Finished Size
~ 38.5" x 52"
Materials
Sport Weight Yarn - 20 ounces = 570 grams = 2000 yards
Tools
Crochet hook - size G = 4.5 mm
Gauge
16 hdc
12 rows = 4"
Source
"Snuggle-Up Baby Afghans" by Carole Rutter Tippett
"Ripples" Page 11
Instructions
Chain 155 loosely.
Row 1 (Right Side)
Half Double Crochet in 3rd Chain from hook and in each Chain across. Result = 154 Stitches.
Row 2
Chain 2 (this counts as 1st Half Double Crochet for later row instructions)
Turn.
Half Double Crochet in next 8 Half Double Crochets
[
Yarn Over and pull up a loop in next Half Double Crochet.
Skip next Half Double Crochet.
Yarn Over and pull up a loop in next Half Double Crochet.
Yarn Over and draw through all 5 loops on hook.
"Decrease" is complete.
]
"Star"
Half Double Crochet in next 7 Half Double Crochets.
2 Half Double Crochets in each of the next 2 Half Double Crochets.
Half Double Crochet in next 7 Half Double Crochets.
Work the "Decrease" again.
Repeat from "Star" until there are only 9 Half Double Crochets left.
Half Double Crochet in last 9 Half Double Crochets.
Result = 152 Half Double Crochets.
Row 3
Chain 2.
Turn.
Half Double Crochet in every Half Double Crochet.
Row 4
Chain 5 (this counts as 1 Triple Crochet + 1 Crochet for later row instructions)
Turn.
[
Triple Crochet.
Chain 1.
] twice in same stitch.
"Star"
"Cross"
Skip next Half Double Crochet.
[
Triple Crochet in next Half Double Crochet.
Skip next Half Double Crochet.
] X 3
[
Yarn Over twice and pull up loop in next Half Double Crochet.
Yarn Over and draw through 2 loops on hook.
Yarn Over and draw through 2 loops on hook.
Skip next Half Double Crochet.
Yarn Over twice and pull up loop in next Half Double Crochet.
Yarn Over and draw through 2 loops on hook.
Yarn Over and draw through 2 loops on hook.
Yarn Over and draw through all 3 loops on hook.
"Triple Decrease" is complete.
]
Skip next Half Double Crochet.
[
Triple Crochet in next Half Double Crochet.
Skip next Half Double Crochet.
] X 3
[
Chain 1.
Triple Crochet.
] X 3 in next Half Double Crochet.
"End Cross"
[
Triple Crochet.
Chain 1.
] X 3 in next Half Double Crochet.
Repeat from "Star" 6 more times (total of 7 iterations).
Repeat from "Cross" to "End Cross" once.
Row 5
Chain 2.
Turn.
Half Double Crochet in every Triple Crochet and every Chain.
In last Triple Crochet, add 1 extra Half Double Crochet (for a total of 2 in that stitch).
Result = 154 Half Double Crochets.
Repeat Rows 2 to 5 until shawl is ~ 52" in length. End with Row 3.
Finish off.
Source
"The Complete Book of Crochet Stitch Designs: 500 Classical & Original Patterns" by Linda P. Schapper
Variation on "#90" Page 92
Variation
The original pattern used Single Crochet everywhere this uses Single Chain.
"Single Chain" means Pull Loop straight through both the current Chain and the loop that's on the hook.
This gives a very tight final pattern.
Pattern Description
What you end up with is each Double-V has a Single I centered above it,
and each Single I has a Double-V centered above it.
Instructions
Chain multiples of 6 plus 3.
Row 1
[
2 Double Crochet, Chain 1, 2 Double Crochet
] in 6th Chain from hook.
Skip next 2 Chains.
Double Crochet in next Chain.
[
Skip next 2 Chains.
[
2 Double Crochet, Chain 1, 2 Double Crochet
] in next Chain.
Skip next 2 Chains.
Double Crochet in next Chain.
] repeated all the way across.
Turn.
Row 2
Chain 1. (counts as a Chain for next row)
Single Chain in each Double Crochet and Chain all the way across.
Turn.
Row 3
Chain 3. (counts as a Double Crochet for next row)
[
2 Double Crochet
] in next Single Chain.
Skip next 2 Single Chain.
Double Crochet in next Single Chain.
[
Skip next 2 Single Chain.
[
2 Double Crochet, Chain 1, 2 Double Crochet
] in next Single Chain.
Skip next 2 Single Chain.
Double Crochet in next Single Chain.
] repeated till 3 Single Chains are left.
Skip next 2 Single Chain.
3 Double Crochet in last Single Chain.
Turn.
Row 4 (same as Row 2)
Chain 1. (counts as a Chain for next row)
Single Chain in each Double Crochet and Chain all the way across.
Turn.
Row 5
Chain 3. (counts as a Double Crochet for next row)
Skip next Single Chain.
[
Skip next 2 Single Chain.
[
2 Double Crochet, Chain 1, 2 Double Crochet
] in next Single Chain.
Skip next 2 Single Chain.
Double Crochet in next Single Chain.
] repeated all the way across.
Turn.
Repeat Rows 2 to 5 to desired size.
Source
"The Complete Book of Crochet Stitch Designs: 500 Classical & Original Patterns" by Linda P. Schapper
Variation on "#71" Page 79
Pattern Description
What you end up with is alternating rows of solid and sparse.
A very square pattern, with regular finger-sized holes throughout.
Instructions
Chaim multiples of 4 plus 3.
Row 1
1 Double Crochet in 5th Chain from hook.
1 Double Crochet in next Chain.
[
Triple Crochet in each of next 2 Chains.
Double Crochet in each of next 2 Chains.
] repeated all the way across, leaving 1 Chain remaining.
Triple Crochet in last Chain.
Turn.
Row 2
Chain 5 (counts as 1 Double Crochet for next row).
Skip 3 Stitches.
[
Double Crochet in each of next 2 Triple Crochets.
Chain 2.
Skip 2 Double Crochets.
] repeated all the way across, leaving 1 Stitch remaining.
Double Crochet in 4th Chain of last row's Turning Chain.
Turn.
Row 3
Chain 4 (counts as 1 Triple Crochet for next row).
2 Double Crochet in next 2-Chain open space.
[
Triple Crochet in each of next 2 Double Crochets.
2 Double Crochet in next 2-Chain open space.
] repeated all the way across, leaving 1 Stitch remaining.
Triple Crochet in 3rd Chain of last row's Turning Chain.
Turn.
Repeat rows 2-3 to the desired size.