (trtr) in the next stitch – you should have three loops on the hook; – Picture 22

yo, and draw the yarn through all three loops on your hook. – Picture 23

continue working 1 dtr (trtr) in each stitch until you reach the end of the row; – Picture 24

make ch-5, turn over, make 1 dtr (trtr) in each stitch; – Picture 25

make 1 “incomplete” dtr (trtr) in the last two stitches; – Picture 26

yo, and draw the yarn through all three loops on the hook. – Picture 27

Again, we’re going to do the decrease at the beginning of the row, so make ch-5, turn over, make an “incomplete” dtr (trtr) in the next two stitches, – Picture 28

yo, and draw the yarn through all three loops. – Picture 29

Now, you just have to repeat those two rows – the row where you do the decrease at the end of the row, and the row where you do the decrease at the beginning of the row, until you’re left with only four stitches. Cut the yarn and fasten off. – Picture 30

And now you have it! Very easy and simple to make beautiful crochet shawl pattern!

Feel free to sell the finished products made from this pattern, but please link back to my site: dadasplace for credit. And, please don’t use my pictures to sell your work.

Although this pattern is free, it is copyright protected, so please don’t sell or publish this pattern anywhere, don’t translate it, or make YouTube videos without my permission. Thank you for respecting my work!

Hope you will like the pattern, and maybe will try it out! If so, I would love to see it! Please be free to share it to my Facebook page, or on Instagram, and use hash tag #enjoythesilenceshawl. I’m looking forward to seeing your beautiful creations, it will bring me a lot of joy!

Lazy Summer Day Blanket

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Can you remember long, lazy summer days when you were a child, and when it looked like all the nature, smells and sounds existed only to show you how great it is to be alive and free? This blanket reminds me of those times, so precious, carefree and serene. So, I decided to name this blanket “Lazy Summer Day” blanket.
Maybe this pattern looks familiar to you. That’s because I’ve already used the same granny squares to make my boho bags. When I finished writing the tutorial for those bags I knew that I would use this pattern again, because I loved the squares so much that I couldn’t resist making a blanket using those beautiful squares. And blankets are still my favorite things to crochet, in spite of “shawlmania” which I caught this past winter.

The blanket is square shaped, it is made of 36 squares, and measures 90 x 90 cm (35.5” x 35.5”). The squares measure approximately 13 x 13 cm (5” x 5”). I would say that this pattern is suitable for advanced beginners to intermediate crocheters. There are no complicated techniques or stitches in the pattern. Let me tell you something. I recently started learning to knit, and I was making my first knitted object, a really simple shawl. The pattern required knitting two stitches together. I must admit that I found it so difficult, that I almost gave up making the shawl. Nothing in crochet was so difficult, even at the beginning. I managed to finish that row of knitting two stitches together after several torturous hours with the help of another knitting needle, which I’d never seen anyone do, but there was no other way to accomplish that. So, crochet stitches are much easier and enjoyable to do than knitting two stitches together! If you can make a magic loop, you’ll be fine, because I explained everything else in detail, with a lot of step-by-step pictures.

This blanket can be made with any yarn, except maybe some woolly, chunky yarn. I love cotton yarn, and think that cotton, or some cotton mix is ideal for this summery blanket. I used pale powdery pink yarn “Tanja”, 100% cotton, 125m/50g, from Bimtex (Serbia). For the flowers I used a different cotton yarn of the same weight, which I already had in my stash.
Since the yarn I used for this blanket isn’t available on-line and you can’t get it if you live anywhere outside of Serbia (and it’s probably 99.9% of you) I would like to recommend two alternatives to the yarn I used. They’re both 100% cotton yarn, the same weight as “Tanja” yarn, and they’re gorgeous!
The first one is “Catona”, manufactured by Scheepjes, which you’re probably very familiar with, especially if you live in Europe. “Catona” has a very rich and beautiful color palette (somewhere over 100 shades!)
The second one is “Catania” from Schachenmayr. It also comes in a variety of colors (96 to be exact!), and looks beautiful.

The pattern is very detailed, with more than 90 step-by-step pictures explaining all the steps of the process. The pattern is written in English, in both US and UK crochet terms.
For those of you who have already bought my Boho bag pattern I have some good news. If you want to receive this pattern for free, just send me an email and say that you have already bought the bag pattern and I will send this pattern to you as a gift.

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Lazy Summer Day blanket pattern & step-by-step tutorial is now available in Dada’s place shop, (payment options: Credit cards & PayPal).

