Irving Plaza Asymmetrical Triangle Shawl Free Crochet Pattern
/The Irving Plaza Asymmetrical Triangle Shawl Free Crochet Pattern is a great way for adventurous beginners to explore working on the bias and combining stitches. With just one simple trick your shawl will grow and grow as much as you want!
The Irving Plaza Asymmetrical Triangle Shawl Crochet Pattern is a great way for adventurous beginners to explore working on the bias and combining stitches.
With just one simple trick in how you end & begin your repeating rows, you can set your own course and build the shawl of your dreams. Your shawl will grow and grow as much as you want! You can add skeins and colors making this a wonderful stash buster as well. This is one of my Go To patterns when I have a beautiful skein to show off and I can just pick up a few contrasting or coordinating skeins.
Though it is written for DK, you can make this shawl with Sport or DK weight yarn. Just use the appropriate size hook.
If this shawl looks a little familiar that is because it is a new spin on an old fave. One of my favorite things to do as a designer is expand and explore ways to update older patterns. The Gramercy Shawl is the perfect starting point for these projects.
The Gramercy Shawl itself is a wonderful beginner friendly free crochet pattern that will get you working on the bias creating a shawl as large or small as you desire. I love to then take that base formula and grow it by adding new twists and fun stitches and that is what I did here with the Irving Plaza Asymmetrical Triangle Shawl Free Crochet Pattern.
Materials
Category 3 / DK Weight Yarn
690 Yards Total
Crochet Hook Size 4.5mm
Tapestry needle to weave ends
Tape Measure
Yarn used in design sample is yarn I purchased from Asylum Fibers:
Color A Asyum Fibers Jaberwocky: 230 Yards
Color B: Asyum Fibers Dark Arts 230 Yards
Color C: Asyum Fibers Shocked 230 Yards
Stitches Used / Abbreviations:
ch – chain loop
sc – single crochet
dc - double crochet
sc2tog – single crochet 2 together
st(s) – stitch(es)
GAUGE: 18 sts x 24 Rows in sc = 4” square (before blocking)
Begin with magic circle or ch 3, sl st together to form a circle.
You may see significant change in finished measurements after blocking.
My Shawl Finished measurements BEFORE blocking: 66” x 39” x 39
Your shawl will grow sizably with aggressive blocking. Mine AFTER blocking was 80 x 48x 48
PATTERN NOTES:
This pattern is a road map. It can be the foundation for you to follow and add colors, stripes, and truly make it your own. I suggest following this simple pattern as is to get used to crocheting on the bias and to understand the shaping. Then you can experiment with adding color, stripes, or anything you can imagine, to make it your own.
The gauge given is for the yarn used in design and to meet the designed measurements.
If you use a different yarn, use the appropriate hook size for that yarn. This may affect your gauge and finished size but by following this road map I know you will have a shawl you love.
If you find your gauge off, just change colors when you run out of yarn from the previous color!
*** At the time of this posting, Asylum Fibers is having a Virtual Trunk Show and Sarah at Firefly has put together these kits. You get the pdf pattern when you buy a kit from Firefly here.
Begin with magic circle or ch 3 and sl st together to form a circle. Then in either the magic circle or ch 3:
Row 1: Ch 1 (does NOT count as stitch), 3 sc, Turn.
Row 2: Ch 1 (does NOT count as stitch), sc in sc, 2 sc in each of next 2 sc, Turn. 5 sc
Row 3: Ch 1 (does NOT count as stitch), sc across, Turn. 5 sc
Row 4: Ch 1 (does NOT count as stitch), sc across to last 2 sc, [2 sc] in last 2 sts of previous row, Turn. 2 sts inc’d, 7 sc
Row 5: Ch 1 (does NOT count as stitch), [2 sc] in first sc, sc across to last 2 sc, sc2tog in last 2 sts, Turn. 7 sts
Rows 6-91: Repeat Rows 4 & 5 alternating.
CHANGE TO COLOR B:
Rows 92 - 133: Repeat Rows 4 & 5 alternating.
CHANGE TO COLOR C:
Rows 134 - 142: Repeat Rows 4 & 5 alternating, ending on a Row 4.
Row 143: Ch 3 (acts as first dc), dc in same st, ch 1, dc in next st, ch 1, *dc in next st, ch 1, sk next st* Repeat * to * across to last st, dc in last st. Turn.
Rows 144 - 146: Repeat Rows 4 & 5 alternating, ending on a Row 4.
Row 147: Ch 3 (acts as first dc), dc in same st, ch 1, dc in next st, ch 1, *dc in next st, ch 1, sk next st* Repeat * to * across to last st, dc in last st. Turn.
Rows 148 - 150: Repeat Rows 4 & 5 alternating, ending on a Row 4.
Row 151: Ch 3 (acts as first dc), dc in same st, ch 1, dc in next st, ch 1, *dc in next st, ch 1, sk next st* Repeat * to * across to last st, dc in last st. Turn.
Rows 152 - 161: Repeat Rows 4 & 5 alternating.
Finishing
Wet Blocking serves this shawl best and you want to pin the edges to help secure shape.
Weave in all ends.
