Gentle Solace Crochet Shawl Pattern

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Wrap yourself in warmth and comfort with the Gentle Solace Prayer Shawl! This easy-to-crochet pattern uses Lion Brand Homespun Thick & Quick yarn and a Size Q crochet hook, making it a delightfully fast project. Available in six different sizes, this shawl is perfect for everyone. Its cozy texture and quick construction make it an ideal accessory for chilly days or a thoughtful handmade gift.

Gentle Solace Shawl – Quick & Cozy Crochet Pattern

Ever since I reviewed The Prayer Shawl Ministry – Reaching Those in Need and The Prayer Shawl Ministry Vol. 2 I have been wanting to design and share a free crochet pattern for a Prayer Shawl or Friendship Shawl for you to crochet.

The yarn I chose to use is the same brand recommended by both books – Lion Brand Homespun but I chose to use the Thick & Quick Stripes because it was so lovely and warm and soft and the color just spoke to me.  

This yarn is so textured I decided to use a simple woven stitch for the design – to allow the yarn to shine through.

I love this design because it allows me to slip my fingers through the spaces between the stitches and hold on…and to run my fingers along the loops at the ends of the rows and feel the texture of the yarn and bumpy chain stitches. I hope this design brings comfort to those who choose to make it and to those who choose to wear it.

This shawl is quite large – and wraps comfortably to cover me. I suspect it will fit up to a 2XL to 3XL; so if you want to crochet a shawl for a smaller size, just decrease the number of chain stitches you start with.

You could also make this into a lovely blanket!

I have included varying starting chain lengths to assist you in changing the overall size of the project.

How to Make the Gentle Solace Prayer Shawl in Other Sizes

• 83 sts will give you 72 inches
• 81 sts will give you 70 inches
• 71 sts will give you 60 inches
• 47 sts will give you 40 inches
• 37 sts will give you 30 inches
• 23 sts will give you 20 inches

After you have added the simple chained edging the project will be an additional 10 inches in size.

You can continue to work the height of the shawl/wrap as many rows as you wish. Then add the edging which is calculated to work with the sizes.

Gentle Solace Prayer Shawl Free Crochet Pattern

Supplies

• Yarn: Lion Brand Homespun Thick & Quick Stripes. Super Bulky Weight Yarn [6]. 227 g; 160 yds (146 m). 88% Acrylic and 12% Polyester. Machine wash and dry. Boucle Yarn.
• Color: Antique Stripes Color #213
• Hook: 15.75 mm (Q)
• Yardage: Approximately 536 yards (490 m)
• Scissors and a yarn needle (tapestry needle).

Other yarn options for Homespun Thick & Quick.

Abbreviations

US Terminology Used

• beg – begin
• bpdc – back post double crochet (see special stitches)
• ch – chain
• dc – double crochet
• fpdc – front post double crochet (see special stitches)
• R – row
• rep – repeat
• sk – skip
• st/s – stitch/stitches
• * – ** Repeat the instructions between the asterisks the number of times indicated. This repeat will contain multiple instructions.
• () – Repeat the instructions between the parentheses the number of times indicated.

Gauge

• Approximately 1 st per inch

Finished Size

• 24″ by 52″ long (plus the edging)
• The edging adds 10 more inches for a total length of 62″.

Special Stitches

Front Post Double Crochet (fpdc): Yarn over the hook, insert your hook from the front of the stitch to the back of the stitch (around the post of the stitch) to the front of the stitch;  yarn over and pull up 1 loop (3 loops on the hook), yarn over and pull through 2 of the loops on the hook (2 loops on the hook), yarn over the hook and pull through the remaining 2 loops on hook.

Back Post Double Crochet (bpdc): Yarn over the hook, insert your hook from the back of the stitch to the front of the stitch (around the post of the stitch) to the back of the stitch; yarn over and pull up 1 loop (3 loops on the hook), yarn over and pull through 2 of the loops on the hook (2 loops on the hook), yarn over the hook and pull through the remaining 2 loops on hook.

Helpful Tutorials

• fpdc – front post double crochet
• bpdc – back post double crochet

Notes

• Stitch Multiple: 2 + 1 (for the turning chain)
• The Woven Stitch is the pattern stitch I have used for this Prayer Shawl Design. It is a very simple stitch and one which you will be able to work easily. For example – the last stitch worked in Row 1 is a bpdc – when you turn your work to start the next row the bpdc you worked is now facing you (it looks like a fpdc now because of the way the work is turned) – all you need to remember is to work the opposite dc post stitch into each stitch; so if the stitch you are looking at appears to be a fpdc you would work a bpdc in it; this will make it weave from one side of the work to the other continually and give it a woven appearance.
• Add the Gentle Solace Shawl to your Ravelry Library here.

Gentle Solace Shawl Crochet Pattern

R1: Ch 61, beg in 2nd ch from hook, 1 sc in each st across, turn. (60)

R2: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc) – *1 fpdc in the next st, 1 bpdc in the next st**. Work from * to ** across; 1 dc in last st, turn. (60)

R3: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc) – *1 bpdc in the next st, 1 fpdc in the next st**. Work from * to ** across; 1 dc in last st, turn. (60)

R4-R19: Rep R2 and R3

R20: rep R2

We will now begin the edging. Working along the side edge.

Shawl Edging

*Ch 10,  1 sc around the post of the end stitch of the row. 1 sc around the post of the next stitch on the edge.** Rep down the side edge. Ending with a sc in the corner stitch.

Turn to work along the starting ch row.

*1 sc, ch 1* in each st across. Ending with 1 sc in the last st of the row.

Turn to work along the side edge.

*Ch 10,  1 sc around the post of the end stitch of the row. 1 sc around the post of the next stitch on the edge.** Rep down the side edge. Ending with a sc in the corner stitch.

Turn to work along the top edge.

*1 sc, ch 1* in each st across. Ending with 1 sc in the last st of the row.

Proceed to finishing instructions.

Finishing Instructions

• Finish off and weave in all ends.

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Happy crocheting!

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