Hooray! It’s here! Week 1 of the Lammas Day Crochet-Along and I’m super excited to start this journey of 4 weeks to create a harvest inspired shawl, and hopefully some wonderful crochet memories too!
If you are brand new to the CAL you can find all the information you need on the CAL landing page, where I’ll link all the CAL posts in one place as I add them here to the blog. If you want to join in the CAL using the same yarn I did I have put together a list of stockists on a previous post.
During the duration of the CAL this pattern will be released part by part here on the blog, after the full CAL has finished there will be a FREE PDF ebooklet available on the Anchor Crafts website (link to follow).
We are going to make a start on our shawl today with increases to begin the shape of our triangle shawl, then we are going to follow up with ploughing our first field with some striped spike stitches, before planting those first sprig stitches as the crops in our first field begin to grow.
Lammas Day CAL: Part 1 – Ploughing and Sprigs
Yarn: Anchor Organic Cotton (4ply)
The amount listed below is the amount required to make the whole Lammas Day Shawl
- 5 x 50g / 125 m Organic Cotton: 00105 (Natural) – YARN A
- 1 x 50g / 125 m Organic Cotton: 00178 (Sunflower) – YARN B
- 2 x 50g / 125 m Organic Cotton: 00103 (Rocky Orange) – YARN C
- 2 x 50g / 125 m Organic Cotton: 00338 (Red Dunes) – YARN D
- 1 x 50g / 125 m Organic Cotton: 00038 (Earthy Brown) – YARN E
Hook: You will need a 3.75mm (US size F/5) for this shawl. I have hooks, and other useful crochet tools, linked in my Amazon Store if this is something you need.
You will also need: Scissors, A yarn needle and stitch markers (mine were from Mrs G Makes).
Gauge: 5htr = 2.5cm (1inch). Gauge is not critical for this design, with each part I will provide the size of my work. If your gauge does not meet mine it will just mean you will end up with a bigger or smaller shawl and will possibly use more or less yarn than quoted as a consequence. If you wish to match my gauge you might try going up a hook size if your tension is quite tight, or going down a hook size if your tension is looser.
Finished Size: Part 1 – 50cm long, 33cm at widest point
If you need a reminder of the shawl schematic you can find it on the CAL Planning post.
The pattern below is in UK Terms:
ABBREVIATIONS
- RS Right Side
- cm Centimetre
- ch Chain
- sp Space
- st(s) Stitch(es)
STITCH GUIDANCE
- Magic ring (MR): is also known as a Drawstring Ring or Magic Loop and is often used as a start for working amigurumi. To use a magic ring in crochet, you’ll make the first round of stitches into an adjustable loop. Then, simply pull the yarn tail to close up the loop nice and tight. If you are not familiar with this technique you could substitute with a ch2 and then work in the second ch from the hook.
- Half Treble (htr): Yarn over, insert hook in indicated st and pull up a loop (three loops on hook), yarn over, pull through all three loops on hook.
- Treble (tr): Yarn over, insert hook in indicated st and pull up a loop (three loops on hook), yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, pull through remaining two loops on hook.
- Spike Stitch (SPtr): A Spike treble st is a treble in the stitch directly in the row below; yarn over, insert hook in top of the stitch 1 row below, yarn over, pull to height of working row, (three loops on hook), complete treble stitch as normal (e.g. yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over, pull through two loops).
- Sprig Stitch: (2tr in the first st, ch3, 2tr in the next st, miss 2sts) on first row, (2tr, ch3, 2tr) in the ch3-sp of the previous Sprig Stitch.
PATTERN NOTES
- This pattern is for a triangular shawl that starts from one point and grows with each row; increases are made on one side only.
- Add a stitch marker on the increase side, moving it onto the row as you work to help mark increase side.
- You may also find it useful to add a stitch marker in the first stitch and the last stitch of each row.
- Check stitch counts at the end of each row to keep on track
- Keep any turning chains on the start of each row fairly loose so it doesn’t pull your work too tightly
CHART STITCH LEGEND
PATTERN – PART 1
Note: The ch1 at the start of each row does not count as a st
Row 1: (RS): With YARN A, MR, ch1, 2htr into the ring, turn. 2sts
Row 2: Ch1, 1htr in the first st, 2htr in the next st (first increase, this will form the increase side), turn. 3sts
Row 3: Ch1, 2htr in the first st, 1htr in each st across, turn. 4sts
Row 4: Ch1, 1htr in each st until the last st, 2htr in the last st, turn. 5sts
Rows 5 – 29: Repeat rows 3 – 4 twelve more times, and 3 once more, turn. 30sts
Fasten off YARN A and weave in ends.
