I’m joining the Summer Vibes Blog Hop and Crochet Pattern Bundle with Fosbas Designs with the Lupita V-Stitch Shawl pattern, a beginner-friendly triangular shawl using the popular v-stitch! A beautiful self-striping yarn makes the colorwork easy. This pattern is forever free on my blog, but the PDF version is available for free with a coupon code through 5pm London time on July 18, 2024, so read on for details.
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For my contribution to this blog hop, I designed the Lupita V-Stitch Shawl using King Cole Curiosity DK yarn, a self-striping acrylic light (double knitting/DK/#3) weight yarn. Curiosity DK is available at your local yarn shop or online at SewProCrafts or WoolManiaStore on Etsy or Wool Warehouse UK. This yarn is thin enough for a summer wrap.
I used the v-stitch, a classic and popular stitch pattern, for this shawl. The main part of the shawl (before you get to the borders) is an easy peasy single row repeat which is basically a row of v-stitches with a small increase.
You can easily adjust the size of this shawl by crocheting more or fewer rows. Depending on the size of your waist, you may be able to wear this as a swim suit cover up. (If you can’t, no worries! My waist doesn’t fit at this size either.)
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Lupita V-Stitch Shawl
Crochet Triangular Shawl Pattern by Underground Crafter
This beginner-friendly triangular shawl uses the popular v-stitch crochet pattern. A self-striping yarn makes colorwork easy.
Finished Sizes
- Teen/Adult: 46” (117 cm) wingspan x 32.5” (82.5 cm) spine.
Materials
- King Cole Curiosity DK yarn (100% acrylic, 5.3 oz/150 g/524 yd/480 m) – 2 skeins in 2891 Purple Haze, or approximately 985 yd (900.5 m) in any light weight, self-striping acrylic yarn.
- Curiosity DK is available at your local yarn shop or online at SewProCrafts or WoolManiaStore on Etsy | Wool Warehouse UK
- US Size G-6/4 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.
- 3 locking stitch markers.
- Yarn needle.
- I used the MECHEER crochet hook set including yarn needles, stitch markers, scissors, measuring tape, and case.
Gauge
- 21 sts (7 v-st) in pattern = 4” (10 cm) across. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- ch – chain
- cl – 2-dc cluster – [Yo, insert hook in same st, yo and draw up a loop, yo and draw through 2 loops] twice, yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook. A video tutorial for this stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the video tutorial above for the cluster, watch it on YouTube.
- dc – double crochet
- pm – place stitch marker
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- sp – space
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- v-st – v-stitch – (dc, ch 1, dc) in same st or sp. A video tutorial for this stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the video tutorial above for the v-stitch, watch it on YouTube.
- [] Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.
- * Repeat instructions after asterisk as indicated.
- () Work instructions between parentheses into same stitch or space.
Pattern Notes
- There are many ways to crochet into chain spaces. I used the first method shown in the video below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to crochet into chain spaces, watch it on YouTube.
- A helpful video tutorial demonstrating how to single crochet around the side of your project is available below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to single crochet around the side of your project, watch it on YouTube.
Pattern Instructions
Shawl
- Ch 4.
- Row 1: Turn, skip 3 ch, v-st in next ch. (1 v-st + 1 ch-3 sp)
- Row 2: Turn, ch 3, skip dc, v-st in next ch-1 sp, skip dc, v-st in ch-3 sp. (2 v-st + 1 ch-3 sp)
- Row 3: Turn, ch 3, [skip dc, v-st in next ch-sp, skip dc] across to ch-3 sp, v-st in ch-3 sp. (Adds 1 v-st with each repeat + 1 ch-3 sp)
- Repeat Row 3 until top row measures approximately 45” (114.5 cm) across.
Borders
- Border Round 1: Turn, ch 1, starting in same st [sc in next st, sc in ch-1 sp, sc in next st] across to ch-3 sp, turn to work along angled edge , ch 1, sc in ch-3 sp, pm#1 in last sc worked, sc in same ch-3 sp, [2 sc in each side of each dc] across (see Pattern Notes), ch 2, pm#2 in ch-2 sp, turn to work along angled edge, [2 sc in each side of each dc] across to final row, pm#3 in last sc worked.
- Continue working flat in rows along angled edge between markers 1 and 3, moving markers up each row to mark position.
- Border Row 2: (Wrong Side) Turn, ch 1, starting in first st [sc in next st, cl in next st] to marker#2, (2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in ch-2 sp, [cl in next st, sc in next st] to marker#1.
- Border Row 3: (Right Side) Turn, ch 1, sc in first st, remove marker#1, sc in each st across to marker#2, remove marker#2, 3 sc in ch-2 sp, sc in each st across to marker#3, remove marker#3. Fasten off.
Finishing
- With yarn needle, weave in yarn tails.