Filigree Lace shawl

This is a crescent shawl in all-over Tunisian crochet lace with a crochet picot leaf edging. It was originally published in Inside Crochet magazine.

The shawl is a one skein project.

The delicate and airy stitch pattern was inspired by the handcrafted silver jewellery of Orissa in Eastern India which is made by twisting fine silver wires into intricate filigree patterns. These thread-like networks are replicated in the slender interlocking lines of the shawl.

You can take a closer look at the shawl in this video.

Yarn
• Scheepjes Our Tribe, 70% Merino wool/30% polyamide, 100g/420m/459yds
Shade Miss Neriss 966, 1 skein.

Any fingering weight yarn with similar or more yardage may be substituted.
A variegated yarn is not recommended.

Hooks & notions
• US Size 10½ 6.5mm cabled Tunisian hook
• US Size H/8 (5mm) & I/9 5.5mm crochet hooks
• Yarn needle, stitch markers

Size
47”(119cm) along upper edge, 97”(246cm)along lower edge, 14½”(37cm) height at centre, after blocking and relaxing.

Gauge
13 sts and 6 rows in pattern using 6.5mm Tunisian hook = 4” x 4” (10 x 10cm) (after blocking and relaxing). Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain gauge.

Skill level
advanced beginner/intermediate. A familiarity with conventional Tunisian crochet terminology is needed. The shawl uses mainly extended TC stitches. However, all the stitches are well explained in the pattern.

The pattern PDF is available in both US and UK crochet terms.