Zaria - asymmetric triangle shawl - free crochet pattern

 

This is Zaria. Zaria is an asymmetric right angle triangle shawl. It's an easy pattern involving only a few basic crochet stitches. It's worked from bottom up. Width at the bottom is 37 inches and height is 56 inches.  

You can watch the video tutorial here

Materials

Fingering weight/category 1/sock yarn approximately 575 to 585 meters

G/4 mm crochet hook

Yarn needle

Size

37 inches wide at the bottom and 56 inches high

Abbreviations/stitches used

** - repeat instructions within asterisks as many times as directed

[ ] - repeat instructions within parenthesis as a set as many times as directed

ch - chain

st/sts - stitch/stitches

sc - single crochet - (UK - double crochet)

dc - double crochet (UK - treble)

Note

The pattern is written using standard American terms

The shawl needs blocking after completion

Instruction

Shell: [2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc]

Row 1: Ch 176, sc in 6^th ch from hook, ch 3, skip 2 ch, sc in next ch, **ch 3, skip 1 ch, sc in next ch, ch 3, skip 2 ch, sc in next ch** Repeat from ** to ** across until you have 2 chs left, ch 1, skip next ch, dc in last ch. Turn.

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in same st, ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space, **[ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space] 3 times, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space** Repeat from ** to ** across. Turn.

Row 3: Sl st in 2 sts and in next ch-1 space, ch 1, sc in same space, ch 3, sc in next ch-1 space, ch 3, **[sc, ch 3, sc, ch 3 in next ch-6 space] 3 times, sc in ch-1 space of shell, ch 3, sc in next ch-1 space, ch 3** Repeat from ** to ** until the last ch-1 space, ch 3, [sc, ch 3, sc] in next ch-6 space, ch 2, dc in last sc. Turn.

Row 4: Ch 6, sc in next ch-3 space, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space, **[ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space] 3 times, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space** Repeat from ** to ** across. Turn.

Row 5: Repeat row 3 finishing with [sc, ch 1, dc] in last space. Turn.

Row 6: Ch 1, sc in same st, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space, **[ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space] 3 times, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space** Repeat from ** to ** across. Turn.

Row 7: Repeat row 3 up to sc in last ch-1 space of shell, ch 2, dc in last sc. Turn.

Row 8: Ch 3, [dc, ch 1, 2 dc – incomplete shell] in ch-2 space, sc in next ch-3 space, **[ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space] 3 times, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space** Repeat from ** to ** across. Turn.

Row 9: Repeat row 3 up to sc in ch-1 space of incomplete shell, ch 1, dc in last st. Turn.

Row 10: Ch 1, sc in same st, **[ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space] 3 times, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space** Repeat from ** to ** across. Turn.

Row 11: Repeat row 3 finishing with ch 2 and dc in last sc. Turn.

Row 12: Ch 6, skip ch-2 space, sc in next ch-3 space, [ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space] 2 times, **shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space, [ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space] 3 times** Repeat from ** to ** 6 more times, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space. Turn.

Row 13: Repeat row 3 finishing with ch 3 followed by [sc, ch 1 and dc] in the last ch-6 space. Turn.

Row 14: Ch 1, sc in same st, [ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space] 2 times, **shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space, [ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space] 3 times** Repeat from ** to ** 6 more times, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space. Turn.

Row 15: Repeat row 3 finishing with ch 2 and dc in last sc. Turn.

Row 16: Ch 6, sc in next ch-3 space, ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space, **shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space, [ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space] 3 times** Repeat from ** to ** 6 more times, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space. Turn.

Row 17: Repeat row 3 finishing with ch 3, [sc, ch 1, dc] in last space. Turn.

Repeat rows 2 to 17 seven more times.

Row 130: Ch 1, sc in same st, ch 6, skip next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space. Turn.

Row 131: Sl st in 2 sts and in next ch-1 space, ch 1, sc in same space, ch 3, sc in next ch-1 space, ch 3, [sc, ch 3, sc] in next ch-6 space, ch 2, dc in last sc. Turn.

Row 132: Ch 6, sc in next ch-3 space, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space,

Row 133: Sl st in 2 sts and in next ch-1 space, ch 1, sc in same space, ch 3, sc in next ch-1 space, ch 3, [sc, ch 1, dc] in last space. Turn.

Row 134: Ch 1, sc in same st, shell in next ch-3 space, sc in next ch-3 space. Turn.

Row 135: Sl st in 2 sts and in next ch-1 space, ch 1, sc in same space, ch 3, sc in next ch-1 space, ch 2, dc in last sc. Turn.

Row 136: Ch 3, [dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in ch-2 space, sc in next ch-3 space. Turn.

Row 137: Sl st in 2 sts and in next ch-1 space, ch 1, sc in same space, ch 2, sc in last st. Cut off yarn.