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The Brier Island Shawl crochet pattern is an elegant triangle shawl design featuring beautiful cluster stitches and a delicate picot edging.
This past summer I had the opportunity to spend some time at one of my favourite places: on Long Island and on Brier Island, Nova Scotia.
Briar Island is a small island off the western coast of Nova Scotia. It’s actually the most western point! And it is beautiful there among the sand dunes and the untouched rocky cliffs. It’s a place where you can truly slow down.
As my family and I started our annual journey and drive to the east coast of Canada this year I took the opportunity to start my shawl. And by the time we were ready to head to the island (we spent a week and a half visiting family first), my shawl was finished.
How to crochet a triangle shawl:
The times we have been there, there has been a near constant breeze on Brier Island, so a shawl is the perfect accessory to carry with you while out exploring.
The Brier Island Shawl crochet pattern is a triangle shawl that you will work from the centre top down to the bottom point. I love working crochet shawls in this way as it means that you can easily adjust the size simply by working the repeat rows for as long or as little as you’d like.
This shawl I worked to the length of 70 inches which allowed me to only use one 1600 yard cake of the yarn that I chose.
What type of yarn should I use for my crochet shawl?
The yarn I chose is a sport weight gradient yarn cake with 1600 yards. You can work a crochet shawl in almost any fibre, this particular one is worked in a cotton cake by Panda Yarns. The colour is called a Mix of Chaos and Art which I feel suits Briar Island perfectly! The island is rugged and the ocean surrounding it is chaotic, but it is so, so beautiful – natures work of art.
I have used Panda Yarns for a number of crochet shawls that you will find here on Rich Textures Crochet including the Oceans Shawl and the Amethyst Shawl. It’s one of my favourite yarns to work a shawl in for the colours of cakes that are available, the yardage and the drape of the final project. It’s simply gorgeous.
There are a couple of this to take note of when working with this yarn – it is a 5 ply and made up of 5 strands a thread that are held together. As your work progresses you may notice (or not!) a tiny not where a new colour thread is joined. This allows for the colours to smoothly and slowly blend into one another.
As the cake is created using five strands of thread that are loosely spun together, when working with it you will want to make sure that it doesn’t split as you catch it on your hook. But the more you work with it, the more you get used to it and I know you will love the results.
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The free crochet pattern for the Brier Island Shawl will be written out in full below followed by a video tutorial. The written pattern is free to follow here on Rich Textures Crochet. If, however, you wish to purchase an ad free copy of the crochet pattern you may do so through my Etsy and Ravelry shops:
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Happy Crocheting!
Sarah
Brier Island Shawl Crochet Pattern:
Skill Level: Intermediate
Gauge: 22 sts x 16 rows of pattern = 4 inches
Finished Size: 70 inches x 41 inches (At widest points)
Yarn: 1 Gradient Cake by Panda Yarns (100% Cotton; 5 ply, 1600 yards). Colour: A Mix of Chaos and Art.
Hook: Size G (4 mm) Hook. Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.
Notions: Yarn Needle.
Stitches and Abbreviations:
Beg CL – Beginning Cluster ([Ch 2, dc] into the same st. NOTE: In the pattern the ch-2 is often worked as the turning chain at the end of each row.)
Beg CL V-St – Beginning Cluster V Stitch ([Beg CL, ch 1, CL] into the same st. Cluster V Stitch Made.)
Ch – Chain
CL – Cluster Stitch ([Yo, insert your hook into the stitch indicated, yo and draw up a loop, yo and draw through 2 loops on your hook] twice, yo and draw through remaining 3 loops on your hook. Cluster Stitch made.)
CL Shell – Cluster Shell ([CL v-st, ch 2, CL v-st) in the indicated stitch. CL Shell made.)
CL V-St – Cluster V Stitch ([CL, ch 1, CL] into the same st. Cluster V Stitch Made.)
Dc – Double Crochet
Picot – Picot Stitch (Ch 3, sl st into the 3rd ch from your hook. Picot made.)
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl st – Slip stitch
Sp – Space
Yo – Yarn over
Pattern Notes:
- Pattern is written in American English terms.
- Pattern is worked in rows.
- Pattern is a for a triangular shaped shawl.
- Ch 1 at the beginning of the row does not count as a stitch.
- Ch 3 at the beginning of the row counts as a double crochet stitch.
- Weave in ends as needed.
Free Crochet Pattern:
Make a magic ring and work the following into the centre OR you may chain 2 and work the following into the second ch from your hook:
Row 1: Ch 3 (counts as a dc), into ring work dc, ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc. Ch 2, turn. (8 dc sts)
Row 2: Beg CL V-st in the 1st st, CL v-st in next ch-2 sp, CL shell in next ch-2 sp, CL v-st in the next ch-2 sp, CL v-st in the final st. Ch 2, turn.
