Lagniappe Shawl (BETA TEST v2)
Designed by Esther Sandrof
Note: This is a beta test version of this design. Please let me know if there is something wrong with the instructions so that I can make corrections. Lagniappe (Pronounced (Lan-yap) is a word with Quechua, French, Spanish and Creole origins that is used in Southern Louisiana to mean a baker's dozen or as the MerriamWebster dictionary describes "something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure." This design combines a baker's dozen (or more, actually) of different types of crochet stitches that make a unified whole. The design comes in four tranches, which provides opportunities for experimentation with different color combinations. The first tranche is a sampler of different but uncomplicated stitches. The second tranche is a chain mesh. The third tranche is a granny motif. The fourth tranche is a twisted fringe. I'm the first to admit that I'm an impatient, easily distracted, rather improvisatory and inexact crochet practitioner. When I'm working from a pattern, if I come to an instruction that doesn't make sense to me or seems overly complicated, I tend to go with my gut and things usually work out OK. It is with this spirit of improvisation, that I present my first transcription of a pattern. It
slluuiu ue vieweu ds d itlipe ulldt Lall ut tweaked to your particular preferences. If you want to make a bigger shawl, or if you want to use a lighter yarn, the easiest way to adjust the pattern is to add additional rows to the second or third tranches. If you want to make a smaller shawl, you can omit some of the rows in any of the tranches - or leave off the third tranche completely. If you are going to improvise on the type of wool, a good rule of thumb for a sizing a shawl is to make it at least as wide as your outstretched arms. Thicker wool and bigger hooks will get you there quicker. If you want to make it with a lighter yarn, you will end up with a shawlette, unless you add in some rows. The Lagniappe Shawl featured in the photograph is made of Lion Brand Recycled Cotton, which is an aran weight yarn comprised of 72% Cotton, 24% Acrylic and 2% Other stuff. I used about 850 yards of yarn in two colors: 2.5 skeins of Seashell and 2.5 skeins of Pebble Beach. I used a 5mm (H) crochet hook. Special Stiches: Cluster \*Yo, insert hook in next dc, yo, pull up a loop. Yo, draw through two stitches (leaving remaining stitches on hook). Repeat \* twice more. End stitch by drawing through remaining 4 loops on hook.
Instructions
First Tranche (Lagniappe):
Row 1: Ch 31 loosely. Chain an extra 3 to count as the 1st dc in the next row. Row 2: 2 dc in base of 4th ch from hook. 1 dc in next ch. \*2 dc in next ch. 1 dc in next ch \* Repeat across. 3dc in last ch. Turn. Row 3: Ch 3 (counts as 1st dc now and throughout). Dc in same stitch. 1 ch. Skip next dc. \*1 dc in next dc. 1 ch. Skip next dc.\* Repeat across. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 4: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. \*3 dc in ch 1 space.\* Repeat through last ch 1 space. 2 dc in last dc. Turn Row 5: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. \*1 cluster in 2nd dc of each triplet. ch 2\* repeat across. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 6: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. \*ch1. 2dc in next ch2 space. ch1.\* Repeat to last ch1 space. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 7: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. 1 dc in dc. \*1dc in ch 1 sp. 1 dc in each dc.\* Repeat across. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 8: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. \*2ch. Skip 2 dc. 1dc in next dc.\* Repeat across. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 9: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. 3 dc in ch 2 space. ch1.\* Repeat across. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 10: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. 4 dc in middle dc of triplet.\* Repeat across. 2 dc in last dc. Turn.
Row 11: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc.. \*ch1. 1dc in 2nd dc of quartet. ch 1. 1 dc in 3rd dc of quartet.\* Repeat to last ch1 space. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 12: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. \*3 dc in ch 1 space. 2 dc in next ch1 space\* Repeat across. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 13: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. ch1. Skip 1 dc. \*1 dc in each of next 2 dc. ch 2. Skip 2 dc.\* Repeat to 3rd from last dc. ch 1. Skip 1 dc. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 14: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. ch 1. 1 cluster in ch 1 space. \*ch 2. 1dc between 2 dcs. ch 1. 1 cluster in ch 2 space. ch 1\* Repeat across to last ch 2 space. dc between 2 dcs. 1 cluster in ch 1 space. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 15: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. . \*ch3. sl in ch 1 space\* Repeat across. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 16: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. \*2dc in ch\* Repeat across. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 17: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. \*2ch. Skip 2 dc. 1dc in next dc.\* Repeat across. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 18: 3 ch. 1 dc in same dc. \*3 dc in each ch2 space\* Repeat across. 2 dc in last dc. Turn. Detach yard and weave in ends, if you are changing colors here.
Second Tranche (Mesh):
If you are changing colors, attach yarn to corner stitch. Rows 19 and 20: 2 sc in first dc. \*1 sc in each dc\* Repeat across. 2 sc in last dc. Row 21: 1 ch. 1 sc in same dc. \*ch3. skip 1 sc. sl in next sc\* Repeat across. 2 sc in last sc. Turn. Rows 22 - 26: 1 ch. 1 sc in same dc. \*ch3. sl in ch3\* Repeat across. 2 sc in last sc. Turn. Rows 27 and 28: 2 sc in first dc. \*1 sc in each dc\* Repeat across. 2 sc in last dc. Detach yard and weave in ends, if you are changing colors here.
Third Tranche (Granny):
If you are changing colors, attach yarn to corner stitch. Row 29: 2 sc in first dc. \*1 sc in each dc\* Repeat across. 2 sc in last dc. Row 30: 3 ch. 2 dc in same dc. \*sSkip 2 sc. 3 dc in next sc. ch 1\* Repeat across. 3 dc in last dc. Turn. Rows 31 - 33 (0r more, if you want.): 3 ch. 2 dc in same dc. \*3 dc in ch1 space. 1 ch\* Repeat across. 3 dc in last dc. Turn. Row 34: Add a sc border around the whole shawl. Detach yard and weave in ends, if you are changing colors here.
Fourth Tranche: (Twisted Fringe)
If you are changing colors, attach yarn to corner most ridge and add a sc border to the bottom edge of the shawl. Turn. Insert the hook into the first ridge. YO and pull a loop that is about 7" (13cm) long. You may want to use a guide to make sure that your loop is always the same size. Turn the hook clockwise about 20 times. Fold the twisted loop in half and let it twist back on itself. Sl back into same ridge. Repeat these instructions in each of the remaining ridges along to bottom of the shawl. Pull on each fringe to remove kinks and curls. You may want to experiment with the length of the fringes, the number of twists and/or the density of the fringes to suit your individual fringe preferences.