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You can also buy it in my Ravelry shop and in my Etsy shop. (payment option: PayPal)

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Crochet Shawlmania!

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This winter I didn’t catch the flu. Or a cold. Or any other disease, for that matter. But, I did catch a shawlmania! Yes, totally! The whole December I didn’t do anything else but crochet different kinds of shawls. One for myself, one for my sister, one for my mother in law, one for my friend… I even started making the fifth one, but I haven’t finished it yet. And I’m not sure if I will, because I started several new projects in the meantime, and I’m not quite happy with how the shawl is developing…

I absolutely love all 4 shawls I made, and enjoyed making every single one of them.

The first shawl I made this winter is The Winifred shawl, the lovely pattern by The Loopy Stitch. The pattern is beautiful, and I really enjoyed making it. I decided to use the yarn I already had in my stash, Bodrum from Alize, 48% linen, 52% polyester, 280m/100g. I love that yarn. And I love how the shawl turned out.

I made this shawl for myself, and I haven’t blocked it yet. I know. This is how I treat myself. I shouldn’t treat myself like that. I’ve just soaked the shawl in wool wash, and I’m going to block it!

The second shawl I made is Victoria shawl, the pattern by Sandra Cherry Heart. The best thing about this shawl is the pattern itself. Don’t get me wrong the shawl is gorgeous, but Sandra did such a great job with this pattern. It’s very well written and clear (there are written instructions as well as the crochet chart, and there is even the stitch counts chart), I just loved how easy the process of making it was.

I used Angora Gold Simli, from Alize, 75% acrylic, 20% wool, 5% metalized polyester, 500m/100g

I made it as a Christmas present for my mother in law, and she is thrilled!

The third shawl was a real joy to make, because it is a butterfly shawl, and because I made it for my sister. She’s one of my favorite people on the planet. She loves butterflies, always taking pictures of them; they often fly down on her hand. I’m a dog person myself. She’s a butterfly person.

So, what other shawl to make for a butterfly person but a butterfly shawl? The pattern is called Butterfly Stitch Prayer Shawl, by Debi Adams, and it is a free Ravelry download.

For this project I chose really lovely yarn from Alize, Cotton Gold Tweed, sprinkled with small colorful particles, which I thought butterflies would like. It is 57% cotton, 40% acrylic, 3% polyester, 330m/100g

So, I enjoyed crocheting this shawl for my sister. I made it as a birthday present, and she apparently loves it because I often see her wearing it.

And my last finished shawl this winter was Abrupt shawl by Rebecca Velasquez. I love that pattern. I love how geometrical and modern it looks. I loved it so much that I actually started on the second one, but I’m not quite in love with the colors I had chosen, so maybe I won’t finish it, but I would like to make at least one more with different colors and different yarn. Maybe something wooly, next time.

I now realized that this is the only shawl that I didn’t make with Alize yarn. That’s very strange, considering that I almost always use cotton yarn, like Tango, Golf, Tanja, or other yarn made by some domestic manufacturer. I don’t know what happened. Maybe I wanted to try some new yarn, to try something different. So, for this one I used my beloved Tanja 100% cotton yarn, 125m/50g (from Bimtex, Serbia) three different shades of blue. And I absolutely adore it.

I made it for my dear friend, who is also my English teacher, and besides my sister, my greatest cheerleader.

Shawlmania has passed me, but I’m afraid that I’ve just caught another bug, knitmania, to be precise. The signs of knitmania have been present for a while now. I’ve been watching knitting podcasts for months, even though I can’t knit, and this past weekend while I was watching some of Kristy Glass’ knit podcasts, I got a strong desire to try knitting. It was Saturday afternoon, all craft stores were closed and I didn’t have any knitting needles (because I’m not a knitter and I can’t knit). But I was so eager to start, you aren’t going to believe this, but I took some wooden kebab skewers and just had a go. It wasn’t so bad, actually. I managed to knit maybe 20 to 30 quite decent looking rows, especially taking into account that they were made with kebab skewers! I practiced casting on, and some basic stitches like the knit stitch, the purl stitch and the seed stitch. Now, writing this, I’m thinking about what shawl pattern I should try first, should I knit something easy, or should I try to make something more demanding, what yarn to buy, or maybe I already have some yarn I could use… my brain is very busy at the moment. So, knitmania, it is. If you are not a knitter don’t worry. Crochet is still my first love, and I will continue to crochet and make patterns, at least when knitmania passes me by.