Seascape Shawl

This shawl symmetric and worked from the bottom up. It was designed to use one set Sewrella Yarn’s summer tonal mini skeins in nylon sock weight but can be easily modified to use one color or any other set of 10 mini skeins. Sewrella Yarn has also changed their summer tonals entirely since I wrote this pattern to be much more colorful, but I think the pattern would great in any gradient. If you’re using full fingering weight skeins instead of minis, then it would take two full skeins and you can change the color when you can no longer finish a row with one. It’s also a great scrappy pattern!

The pattern made as written is meant to resemble a seascape from the ocean floor to the beach to grass where the beach ends. It’s perfect to wear for a breezy beach walk on a summer evening. The shell stitch is modified from what you’ll see in other patterns. (If you make the same mistake enough times, it becomes a pattern of its own haha). You are welcome to use the traditional shell stitch. Just keep in mind that it will change the row counts per color.

I am also selling shawls made in this pattern. You may sell shawls made in this pattern but please tag K &S Knits if you do so.

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Gauge

6 shell stitches x 14 rows = 4″ (10cm) square

Measurements

Blocked: 62″ wide by 21″ long

Materials

  • 1 set of Sewrella Yarn Summer Tonal mini skeins in fingering weight (80yd/20g)
    • OR 10 mini skeins in fingering weight (80yd/20g)
    • OR 800 yd fingering weight yarn
  • US size E (3.5mm) crochet hook)
  • 1 tapestry needle to weave in ends

Stitches Used (US terms)

ch – chain
sl – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
shell st – shell stitch (skip 1 dc, 3 dc in sl from row below, skip 1 sc, sl in next dc)
cc – color
fo – fasten off

Notes

  • beg ch3 counts as a stitch
  • beg ch1 does not count as 1 sc

Pattern

In CC1: ch4

Row 1: 2dc in 4th ch from hook, turn

Row 2: ch3, 2dc in same st, sl st in next st, 3 dc in 3rd ch of beg ch3, turn (2 shells)

Row 3: ch3, 2dc in same st, sl st in next st, shell st until end of row, 3 dc in 3rd ch of beg ch3, turn(3 shells)

Repeat row 3 as follows, adding 1 shell per row:

CC1: 19 rows

CC2: 9 rows

CC3: 7 rows

CC4: 6 rows

CC5: 5 rows

CC6: 5 rows

CC7: 4 rows

CC8: 4 rows

CC9: 4 rows

CC10: 3 rows

Border:

ch 1, sc in same st and all dc and sl st across, sc in beg ch3 from row below

FO and weave in all ends. Block

Schematic