Attach YARN B to the top of the last st worked;
Rows 30 – 32: Repeat rows 4 – 3 once and row 4 once more, turn. 33sts
Fasten off YARN B and weave in ends. Attach YARN A to the top of the last st worked;
Row 33: Ch1, 2htr in first st, SPtr in the next st, (1htr in 3sts, SPtr in the next st), repeat six more times, 1htr in the last 3sts, turn. 34sts
Rows 34 – 35: Repeat rows 4 and 3, turn. 36sts
Fasten off YARN A and weave in ends. Attach YARN B to the top of the last st worked;
Row 36: Ch1, 1htr in the first st, SPtr in the next st, (1htr in 3sts, SPtr in the next st), repeat seven more times, 1htr in the next st, 2htr in the last st, turn. 37sts
Rows 37 – 38: Repeat rows 3 and 4, turn. 39sts
Fasten off YARN B and weave in ends. Attach YARN A to the top of the last st worked;
Row 39: Ch1, 2htr in the first st, 1htr in the next 2sts, SPtr in the next st (1htr in 3sts, SPtr in the next st), repeat seven more times, 1htr in the remaining 3sts, turn. 40sts
Rows 40 – 41: Repeat rows 4 and 3, turn. 42sts
Fasten off YARN A and weave in ends. Attach YARN B to the top of the last st worked;
Row 42: Ch1, 1htr in the first st, (SPtr in the next st, 1htr in 3sts), repeat nine more times, 2htr in the last st, turn. 43sts
Rows 43 – 44: Repeat rows 3 and 4, turn. 45sts
Fasten off YARN B and weave in ends. Attach YARN A to the top of the last st worked;
Row 45: Ch1, 2htr in the first st, (SPtr in the next st, 1htr in 3sts), repeat ten more times, turn. 46sts
Rows 46 – 47: Repeat rows 4 and 3, turn. 48sts
Fasten off YARN A and weave in ends.
Attach YARN B to the top of the last st worked;
The next panel of the shawl will be worked in Sprig Stitch; at the start of the rows in this section the ch3 counts as a ‘tr’ st.
Row 48: Ch3, miss 2sts, (Sprig St) repeat ten more times across the row, miss 2sts, (2tr, ch3, 2tr) in the last st, turn. 49sts
Row 49: Ch3, working in the ch-3sp from the previous row (Sprig St) repeat eleven more times across the row, 1tr in the top of the beginning ch3 of the previous row, turn. 50sts
Row 50: Ch3, (Sprig St) repeat eleven more times across the row, 2tr in the last st, turn. 51sts
Row 51: Ch3, 2tr in the next st, (Sprig St) repeat eleven more times across the row, 1tr in the top of the beginning ch3 of the previous row, turn. 52sts
Row 52: Ch3, (Sprig St) repeat eleven more times across the row, [2tr between the 2tr and ch3 of the previous row, ch3, 2tr in the last st] counts as a Sprig St, turn. 53sts
Row 53: Ch3, (Sprig St) repeat twelve more times across the row, 1tr in the top of the beginning ch3 of the previous row, turn. 54sts
Row 54: Ch3, (Sprig St) in the last ch3-sp of row 53, then repeat twelve more times, 2tr in the last st, turn. 55sts
Row 55: Ch3, 2tr in the next st, (Sprig St) repeat twelve more times across the row, 1tr in the top of the beginning ch3 of the previous row, turn. 56sts
Row 56: Ch3, (Sprig St) repeat twelve more times across the row, [2tr between the 2tr and ch3 of the previous row, ch3, 2tr in the last st] counts as a Sprig St, turn. 57sts
Row 57: Ch3, (Sprig St) in the last ch3-sp of row 56; then repeat (Sprig St) thirteen more times across the row, 1tr in the top of the beginning ch3 of the previous row, turn. 58sts
Row 58: Ch3, (Sprig St) repeat thirteen more times across the row, 2tr in the last st, turn. 59sts
Row 59: Ch3, 2tr in the next st, (Sprig St) repeat thirteen more times across the row, 1tr in the top of the beginning ch3 of the previous row, turn. 60sts
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Video Tutorial:
Click on the image below to be taken to a helpful video tutorial for this section …
Or alternatively find on Youtube here.
And that’s it! Part 1 completed! I hope you’ve enjoyed the start and I can’t wait to see your shawls grow!
The Schedule, Updates & Support:
As always if you need a reminder of the schedule then you can find the details on the CAL landing page (here) and you can keep up to date with the CAL details and get support if needed via the following links:
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Thank you for crocheting along with me – the next three weeks are going to be so much fun!
Until next time; keep calm and crochet on my friends xx
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