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Crochet shawl – Granny

How I crocheted the same pattern multiple times

I follow the rule 'wild-coloured yarn rather than wild crochet schema' while crocheting. That means one of my favourite crochet patterns is probably one of the simplest out there. Usually, it is known as 'Granny'.

Schema Granny

I crocheted my first Granny out of my very first yarns; it was Kokonki Classic A392 (a Polish brand) yarn. Kokonki has a vast selection for low prices, but its tight yarn, and their yarn isn't very fluffy.

Yarn Kokonki A392

The Granny pattern is crocheted so quickly that it's easy to watch movies while making it. However, that causes you to make a completely unnecessary mistake here and there.

Shawl Granny

The final scarf has dimensions of an opposite of 102 centimetres and a hypotenuse of 151 centimetres.

Shawl Granny

The beauty of this pattern is that it can easily hide a lot of mistakes, and they're not visible at all :)

Pattern Granny

I liked the scarf, so a few months later, I made another one with the same pattern and from a yarn of the same brand, only in different colours. The ball was 1000 meters long and weighed 200 grams, and was a three-thread. By the way, the previous ball had the same parameters.

Yarn Kokonki A451

This scarf has become my favourite.

Shawl Granny

The size of the scarf is the same as that of the previous one. Same ball, same hook (size 3 millimetres).

Shawl Granny Pattern Granny

What I like best about this scarf is the narrow yellow end. I followed the manual on the Czech webpage Bandurka, which produced such a nice cloud-like edge.

Cloud-like ending Cloud-like ending

I drew a diagram for the cloud pattern. When the chains from the previous row weren't equal, I just made the cloud shorter or longer. However, I made sure that such changes were in the middle rather than at the edges; it could be more visible there.

Schema of Cloud-like ending

I'm still not done. I also bought a more luxurious German yarn LoLa: Rainbow in the Sand. However, I had just a little of it, only 935 meters and 250 grams. Because it was a four-thread ball, there definitely wasn't much, and I decided on the Granny pattern again.

Yarn Lola Rainbow in the Sand

Because it's a four-thread, I chose a larger hook size (4.5 millimetres), and the scarf was crocheted even faster.

Shawl Granny

The scarf measures 215 centimetres on the hypotenuse and 131 centimetres on the opposite.

Shawl Granny

I didn't finish this scarf in any particular way; I just finished the row. It seemed more appropriate to the colours and lines with the fluffy scarf.

Pattern Granny

So far, my last Granny scarf is made out of exceptional yarn. I came across this yarn in Germany. It’s from Fresco Lana Gross and it's 70% cotton and 30% acrylic. The yarn was sold in 100 grams and 280 meters long, so it’s quite heavy.

Yarn Fresco Lana Gross

The scarf measures 240 centimetres on the hypotenuse and 150 centimetres on the opposite. I crocheted with a size five hook.

Shawl Granny

About five yarns were needed on the scarf. This yarn had made colour transitions completely atypically. Sometimes there was a small piece of a different colour, quite randomly selected. I enjoyed the crocheting even more, as I didn't know what awaited me in a few tens of centimetres.

Pattern Granny

I finished this scarf differently. Almost half of the ball fell on this ending, giving it an ‘Indian’ look. I crocheted most of the scarf in Tunisia, where I just happened to fly at the last minute :)

Indian style ending

One pattern and so many different scarves, right?

Luci

Craftwoman

A female version of Tim Taylor, who needs to create nice shiny stuff as a proper lady, yet in a technical way like a proper macho. Instead of bold Craftswoman, she should call herself Lady Kludge.

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