Earth Day Shawl - When You Take A Variegated Yarn And Use A Granny Square Pattern No 6

 

I bought a beautiful variegated green-brown yarn by Plymouth Yarns and I had it stashed away for like three years. About a year ago I pulled my yarn out from my hiding place, I took my granny square pattern number six and started crocheting my newest project. First I wanted to make a poncho. But then I decided that a shawl will be better for me since I could wrap it around or use it as a wide scarf.

I realized I am on the right track to creating something beautiful as soon as I attached few squares together - I attached each square immediately to the one already finished - see my videos for righties and lefties. The way the colors blended and came together I knew I will hold soon (well actually as soon as I finish) an elegant and alluring piece of garment. 

If you would like to work on this project be aware that, unfortunately, they do not make this yarn anymore. That is what happens when we hide your yarns away from our husbands for too long 😉and you forget about them. But, I found a replacement of similar yarns for you - click HERE.  One of the yarns they suggest is Lana Grossa, which I love a lot. Recently I finished a couple of projects using Lana Grossa yarns and I am using another type of their yarns to knit a blouse for my petite daughter. Don't forget to scroll down to see many other choices. Maybe you will like the idea of using Madelintosh yarns. Or try to find online "one-ply lace yarn" that is baby alpaca/merino blend and that is variegated.

Anyway... I used my granny square #6 design (a link for the pattern is below) to turn these squares into a wide and long rectangle. I used 84 squares - 6 squares along the width of the shawl and 14 squares along the length. I still may do the 15th row to make my shawl even longer since I have about 1/2 a ball leftover.

I can also envision a really gorgeous baby blanket using this granny square. Or a throw. Or a scarf. You could make your own version of this design.

So, if you would like to crochet this shawl (or any suggested projects) check out the links and information below:

Materials:

Yarn - 6+ balls of Plymouth Yarns, Revel (depending on how wide and long your shawl/scarf/blanket you want); color: #16 Moss; weight: lace; 85% baby alpaca, 15% Merino Wool;
Hook - 2.75 mm (or use the link above for any similar yarn)
Yarn needle
Scissors

Size of each square:

Approximately 4"x4"

Links:

GRANNY SQUARE PATTERN NO. 6

VIDEO HOW TO ATTACH GRANNY SQUARES NO. 6 FOR RIGHTIES

VIDEO HOW TO ATTACH GRANNY SQUARES NO. 6 FOR LEFTIES 

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