Grantangle (Plays Well Together): Knitty First Fall 2014

by Amy O'Neill Houck
+ Miriam Felton

Miriam is a knitter who crochets. Amy is a crocheter who knits. We both came to crochet first, as children, and we both learned to knit about fourteen years ago. We share an appreciation for the inherent beauty of both knitting and crochet. Miriam loves lace and designs intricate patterns that enthrall knitters with their form and flow. She's designed over two dozen shawls including two published here on Knitty. Amy designs crochet garments that combine fit and wearability with captivating constructions. She has a particular fondness for hats. Amy naturally picks up a hook when she's thinking of designing something new, and Miriam reaches for her needles, but we each enjoy the challenges of both knitting and crochet.

by Amy O'Neill Houck
+ Miriam Felton

This shawl takes the idea of a granny square and turns it on its head by dividing the square in half. The resulting rectangle, created by having only 2 increase points, is worked in rows instead of rounds. Still, you have the simplicity of a granny square, working stitches mostly into chain spaces instead of into stitches.

Grantangle can be worn over your shoulders as a shawl or wrapped around your neck as a scarf.

model: Miranda Natividad

photos: Miriam L. Felton

SIZE
One

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
Width: 21 inches
Length: 51 inches

MATERIALS
Yarn
Mrs. Crosby Carpet Bag [80% Superwash Merino Wool, 20% Silk; 220m/240 yards per 100g skein]; color: Hot Pimiento; 3 skeins

Recommended needle size
[always use a hook or needle size that gives you the gauge listed below -- every knitter's gauge is unique]
US #G-6/4mm crochet hook

Notions
removable stitch marker
yarn needle

GAUGE

18 sts/7 rows = 4 inches in pattern stitch

PATTERN NOTES
[Knitty's list of standard abbreviations and techniques can be found here.]

Chain: ch
Double Crochet: dc
Shell: 3 dc in space or stitch indicated
Corner: (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in space indicated
Chain Space (ch-sp): the space underneath chains indicated from the row below.
Turning Chain: The chain made in the previous row to bring the work to the height needed for the current row.

Charts
A note about the chart. Even though all the instructions are included in the written pattern, we're including a stitch chart here so even beginners can get a sense for how crochet is represented visually. We love charts because they really do look like the actual fabric you are crocheting. Crochet charts are read like knitting charts: right to left on the Right Side (in this case odd numbered rows) of your work, and left to right on the Wrong Side (in this case even numbered rows).

The chart for this pattern is very large and fits on a letter-sized page.
Click here and print the resulting page.

DIRECTIONS

Setup

Chain 5, join the chain into a ring with a slip stitch.
Row 1 [RS]: Ch 3, 2 dc into center of ring, ch 2, shell into center of ring, ch 2, shell into center of ring, turn. Mark RS of work with locking ring marker.
Row 2 [WS]: Ch 5, corner in next ch-sp, ch 2, corner in next ch-sp, ch 2, dc into top of turning ch. Turn.
Row 3 [RS]: Ch 3, 2 dc into next ch sp, ch 2, corner in center ch-sp of next corner, ch 2, shell in next ch-sp, ch 2, corner in next corner ch-sp, ch 2, shell in final ch-sp. Turn.
Row 4: Ch 5, Shell in next ch-sp, ch 2, corner in next corner, ch 2, (shell in next ch-sp, ch 2) twice, corner in next corner, ch 2, shell in next ch-sp, ch 2, dc in top of turning ch. Turn.

Body
Row 1 [RS]: Ch 3, 2 dc in next ch-sp, [ch 2, shell in next ch-sp] to corner, ch 2, corner in next corner, [ch 2, shell in next ch-sp] to corner, ch 2, corner in next corner, [ch 2, shell in next ch-sp] to end of row. Turn.

Row 2 [WS]: Ch 5, ([shell in next ch-sp, ch 2] to corner, corner in next corner, ch 2) twice, [shell in next ch-sp, ch 2] to final ch sp, dc in top of turning ch. Turn.

Repeat Rows 1-2 8 more times, and work Row 1 once more (19 rows total), or until shawlette is desired size. Fasten off.

Edging
With RS facing, join yarn at top edge, in original center ring.

Ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc all into ring.

Working along the top edge of the shawl, create a pointed edge by working a 'corner' into each space along the edge. At the corner, work the corner as normal, and rotate the work. Continue working all the way around the final row, (ch 2, corner) in each ch-sp, working a corner in each corner as set, to the beginning of the edging round. To finish, ch 2, slip stitch into the round's beginning ch to join, cut yarn and fasten off.

FINISHING

Weave in ends and block.

ABOUT THE DESIGNERS

Miriam can be found on on the web at miriamfelton.com, and on Twitter @mimknits. Amy O'Neill Houck blogs at thehookandi.com and tweets @plainsight.

Amy and Miriam both have patterns on ravelry.com.