SPROUTS SHAWL

Designed by Lisa Hounshell

Since there are special techniques for continuously working the square motifs in this project,
you will need to be familiar with the basics of Breakaway Crochet. Therefore if you have not
done so already, please refer to the following resources before you attempt this project:

● For the basic concept and techniques, start by downloading the Free Training Wheels
Primer eBook from Ravelry, and/or watching the Quick start tutorial Breakaway Crochet
Method video on YouTube.
● You may also like to watch the 2-Round Motif Tutorial for general information on working
motifs with more than 1 row.
● For a tutorial for this specific project, please watch this YouTube video.

MATERIALS
Yarn: 2 balls Holst Garn “Coast”. Each ball = 1.76 ounces (50 gm), 383 yards (350 m)

Hook: US size C2 (2.75mm)

Stitch markers

MEASUREMENTS
Gauge (in double crochet, before washing and blocking): 26 sts x 16 rows

Length: 50” (127 cm)

Width: 16” (40 cm)

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ABBREVIATIONS (US TERMINOLOGY)
yo yarn over

slst slip stitch

ch chain stitch

sc single crochet

dc double crochet

tr treble crochet

dtr double treble crochet

Fdc floating double crochet - yo, make Floating Ring, (yo, pull through 2
loops) twice

RestoreTR To work the first treble of round 2, remove working loop from hook.
Put marked loop back on hook and remove marker.
Using slack yarn, make a 2 yo’s to the left of the working loop.
Replace working loop back on the hook (4 loops on hook, with the yo’s
sitting between the working loop and the marked loop).
(Yo, pull through 2 loops) 3 times.

pc1 picot on round 1: ch2, dc in the top pair of vertical bars of the last dc, ch2,
slst in the same bars.

pc2 picot on round 2: ch1. In the 2nd pair of vertical bars of the last tr work
(dc, ch2, slst, ch3, slst, ch2, dc, ch1, sc).

pc3 picot on round 3: ch4, slst in top pair of vertical bars of the last treble
stitch.

pc4 picot on the border: (sc, ch3, sc, ch5, sc, ch3, sc) in indicated stitch.

PATTERN NOTES
The design of this rectangular shawl consists of the main section and a border. The main
section is worked first, and is completed by working 16 rows of the same square, each row
having 4 squares. These squares are worked continuously using Breakaway Crochet
techniques, which means you will have to work all the squares in a specific sequence.

Pattern sequence
The shawl is worked lengthways, meaning you will be working 4 squares at a time within a row,
before moving on to the next row of 4 squares.

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There are 2 steps to working each row of squares, beginning with a Foundation Row (worked
from left to right), and ending with a Return Row (right to left).

Foundation Rows are where you establish the 4 squares in each new row. Remember that on
Foundation Rows, you work each square to its Breakaway point, before moving on to the next
one.

Once you get to the 4th square of the row, you finish off the 4 squares by working a Return Row
until you get to a second Breakaway point on the last square of the row. This is where you leave
this last square unfinished, then jump to the first square of the next row, and begin a new
Foundation Row of squares.

Once you have worked to the required length of the shawl (16 rows of squares), you turn the
corner and finish off all the squares on the left hand edge.

The sequence in a nutshell:

(Foundation Row, Return Row) 16 times
Finish left edge
Work the border

Special Abbreviation (WFRs)

The square motif in this shawl is worked over 3 rounds. Since the first 2 rounds are worked in
exactly the same way for every square in the project, the abbreviation “WFRs” (work first
rounds) is used as a shortcut in the instructions. So to WFRs, follow the instructions as set out
below.

SPECIAL ABBREVIATION - WFRs (work first rounds)

A. Prepare: ch12 (“connecting chs”); Place a stitch marker in the working loop on the
hook.
B. Yo 3 times, make a Floating Ring. (Yo, pull through 2 loops) twice (counts as center
ring of the square and the first dc of the round).
C. Release the remaining yo and the marked loop from the hook.
D. Continue round 1: 2dc in the Floating Ring, pc1; (4dc, pc1) 3 times, dc, slst into first
dc.
E. Round 2: RestoreTR, pc2, (ch8, skip next pc1 and 1dc, tr in next dc, pc2) 3 times
F. Finish round 2: ch4, slst over connecting chs.

Please follow along with the video tutorial for a more thorough demonstration of the techniques
involved.

