Free Crochet Shawl On A Plane Pattern

Crochet Shawl On A Plane was designed on a plane as an easy repeat pattern to keep me occupied as I crocheted from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast.

Designed with texture and four unique rows in the pattern to keep your mind busy instead of getting stuck in the boredom of a plane journey.

The pattern is a 4-row repeat which is easy to count. Every time the pattern repeats, the bean stitches and treble back post cross stitches will have expanded by 5. So you can double-check your counts at those rows fairly easily.

Free Pattern

Caron Cotton Cakes, 100 g / 3.5 oz, 193 m/211 yds

5 Balls - Blushing Melon

This pattern has the ability to grow to any size you wish. You will need more yarn if you want it bigger.

• Abbreviations

Abbreviations

• Approx = Approximate(ly)
• Beg = Begin(ning)
• Bean St = Bean Stitch
• Ch = Chain(s)
• Dc = Double Crochet
• Rep = Repeat
• Sc = Single Crochet
• Sk = Skip
• Sl St = Slip Stitch
• Trbp = Treble Back Post
• TrbpX = Skip next st, 1 trbp in next. 1 trbp in st skipped.

Special Stitch - Bean St - Insert hook in next st, YO and pull up a loop (2 loops on hook), YO in same stitch and pull up a loop (4 loops on hook), YO in same stitch once more and pull up a loop (6 loops on hook), YO and pull through all 6 loops on hook, ch 1 to complete stitch.

Row 1: Ch 4, (counts as 1 dc), 6 dc in 4th ch from hook. Turn. - 7 sts

Row 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in beg st, 1 sc in next 2 sts, (1 sc. Ch 1, 1 sc) in next st. 1 sc in next 2 sts. 2 sc in last st. - 10 sts

Row 3: Ch 3 (counts as dc here and throughout), 1 dc in same st, 1 dc in each st before ch-1 sp. (1 dc. Ch 2. 1 dc) in ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each st to 2nd last st. 2 dc in last st. Turn. - 14 sts

Tip: Repeat next rows for the duration of the shawl.

Row 4: Ch 3, 1 dc in same st. 1 trbpX across to ch-2 sp. (2 dc. Ch 1. 2 dc) in ch-2 sp. 1 trbpX across to 2nd last st. 2 dc in last st. Turn. - 3 trbpx per side. This increases by 5 trbpX each time you repeat this in the future.

Row 5: Ch 1, 2 sc in same beg st. 1 sc across to stitch before ch-2 sp. (1 sc. Ch 1. 1 sc) in ch-2 sp. 1 sc across to 2nd last st. 2 sc in last st. Turn.

Row 6: Ch 3, 1 dc in same st. Ch 1, *skip next st, 1 bean st in next, ch 1. Repeat * across to next ch-1 sp. (1 dc. Ch 2. 1 dc) in next ch-1 sp. *skip next st, 1 bean st in next, ch 1. Repeat * across to 3rd last st. 2 dc in last st. Turn. - 5 bean sts per side. This increases by 5 bean sts each time you repeat this in the future.

Row 7: Ch 3, 1 dc in same st. 1 dc in each st across to st before ch-2 sp. (2 dc. Ch 2. 2 dc) in ch-2 sp. 1 dc in each stacross to 2nd last st. 2 dc in last st. Turn.

Next rows: Repeat rows 4 to 7 until you get the desired size you prefer. Fasten off, weave in ends once completed.

Tip: For best results when jumping from ball to ball as you complete them, start the ball in the same colourway to keep the shawl from having any short runs of this long colourway yarn.

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Back Story

I took off from Halifax, and it took me an hour to restart to get the counts and the look I wanted. When I flew over Quebec, I had my pattern in my head and began to make the sample.

I landed in Toronto and continued to make my shawl as I waited for the next plane. I boarded again for another 5 hours to San Francisco. By the time I got to San Francisco, we had a 3-hour layover and another 1-hour flight to Reno, Nevada! It was a long day to put it in family-friendly terms.