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INFORMATION FOR THE PATTERN:
PATTERN:
See diagram A.1.
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SHAWL:
36 crochet squares are worked with different color combinations; these are crocheted together to finish.
CROCHET SQUARE:
Start with hook size 4.5 mm/US 7 and Cotton Merino. Work pattern in the round according to diagram A.1 and work 1 square of each of the 18 different color combinations described below. Then work all 18 different color combinations 1 more time BUT change colors 2 and 3 in each combination = 36 crochet squares.
NOTE: Color combinations 2 and 5 are the same with reversed colors. Color combinations 10 and 14 are the same with reversed colors. When all the squares have been completed, there are therefore 4 squares which have the same colors as another square (= 8 squares). The other 28 squares have different color combinations.
COLOR COMBINATION 1:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: pistachio
ROUND 3: lavender
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 2:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: red
ROUND 3: sea green
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 3:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: cerise
ROUND 3: mustard
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 4:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: lilac
ROUND 3: cerise
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 5:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: sea green
ROUND 3: red
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 6:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: turquoise
ROUND 3: pistachio
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 7:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: sea green
ROUND 3: turquoise
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 8:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: pistachio
ROUND 3: lilac
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 9:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: lavender
ROUND 3: coral
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 10:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: red
ROUND 3: coral
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 11:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: turquoise
ROUND 3: lilac
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 12:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: coral
ROUND 3: turquoise
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 13:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: cerise
ROUND 3: pistachio
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 14:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: coral
ROUND 3: red
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 15:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: mustard
ROUND 3: cerise
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 16:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: lavender
ROUND 3: mustard
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 17:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: mustard
ROUND 3: sea green
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
COLOR COMBINATION 18:
Chain stitch ring on start of round + ROUND 1: powder
ROUND 2: lilac
ROUND 3: lavender
ROUNDS 4-5: powder
ASSEMBLY:
Lay the crochet squares as shown in the sketch. The numbers in the sketch show where the different color combinations should be. The numbers with A behind show the first 18 color combinations worked and the numbers with B show the last 18 (i.e. those crocheted with reversed colors in rounds 2 and 3).
It is a good idea to fasten the squares together temporarily by tying them with a thread, so that they do not move too much as you assemble them.
Lay the squares wrong side to wrong side and crochet from the right side with powder through both layers. Work from arrow 1 along the thick line and then across and down to the star between 6A and 4B as follows – see sketch:
Work 1 single crochet around the chain-space outermost in the corner of the 2 crochet squares, * work 6 chain stitches, (1 single crochet around the next chain-space, 4 chain stitches), work from (-) 3 more times, work 1 single crochet around the next chain-space, 6 chain stitches, 1 single crochet around the chain-space in the corner, 2 chain stitches (= in the transition between 2 crochet squares), 1 single crochet around the next chain-space in the corner (= new crochet square) *, work from *-* until 7 crochet squares have been worked together with their adjacent squares (i.e. as far as 6A) but finish with a single crochet around the last chain-space in the corner. Now continue working along the thick line and down to the star: 1 chain stitch, 1 single crochet around the chain-space in the corner (i.e. the same chain-space on crochet square 4B and chain-space in the corner of 6A), and continue to work in the same way as before down to the star, but finish with 1 single crochet around the chain-space in the corner. Cut and fasten the strand.
Work like this from arrow 2, arrow 3, etc., until all the crochet squares have been worked together. Cut and fasten the strands.
TASSELS:
Cut 16 strands powder of 26 cm/10 1/4", fold them double. Use a crochet hook and pull the middle of the strands through the chain-space in the corner outermost on the side of 6A, pull the ends of the strands through the loop and tighten. Fasten tassels along the whole of the bottom edge of the shawl, in every other chain-space. To get the tassels to hang neatly, you can dip them in/spray them with water, then shake them out and hang the shawl to dry over a chair so that the tassels hang down while they dry.
Diagram
All measurements in charts are in cm.
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= work 5 chain stitches and form them into a circle with 1 slip stitch in the first chain stitch. The black spot on the circle is the beginning of the round |
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= 1 chain stitch |
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= 6 chain stitches |
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= 1 double crochet around the chain-stitch ring |
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= 1 treble crochet around the chain stitch |
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= 1 single crochet around chain stitch/chain-stitch ring |
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= The round starts with 3 chain stitches and finishes with 1 slip stitch in the 3rd chain stitch at beginning of round, then work 1 slip stitch around the first chain stitch |
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= The round starts with 4 chain stitches and finishes with 1 slip stitch in the 4th chain stitch at the beginning of the round, then work 1 slip stitch around the first chain stitch |
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= The round starts with 1 chain stitch and finishes with 1 slip stitch in the first chain stitch at the beginning of the round, then work slip stitches as far as the top of the first chain-space. |
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= The round starts with 1 chain stitch and finishes with 1 slip stitch in the first chain stitch at the beginning of the round. Cut the strand and continue around the first chain-space on the round. |
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= 12 chain stitches |

Thank you for your reply. I have used this technique on another Drops blanket but the sunburst shawl instructions indicate that dc bd chains should be worked with two squares on top of each other (wrong side to wrong side) as opposed to working from one to the other making the zig zig pattern. Can I confirm that that is correct. Hope I'm making sense. Thanks very much.
04.08.2020 - 16:40DROPS Design answered:
Dear Mrs Bullen, oh oops you are right sorry, these squares are worked together from RS, this means you will crochet the dc around both chain spaces ( of each square), with the chains in between. I don't think we have a video for this technique, but you just have to work the squares together from WS chain between dc and work the dc around the ch-spaces of both squares, this way, the squares will be next to each other tighter than with the other technique. Happy assembly!
05.08.2020 kl. 07:46Thank you for the lovely pattern. This is the first time using a diagram to crochet and the squares are really lovely. However, I'm finding it difficult understanding the assembly and wondered whether there was a better tutorial to follow. I have watched the recommended tutorial but it is not the same by the look of the instructions in the Sunburst Shawl. Any help would be great. Thank you.
04.08.2020 - 11:35DROPS Design answered:
Dear Mrs Bullen, this video shows for another pattern how to crochet squares together - the technique is the same as for the shawl, you will just here crochet 4/6 chains between each dc and work 1 dc in each chain-space - but this should help you to understand the technique of crochet together. Happy crocheting!
04.08.2020 kl. 13:45Utter Beauty!
22.06.2019 - 19:26Dlaczego schemat jest inny niż kwadraty przedstawione w chuście ? Proszę o odpowiedź.
01.07.2018 - 14:39DROPS Design answered:
Witaj Olu, wg mnie schemat się zgadza. Czy już zaczęłaś go wykonywać? Jeśli tak napisz co według Ciebie się nie zgadza, sprawdzimy. Pozdrawiamy
02.07.2018 kl. 21:30Hej. Den är så vacker låt den bli med
21.12.2017 - 19:21