Pattern Description: “Hexagon Motif Crochet Shawl”
You will need
- yarn (70% alpaca wool, 30% silk, 50 g/200 m) — 7 skeins of white
- crochet hooks size 2 mm and 3.5 mm
Gauge
1 hexagon diameter = 18–20 cm.
Stitches and Charts
Unfinished treble crochet (tr)
Yarn over twice, insert the hook into the corresponding foundation stitch, and pull up a loop. Then work off the 4 loops on the hook in pairs: yarn over and pull through the loop and the first yarn over, yarn over again and pull through the loop and the second yarn over, leaving the remaining loops on the hook unworked (= a regular treble crochet without the last pull-through).
Pattern element A: 3 unfinished trebles worked together
Work 3 unfinished trebles and pull the yarn through all 4 loops on the hook (worked in row 2). 1 unfinished double crochet (dc)
Yarn over, insert the hook into the corresponding foundation stitch, and pull up a loop. Then yarn over and pull through the loop and the yarn over, leaving the remaining loops on the hook unworked (= a regular double crochet without the last pull-through).
Pattern element B: 3 unfinished double crochets worked together
Work 3 unfinished double crochets. Then yarn over and pull through all 4 loops on the hook.
Important! To simplify the instructions, the unfinished double crochet will from here on be called an unfinished stitch, and the unfinished treble will be called a double unfinished stitch.
Hexagon
With a 3.5 mm hook, make a slip knot, chain 5, and join into a ring with a slip stitch into the 1st chain. Work in rounds.
Rnd 1: ch 1 (turning chain), 12 half double crochets into the ring, join with a slip stitch to the turning chain.
Rnd 2: ch 5 (turning chain), 2 double unfinished stitches into the 3rd st from the hook, then pull the yarn through the 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, *, work pattern element A into the next half double crochet as described above, ch 3, *, repeat from * to * and finish with 1 slip stitch into the 5th chain of the turning chain = 12 element A’s with ch-3 spaces between them.
Rnd 3: ch 3 (turning chain), 2 unfinished stitches worked together into the 3rd st from the hook, * ch 3, dc into the middle stitch of the previous row’s chain arch, ch 3, work element B into the top of the next element A of the previous row, ch 2, work element B into the top of the following element A *, repeat from * to *, finishing with ch 3 and dc into the chain arch, ch 3, element B into the last element A, ch 2, join the round with a slip stitch into the top of the first element B.
Rnd 4: ch 3 (turning chain), 2 unfinished stitches worked together into the 1st turning chain, * ch 3, into the dc of the previous row work: dc, ch 1, dc, ch 3, into the top of element B work: element B, ch 3, into the top of the next element B work: element B *, repeat from * to *, finishing: ch 3, into the 1st dc of the previous row work dc, ch 1, dc, into the top of the element B of the previous row work element B, ch 3, slip stitch into the top of the first element B.
Rnd 5: ch 3 (turning chain), 2 unfinished stitches worked together into the 1st turning chain, * ch 3, dc into dc, dc into chain, dc into dc, ch 3, into the top of the previous row’s element B work: element B, ch 3, double unfinished stitch back into the same foundation stitch as element B, double unfinished stitch back into the same foundation stitch as element B, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, into the same foundation stitch as the last double unfinished stitch work element B *, repeat from * to *, finishing: ch 3, dc into dc, dc into chain, dc into dc, dc into chain, dc into dc, ch 3, element B into the top of the next element B of the previous row, ch 3, double unfinished stitch back into the top of the same element B, double unfinished stitch into the top of the next element B, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, slip stitch into the top of the first element B of the round.
Rnd 6: ch 3 (turning chain), 2 unfinished stitches worked together into the 1st turning chain, * ch 3, dc into the last dc, ch 3, element B into the top of the next element B of the previous row, ch 3, element A back into the same foundation stitch as element B, double unfinished stitch into the top of the double unfinished stitch of the previous row, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, double treble into the same foundation stitch as the last worked double unfinished stitch, ch 3, double unfinished stitch back into the same foundation stitch, double unfinished stitch into the top of the next element B, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, into the same foundation stitch as the last worked double unfinished stitch work element B *, repeat from * to *, finishing: ch 3, unfinished stitch into the 1st dc (of
3 dc’s), unfinished stitch into the last dc, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, into the top of the next element B of the previous row work element B, ch 3, double unfinished stitch back into the same foundation stitch as element B, double unfinished stitch into the top of the double unfinished stitch of the previous row, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, double treble into the same foundation stitch, ch 3, double unfinished stitch into the same foundation stitch as the 1st double treble, double unfinished stitch into the top of the next pattern element, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, slip stitch into the top of the first element B of the round.
Rnd 7: ch 3 (turning chain), 2 unfinished stitches worked together into the 1st chain, * ch 1, dc into the top of the unfinished stitch of the previous row, ch 1, element B into the middle of the next element B of the previous row, ch 3, double unfinished stitch back into the same foundation stitch as element B, double unfinished stitch into the top of the double unfinished stitch of the previous row, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, double unfinished stitch into the same foundation stitch, double unfinished stitch into the middle double treble of the previous row, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, double treble into the middle double treble of the previous row, ch 3, double unfinished stitch back into the same foundation stitch, double unfinished stitch into the top of the stitches worked together of the previous row, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, double unfinished stitch into the top of the next element B of the previous row, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, into the foundation stitch of the last double unfinished stitch work element B *, repeat from * to *, finishing in place of the last element B with a slip stitch into the top of the first element B of the round.
Rnd 8: ch 3 (turning chain), 2 unfinished stitches into the 1st chain, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, * element B into the top of the next element B of the previous row, ch 3, double unfinished stitch back into the same foundation stitch as element B, double unfinished stitch into the top of the double unfinished stitch of the previous row, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, double unfinished stitch into the last foundation stitch, double unfinished stitch into the top of the double unfinished stitch of the previous row, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, double unfinished stitch into the last foundation stitch, double unfinished stitch into the middle double treble of the previous row, ch 3, double unfinished stitch back into the same foundation stitch, double unfinished stitch into the top of the stitches worked together of the previous row, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, double unfinished stitch into the same foundation stitch, double unfinished stitch into the top of the next element B of the previous row, pull the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook, ch 3, into the foundation stitch of the last double unfinished stitch work element B *, repeat from * to *, finishing in place of the last element B with a slip stitch into the top of the first element B of the round.
Make a total of 25 hexagons.
Motif Assembly Diagram
Finishing
Join the hexagons into a diamond-shaped piece following the diagram. Make sure all pieces face right side up; sew from the wrong side, catching the back loops of the outer stitches.
Outer Edging
Using a 2 mm hook, work double crochets around. Start with a half double crochet and ch 3, then work 1 dc into each pattern element and 1 slip stitch into every 3rd chain.
