Description

Triangular Head Shawl – Vintage Crochet Pattern: Instant PDF Download

Size: Approx. 27″ from point to base

Simple in construction but pretty in effect, this triangular head shawl is a genuinely easy/beginner 1950s vintage crochet pattern built almost entirely from shell stitch. Starting at the center point of the base, the triangle grows row by row in fingering weight yarn, its shells opening into a soft, lace/openwork fabric as the piece widens toward the top. A three-round picoted shell border finishes every edge with delicate little scallops. Worn as a head covering, kerchief, or light shawl, it’s a lovely quick vintage crochet pattern for showcasing a favorite fingering yarn.

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Design & Construction Details

Skill Level: Easy/Beginner.
Construction: Worked flat in rows beginning at the center of the base of the triangle, increasing along both slanted edges every row to build the shell stitch pattern; once the body reaches full width, a picoted shell border is worked in rounds around all three edges.
Finished Measurements: Approx. 27″ from point to base.
Pattern Style: Written in standard vintage crochet terms and abbreviations, without stitch charts.
Stitches: Chain, slip stitch, single crochet, double crochet, shell stitch, picot.

Recommended Materials & Tools

Yarn: Fingering weight — approximately 5 oz (142 g) of 3-ply fingering yarn.
Since the original yarn may be discontinued, substitute with any standard modern fingering weight yarn such as Paintbox Yarns Cotton Fingering or King Cole Giza Cotton.
Crochet Hook Size: US steel No. 0 (American gauge), or size needed to obtain gauge.
Notions: Rustless pins for blocking; tapestry needle for weaving in ends.
Gauge: 3 rows = 1″.

This is a digitally restored PDF crochet pattern

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