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INSTRUCTIONS

First row of squares (Foundation Row)

Very first square
1. Round 1: attach yarn to hook with a slip knot, leaving a yarn tail that is approximately 6”
long. Fdc (counts as the center ring of the square and the first dc of the round). In the
Floating Ring: 2dc, pc1; (4dc, pc1) 3 times, dc, slst into first dc.
2. Round 2: use the yarn tail to make 3 yo’s to the right of the working loop on the hook.
(Yo, pull through 2 loops) 3 times (counts and the first treble of the round). pc2, (ch8,
skip next pc1 and 1dc, tr in next dc, pc2) 3 times; end round with ch4, dtr in the first sc of
the next pc2.
3. Round 3: ch8, tr in the ch3 loop of the next pc2, pc3, ch8, dc in the 1st pair of vertical
bars on the last tr, pc3, Ch8, slst in next ch8 space, ch8, tr in the ch3 loop of the next
pc2, pc3, ch8, dc in the 1st pair of vertical bars on the last tr, pc3, ch8, slst in next ch8
space.

Next 3 squares
4. Breakaway to next square: WFRs.
5. Round 3: ch4, slst into the first ch8 space behind the hook, ch4, tr in the ch3 space of
the next pc2, pc4, skip 2 pc2’s behind hook, slst into next ch8 space, ch4, dc in 1st pair
of vertical bars on last tr, pc3, ch8, slst in next ch8 space, ch8, tr in the ch3 loop of the
next pc2, pc3, ch8, dc in the 1st pair of vertical bars on the last tr, pc3, ch8, slst in next
ch8 space.
6. (Step 4, step 5) 2 more times (4 squares started in the row).

Return row
7. On current square: ch8, tr in the ch3 loop of the next pc2, pc3, ch8, dc in the 1st pair of
vertical bars on the last tr, pc3, * ch8, slst in next ch8 space, ch8, tr in the ch3 loop of the
next pc2, pc3, ch8, dc in the 1st pair of vertical bars on the last tr, pc3, ch4, slst in next
ch8 space between squares, continue to next square: ch4, tr in the ch3 loop of the
next pc2, pc3, ch4, skip 2 pc3’s behind the hook, slst into next ch8 space, ch4, dc in the
1st pair of vertical bars on the last tr, pc3. Repeat from * 2 more times. On last square
end with ch8, slst in next ch8 space, breakaway to first square of next row.

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Second row of squares (Joined Foundation Row)
First square
8. WFRs. Round 3: ch4, slst into first ch8 space behind the hook, ch4, tr in the ch3 loop of
the next pc2, pc3, ch4, skip 2 pc3’s and 4 chs behind the hook, slst into next slst, ch4, dc
in the 1st pair of vertical bars on the last tr, pc3, ch8, slst in next ch8 space.

Next 2 squares
9. Breakaway to next square: WFRs.
10. Round 3: ch4, slst in the next ch8 space behind hook, ch4, tr in ch3 loop of next pc2,
pc3, ch4, skip 2 pc2’s and 4 more chs behind hook, slst in next slst, ch4, dc in 1st pair of
vertical bars on the last tr, pc3, ch4, skip 2 pc2’s behind hook, slst in next ch8 space
behind hook, ch4, slst in next ch8 space, ch4, skip 12 chs behind hook, slst in next ch8
space, ch4, tr in ch3 loop of next pc2, pc3, ch4, skip 2 pc2’s and 4 chs behind hook, slst
in next slst, ch4, dc in 1st pair of vertical bars on last tr, pc3, ch8, slst in next ch8 space.
11. (Step 9, step 10) 1 more time. Breakaway to 4th square.

4th square
12. WFRs. Round 3: ch4, slst in the next ch8 space behind hook, ch4, tr in ch3 loop of next
pc2, pc3, ch4, skip 2 pc2’s and 4 more chs behind hook, slst in next slst, ch4, dc in 1st
pair of vertical bars on the last tr, pc3, ch4, skip 2 pc2’s behind hook, slst in next ch8
space behind hook, ch4, slst in next ch8 space, ch4, skip 12 chs behind hook, slst in
next ch8 space, ch4, tr in ch3 loop of next pc2, pc3, ch4, skip 2 pc2’s behind hook, slst in
next ch8 space, ch4, dc in 1st pair of vertical bars on last tr, pc3, ch8, slst in next ch8
space.