Row 3: Beg CL in the 1st st, [CL v-st in the next ch-1 sp] across to the next ch-2 sp, CL Shell in the next ch-2 sp, [CL v-st in each ch-1 sp] across to the final st, CL in the top of the final st. Ch 2, turn.
Row 4: Beg CL V-st in the 1st st, [CL v-st in next ch-1 sp] across to the next ch-2 sp, CL shell in the next ch-2 sp, [CL v-st in the next ch-1 sp] across to the final st, CL v-st in the final st. Ch 2, turn.
Rows 5-40: Repeat rows 3 and 4 seventeen more times.
(NOTE: if you would like a longer shawl, continue to repeat rows 3 and for until you reach the desired length)
Row 41: Repeat row 3 once more. Ch 1, turn.
Row 42: 2 sc in the 1st st, sc in each st and each ch-1 sp across to the ch-2 sp, work 3 sc in the ch-2 sp, sc in each st and each ch-1 sp across to the final st, 2 sc in the final st. Ch 1, turn.
Row 43: 2 sc in the 1st st, sc in each st across to the 2nd st in the set of 3 that was worked in the ch-2 sp, 3 sc in the 2nd st, sc in each st across to the final st, 2 sc in the final st. Ch 3 (counts as a dc), turn.
Row 44: Dc in the 1st st, [ch 1, sk the next st, dc in the next st] 93 times, 3 dc in the next st, dc in the next st, [ch 1, sk the next st, dc in the next st] 93 times, dc in the final st. Ch 3, turn.
Row 45: Dc in the 1st st, ch 1, dc in the next st, [ch 1, sk the next ch-1 sp, dc in the next st] 94 times, 2 dc in the same st, [ch 1, sk the next ch-1 sp, dc in the next st] 94 times, ch 1, 2 dc in the final st. Ch 3, turn.
Row 46: Dc in the 1st st, ch 1, dc in the next st, [ch 1, sk the next ch-1 sp, dc in the next st] 95 times, 3 dc in the next st, dc in the next st, [ch 1, sk the next ch-1 sp, dc in the next st] 95 times, ch 1, 2 dc in the final st. Ch 3, turn.
Row 47: 2 sc in the 1st st, sc in each st and each ch-1 sp across to the 2nd st in the set of 3 dc that was worked in the previous row, 3 sc in the 2nd st, sc in each st and ch-1 sp across to the final st, 2 sc in the final st. Ch 1, turn.
Row 48: 2 sc in the 1st st, sc in each st across to the 2nd st in the set of 3 that was worked in the ch-2 sp, 3 sc in the 2nd st, sc in each st across to the final st, 2 sc in the final st. Ch 3 (counts as a dc), turn.
Row 49: Beg CL in the 1st st, CL v-st in the next st, [sk the next 2 sts, CL v-st in the next st] 65 times, sk the next 2 sts, CL shell in the next st, [sk the next 2 sts, CL v-st in the next st] 65 times, CL in the top of the final st. Ch 2, turn.
Row 50: Beg CL V-st in the 1st st, [CL v-st in next ch-1 sp] across to the next ch-2 sp, CL shell in the next ch-2 sp, [CL v-st in the next ch-1 sp] across to the final st, CL v-st in the final st. Ch 2, turn.
Row 51: Beg CL in the 1st st, [CL v-st in the next ch-1 sp] across to the next ch-2 sp, CL Shell in the next ch-2 sp, [CL v-st in each ch-1 sp] across to the final st, CL in the top of the final st. Ch 2, turn.
Rows 52-55: Repeat rows 50 and 51 twice more.
Row 56: 2 sc in the 1st st, sc in each st and each ch-1 sp across to the ch-2 sp, work 3 sc in the ch-2 sp, sc in each st and each ch-1 sp across to the final st, 2 sc in the final st. Ch 1, turn.
Row 57: 2 sc in the 1st st, sc in each st across to the 2nd st in the set of 3 that was worked in the ch-2 sp, 3 sc in the 2nd st, sc in each st across to the final st, 2 sc in the final st. Ch 1 (counts as a dc), turn.
Row 58: Sc in the 1st st, picot, sc in the same st, sc in each of the next 3 sts, picot, [sc in each of the next 4 sts, picot] 57 times, sc in each of the next 3 sts, picot, sc in each of the next 3 sts, picot, [sc in each of the next 4 sts, picot] across to the final st ending with 2 sc and picot in the final st.
Fasten off, weave in ends.
Video Tutorial:
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