Dearest Donna Prayer Shawl

I am honored to share with you a FREE pattern for a Prayer Shawl. It was designed in memory of my lovely friend, Donna Wilson, wilmaelee on Ravelry. Her favorite color is green, so I used Cascade Cantata in Lime.This is an easy, repetitive pattern - especially designed to encourage meditation and prayer with every stitch. A pretty edging completes the shawl.

Although this is a free pattern, and I encourage you to make many and give to those who need a hug, please also consider contributing to Donna’s fundraiser to help her family with ongoing medical costs. This would be a great way for the crochet community to band together and support a fellow crocheter.

Donna Wilson Obituary

Donna Wilson Cancer Fundraiser

Rest in peace my beautiful friend. 

MATERIALS & GUIDELINES

YARN: Cascade Yarns Cantata, Color – Lime, 3 hanks - 654 yds.

WEIGHT: 4 – Medium

SKILL LEVEL: Easy

HOOK: I / 5.5 mm

FINISHED SIZE: Length - 64” X Depth - 23”

OTHER: Tapestry Needle, Scissors

ABBREVIATIONS:

Beg = beginning

Begdc = beginning double crochet

Begtr = beginning treble crochet

Ch/s = chain/s

Dc= double crochet

FSC = foundation single crochet

Hk = hook

RS = right side

Sc = single crochet

Sk = skip/skipped

Sl St = slip stitch

Sp/s = space/s

St/s = stitch/es

Tr = treble crochet

WS = wrong side

BEGINNING STITCHES:  

Begtr/Begdc Tutorial – No More Turning Chains.

FOUNDATION SINGLE CROCHET (FSC):  

FSC Tutorial –  Foundation Single Crochet

STITCH MULTIPLE:

Foundation chains = Chain a multiple of 6 + 1 (+1 for base chain)

FSC (foundation single crochet) = Multiple of 6 + 1

SPECIAL STITCHES:

Shell = (2 tr, ch 1, 2 tr) in same st.

Triple Picot = Ch 4, sl st into 4^th ch from hk, (ch 3, sl st into 3^rd ch from hk) twice, sl st into first ch.

INSTRUCTIONS

BODY

*Shawl is rectangular, worked from bottom to top and in rows from side to side.

*Ch or FSC the multiple as listed above to desired width.

*For FSC, begin pattern with Row 2.

*For foundation chains, begin pattern at Row 1.

Row 1: (RS) Working in back bumps of chs, sc in 2^nd ch from hk and in each ch to end, turn. My sample – 188 foundation chs, 187 sc.

Row 2: (WS) Begtr in first st, [sk next 2 sts, Shell in next st, sk next 2 sts, tr in next st] to end, turn. My sample – 31 Shells, 32 tr.

Row 3: (RS) Ch 1, [place 1 sc in each tr and 1 sc in each ch-1 sp] to end, turn.

My sample – 187 sc.

Rep Rows 2 – 3 until desired size. DO NOT finish off.

My sample – I worked Rows 2 - 3 twelve (12) times.

EDGING

Sides

You have ended at Row 3 on RS.

1. Do not turn. Ch 1, rotate to work across short side. Sc evenly spaced across side to end. Finish off, weave in end.

2. Now you will work a row of sc across the other short side. With RS facing, join yarn with sc to right corner of other short side. Sc evenly spaced across this side to end (last row of shawl.) Finish off, weave in the two ends.

Bottom

The finishing sc edges have created an extra “stitch” on each end of the shawl, simulating 2 sc stitches. So instead of having 187 sc, there are now 189 “stitches.”

You will work into the vertical sides of these two faux stitches.

You may keep the same color yarn as the body of the shawl, or change to a complementary color here.

1. With RS facing and working on bottom foundation chains, join yarn with sl st to “faux stitch” on the right end of shawl, ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in next 2 sts, [ch 4, sk next 3 sts, dc in next 3 sts] to end, placing last dc in the extra “faux stitch,” turn.

2. Begdc in first dc, dc in next 2 dc, [ch 4, dc in next 3 dc] to end, turn.

3. Ch 2, sk first dc, (dc, Triple Picot, dc) in 2^nd dc, sk 3^rd dc, [ch 3, sc around both ch-4 below enclosing them, ch 3, sk next dc, (dc, Triple Picot, dc) in next dc] to end, ch 2, sl st into last dc. Finish off, weave in ends.

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