Return row
13. On current square: ch8, tr in the ch3 loop of the next pc2, pc3, ch8, dc in the 1st pair of
vertical bars on the last tr, pc3, * ch8, slst in next ch8 space, ch8, tr in the ch3 loop of the
next pc2, pc3, ch8, dc in the 1st pair of vertical bars on the last tr, pc3, ch4, slst in next
ch8 space between squares, continue to next square: ch4, tr in the ch3 loop of the
next pc2, pc3, ch4, skip 2 pc3’s behind the hook, slst into next ch8 space, ch4, dc in the
1st pair of vertical bars on the last tr, pc3. Repeat from * 2 more times. On last square
end with ch8, slst in next ch8 space, breakaway to first square of next row.

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Work remaining rows of squares
14. (Step 8 - step 13) 14 times (16 rows of squares).
15. Continue around last square of row 16: Ch8, slst in next ch8 space, ch8, tr in the ch3
loop of the next pc2, pc3, ch8, dc in the 1st pair of vertical bars on the last tr, pc3.

Finish left edge

16. (Ch8, slst in next ch8 space, ch8, tr in the ch3 loop of the next pc2, pc3, ch8, dc in the
1st pair of vertical bars on the last tr, pc3, ch4, slst in next ch8 space between squares,
continue to next square: ch4, tr in the ch3 loop of the next pc2, pc3, ch4, skip 2 pc3’s
behind the hook, slst into next ch8 space, ch4, dc in the 1st pair of vertical bars on the
last tr, pc3) 15 times.
17. Finish last square: ch4, dtr in next dtr, mark dtr. DO NOT BREAK YARN.

Border
18. Round 1: (ch5, slst into next ch8 space) twice, mark
last slst (should be at the corner).
19. Next edge: * (ch5, slst into next ch8 space) twice,
ch5, skip next pc3 and 4 ch, slst into next slst. Repeat from *
to next corner working a slst in the corner ch8, and marking
the slst.
20. Repeat step 19 to end of round, end with a slst in the
marked dtr. Remove marker.
21. Round 2: ch4 (counts as tr and 1 ch); (tr, ch1) twice in
next ch5 space, tr in next slst. (ch1, tr) twice in the next ch5
space, ch1.
22. Corner: In marked st work (tr, ch1, dtr, ch1, dc in the 2nd pair of vertical bars of the last
dtr, move marker to last ch1 space, ch1, tr).
23. Next edge: *(ch1, tr) twice in the next ch5 space, ch1, tr in next slst, repeat from * along
edge ending with ch1 before marked corner st.
24. Corner: In marked st work (tr, ch1, dtr, ch1, dc in the 2nd pair of vertical bars of the last
dtr, move marker to last ch1 space, ch1, tr).
25. Repeat (Step 23, step 24) to end of round, ending with slst into the 3rd ch of the
beginning ch4.
26. First picot round: ch1, pc4 in same st, Place marker in the first sc of the pc4, ch7.
27. *skip 3 ch1 spaces, pc4 in next tr, ch7, repeat from * to last pc4 on this edge, which
should be sitting 1 space before the corner, ch7.
28. Corner: In marked space work (sc, ch3, sc, ch7, sc, move marker to last ch7 space,
ch3, sc, ch7).
29. Continue to next side: skip next ch1 space, pc4 in next tr, ch7.

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 30. Repeat (Step 27 - 29), for the rest of the round, but substitute last ch7 of the round with
ch3, dtr in marked sc.
31. 2nd picot round: ch1, pc4 in same st, mark first sc of the pc4, ch7.
32. *pc4 in the 4th ch of the next ch7 space, ch7, repeat from * ending with ch7 before next
marked corner space.
33. Corner: in 4th ch of the marked space work (sc, ch3, sc, ch7, sc, move marker to last
ch7 space, ch3, sc, ch7).
34. Repeat (step 32 - step 33) for the rest of the round, but substitute last ch7 of the round
with ch3, dtr in marked st.
35. 3rd picot round: as for 2nd picot round (steps 31 - 34). Mark last dtr.
36. Last round: ch5, slst in each ch7 space all the way around, slst into marked dtr, fasten
off yarn, weave in yarn tails.

For a professional looking final appearance, block in a manner that is suitable for the fibre used.

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