Row 1 of edgework: TURN, Ch 3, V-st in each st to last st, V-st around...etc.
Row 2: Ch 3, V-st in each V-st around to last dc. You can increase with an occasional lacy V-st to keep work flat.
I have been so down that I have not blogged so that I may not inflict myself on the world. (somewhere in there is part of a quote from Mark Twain (I shall lie abed until noon so that I may not inflict myself on the world). Anyway, I have been making prayer shawls for many years and I have yet to find one that is so quick and easy and lacy and pretty (she says unabashedly).
This pattern has not been tested because there is only me....I have made 3 of them and am on my fourth and they all came out the same...whethere this is my brain remembering or the pattern is right, I have yet to know. Smile.
PRAYER SHOULDERETTE OR QUICK AND LACY SHAWLETTE (5 hours or less)
I got the idea for this shoulderette from a photo of Tammy Hildebrand’s for her BLUE SKIES JACKET (July 2008 CROCHET MAGAZINE.COM). Thank you, Ms. Hildebrand.
Skill Level: Towards Intermediate
Finished Measurement: 25” across back of shoulders; middle of neck to bottom of back -= 15”; From shoulder to front point = 16”
MATERIALS: --For the green, I used #3 weight yarn (ends I had with no label), off-white is #4 worsted weight yarn (Wintuk 3.5 oz, 4 ply) You need 2 skeins or approximately 8 oz.
--Hook size “M” (M/13-9.00) (I found metal was the quickest)
--lg-eyed needle to weave in ends
Gauge: Not Important. One Size Fits Most
Pattern Notes: 1) ch-3 at beginning of row counts as first dc.
2) Special Stitches:
V-ST = (dc, ch 1, dc) all in stitch indicated.
Lacy V-ST = (dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, dc) in stitch indicated.
3) Ch 3 counts as dc throughout.
3) Ch 3 counts as dc throughout.
SHOULDERETTE (I personally pray as I make these. Sometimes for the person who will receive it and sometimes for myself to keep me close to God. At times I pray for the world and Peace. It makes me feel serene and useful – and closer to Heaven. You of course don’t have to. Just for me, since my oldest son died this past March 2011, I find great need of this. And it is helping.)
BACK: Chain 53.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd chain from hook and in each chain across. TURN. (52 sc)
Row 2: Ch 3, sk next 2 sts, *V-st in next st, sk next 2 sts* across, end with dc in last stitch. TURN EACH ROW IF I FORGET TO MENTION IT. Smile. (16 V-sts)
Row 3-14: Ch 3, V-st in center of each V-st across, dc in last stitch, TURN (16 V-sts)
Row 15: Ch 3, dc in 1st V-st, V-st in each V-st to last V st. Dc in last V-st and Dc.
(14 V-sts)
Row 16: Ch 3, Skip next dc, V-st across to last 2 dc, Dc in last Dc. Fasten Off.
FIRST FRONT Turn work so that starting chain is at the top and Right Side of sc row is facing you.
Row 1: Attach yarn in 1st chain, ch 3, skip next 2 chains, *V-st in next chain, skip 2 chains* across until you have 7 V-sts, skip 2 chains, dc in next chain, TURN.
Row 2: Ch 3, V-st in ea V-st across, dc in last dc. (7 V-sts)
Row 3: Repeat Row 2.
[decrease rows] NOTE: dec sts are made at side edge)
Row 4: Ch 3, V-st across. Do not work in last dc. TURN
Row 5: Slst into V-st, Ch 3, dc in same V-st, V-st across, dc in last dc.
Row 6: Ch 3, V-st across to last dc & Ch 3, sk dc and dc in top of ch 3. TURN.
Row 7: Ch 3, 2 dc in 1st V-st, V-st to end, dc in last st. TURN.
Row 8: Ch 3, V-st across to last 3 sts. Dc in next dc, sk 1 dc, dc in last st. TURN (6 V-sts)
Row 9: Ch 3, sk next dc, V-st across, dc in last dc. TURN. (5 V-sts)
Row 10: Ch 3, V-st across 5 V-sts, skip last st. TURN.
Row 11: Slst into V-st, ch 3, dc in same V-st, V-st across, dc in last st. TURN. (4 V-sts)
Row 12: Ch 3, V-st in 4 V-sts, skip next dc. Dc in last st. TURN.
Row 13: Ch 3, 2 dc in 1st V-st. V-st across, dc in last st. TURN. (3 V-sts)
Row 14: Ch 3, V-st across to last 3 sts, dc in next st, skip 1 st, dc in last st. TURN.
Row 15: Ch 3, sk next st, V-st in each V-st, skip last st. TURN. (dc—3 V-sts—dc)
Row 16: Repeat Row 11. Fasten Off.
SECOND FRONT: W/ starting ch at top and right side facing, skip 2 sts, attach yarn,
Row 1: ch 3, skip 2 ch, *V-st in next ch, sk 2 ch* across to last 3 chs. Sk 2 chs, dc in last st. (7 V-sts) TURN.
Row 2-3: Ch 3, V-st in ea V-st across, dc in last st TURN. (7 V-sts)
[decrease rows]
Row 4: Ch 3, 2 dc in 1st V-st, V-st across, dc in lst st. TURN (6 V-sts)
Row 5: Ch 3, V-st across to last 3 sts, dc in next dc, sk next st, dc in last st. TURN. (6 V-sts)
Row 6: Ch 3, sk next st, V-st across, dc in last st. TURN (6 V-sts)
Row 7: Ch 3, V-st across, skip last dc. TURN (6 V-sts)
Row 8: Ch 3, dc in 1st V-st, V-st across, dc in last st TURN. (5 V-sts)
Row 9: Ch 3, V-st across to last 2 sts, skip st, dc in last st. TURN. (5 V-sts)
Row 10: Ch 3, 2 dc in 1st V-st, V-st across, dc in last st. TURN.
Row 11: Ch 3, V-st across to last 3 sts, dc in next st, skip st, dc in last st. TURN. (4 V-sts)
Row 12: Ch 3, skip st, V-st across, Dc in last dc. TURN (4 V-sts)
Row 13: Ch 3, V-st across, skip last st. TURN. (4 V-sts)
Row 14: Ch 3, dc in 1st V-st, V-st across, dc in last st. TURN.
Row 15: Ch 3, V-st to last 2 sts, skip st, dc in last st. TURN (3 V-sts)
Row 16: Ch 3, V-st across, dc in last st. (3 V-sts)
DO NOT FASTEN OFF.
From this point on, you will be working around side edges of shoulderette)
Row 1: TURN. Ch 3, V-st in each st to last st, V-st around the ch 3 (corner), V-st in end of next 2 rows. Continue to V-st in end of each row around to next corner. You will place a Lacy V-st [dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, dc] in ch3 just before corner at row end st. --You are essentially V-st’ing around, end dc in last st (without working the neckline). TURN.
Row 2: Ch 3, V-st in each V-st around to last dc. [NOTE: add an occasional lacy V-st to ease fit. TURN.
Row 3: Ch 3, *V-st in 1st st, dc lacy V-st in next st* around to last st. Turn work so you will b working around neck edge:
Working around ch 3, (last st of previous row) work Lacy V-st, work in ends of each row up to starting chain. (alternating V-st, Lacy V-st still).
Sk 1 chain, Lacy V-st in next ch, sk 1 ch, V-st, Lacy V in ends of rows to starting chain of previous row. Dc in base of Ch 3, Ch 1, slst in top of beginning ch 3.
FO. Weave in ends. Voila.
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