DROPS shawl with crochet triangles in “Silke-Alpaca”. ~ DROPS Design

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Crochet tension: 1 triangle = approx 20 cm from corner to corner

Crochet triangles: Crochet 4 ch with Rose and make a loop with a sl st
1st round: *1 dc in the ch loop, 3 ch*, repeat from *-* a total of 3 times and finish with a sl st in the first dc = 3 ch loops.
2nd round: Crochet as follows in each ch loop: 1 sl st, 5 tr, 1 sl st.
3rd round: Bend the leaves from previous round towards you and crochet at the back side of each leaf as follows: *1 dc in the first dc from first round, 3 ch, 1 dc around the bottom of the middle tr on the first leaf*, repeat from *-* behind all 3 leaves = 6 ch loops, finish with a sl st in the first dc.
4th round: Crochet as follows in each ch loop: 1 sl st, 5 tr, 1 sl st.
5th round: Change to red. Bend the leaves from previous round towards you and crochet at the back side of each leaf as follows: 1 dc around the first dc from the third round,*4 ch, 1 dc around the bottom of the fourth tr in the next leaf from previous round, 4 ch, 1 dc around the second tr from next leaf from previous round, 4 ch, 1 dc around the next dc from third round*, repeat from *-* a total of 3 times = 9 ch loops, finish with a sl st in the first dc.
6th round: Crochet as follows in each ch loop: 1 sl st, 6 dtr, 1 sl st.
The flower is finished. Now crochet 4 rounds of ch loops around it.
7th round: Bend the leaves from previous row towards you and crochet as follows: 4 ch, 1 dc around the bottom of the middle 2 dtr on the first leaf from previous row, *8 ch, 1 dc around the bottom of middle 2 dtr on the next leaf*, repeat from *-* until finished round and finish with a sl st in the first dc = 9 big ch loops.
8th round: 4 ch, 1 dc in the first ch loop, *9 ch, 1 dc around the next ch loop*, repeat from *-* until finished round and finish with a sl st in the first dc
9th round: 4 ch, 1 dc in the first ch loop, *10 ch, 1 dc around the next ch loop*, repeat from *-* until finished round and finish with a sl st in the first dc
10th round: 5 ch, 1 dc in the first ch loop, *10 ch, 1 dc around the next ch loop, 18 ch (= corner, 1 dc in the next ch loop, 10 ch, 1 dc in the next ch loop*, repeat from *-* until finish round and finished with a sl st in the first dc

Assembly: Crochet a total of 15 triangles. Put them next to each other according to figure-1, i.e. 2 circles with 5 triangles, 1 square with 4 triangles and 1 separate triangle.
Crochet the triangles tog with red as follows: Put the triangles tog. WS towards WS and crochet along one edge as follows: 1 dc around both triangles, *1 ch, skip 1 cm, 1 dc around both triangles*, repeat from *-*.
NB! At the corners where the curves are drawn on figure-1 begin to crochet inside the big ch loop and at the corner and where no curves are drawn crochet tog. all the way to the mid of the big ch loop at the corner - see figure-1.
When the triangles are crochet tog to 2 circles and 1 square, crochet the 3 parts tog at the arrows, crochet the same way as earlier. Finish with an edge in red around the shawl as follows: *1 dc, skip 1 st, 1 ch*, repeat from *-* and finish with 1 sl st in the first dc.

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DROPS number 99-17

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