Interweave Editors (editor) - Interweave Presents Classic Crochet Shawls: 20 Free-Spirited Designs Featuring Lace, Color and More

Brenda K.B. Anderson makes mascots during the day. She cooks, crochets, and belly dances at night. She lives in a little house in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with her awesome husband and their hairy baby, Mr. Kittypants. Brenda is the author of Beastly Crochet: 23 Critters to Wear and Love and is featured on the DVD 3D Crochet: Amigurumi, Accessories, and Cutest Creatures (both by Interweave).

April Garwood is an award-winning crochet designer whose work has appeared in numerous crochet magazines. She also designs and sells indie patterns, starts pillow fights with her family members, homeschools her children, and wishes she could travel the world. You can find more about her crochet designing at www.bananamoonstudio.com.

Mary Jane Hall is a crochet designer and best-selling author of Positively Crochet! and Crochet That Fits, which was voted Best Crochet Pattern Book of 2008 by Crochet Liberation Front. She is a mentor with the CGOA and speaks at various crochet gatherings and fashion shows. Mary Jane has designed for popular magazines, including Interweave Crochet, Vogue Knitting Crochet, and Fifth Avenue Fashion Magazine and has appeared on the TV show Knit & Crochet Now. positivelycrochet.blogspot.com.

Sara Kay Hartmann has contributed to Interweave Crochet, Interweave Crochet Accessories, Fast Crochet Hats (Interweave 2013), Crochet One-Skein Wonders (Storey 2013), and others. Find out more at sarakayknitandcrochet.com.

Beth Nielsen is a full-time mother of two, crochet designer, and birth doula in Chicago. Crochet is her life; knitting is her hobby. After experimenting in various aspects of the fashion industry, Beth began her obsession with crochet and her fascination with fashion to design crochet patterns for various publications. She seeks to create fashion-forward crocheted garments and accessories with a fresh, modern perspective. Visit her at chicrochet.com for more of her patterns and video tutorials. Find out more at www.bethnielsen.com.

Chelsea Norquay-Wales is a third-generation crocheter and has been designing crochet patterns since she was nine. You can keep up with her current projects at www.crochetcollection.blogspot.com.

Kristin Omdahl designs knit and crochet garments and patterns under her label KRISTIN and website Styledbykristin.com. She appears in every episode of Knitting Daily TV on public television as the shows Crochet Corner expert, conducts seminars around the country, and teaches knitting and crochet in her DVD workshops, including Innovative Crochet: Motifs. She is also the author of Wrapped in Crochet, Crochet So Fine, and A Knitting Wrapsody. Find out more at www.kristinomdahl.com

Annette Petavy left her career at the European Commission in 2006 to become a crochet designer and never looked back. Not even once! You can find her work at www.annettepetavy.com.

Anastasia Popova is a contributor to the Fresh Design Crochet book series by Cooperative Press. Her crochet career began when she designed and produced a line of kids clothes and accessories for local boutiques. Catch up with Anastasia at anastasiapopova.com.

Jennifer Raymond is a knitting and crochet instructor who teaches up and down the East Coast at fiber festivals and yarn shops. Through her business, Tinking Turtle Designs, Jennifer finds an avenue for her curiosity, quirkiness, sense of humor, and love of the fiber arts. Find out more at www.tinkingturtle.com.

Kathryn White has a passion for thread and lace crochet. Her goal is to design fine crochet pieces that have a place in todays world. Designing for me is a dance between my soul and my hook, she says. See more of her work at www.crochetnbeads.com.

Karen Whooley is the author of eight crochet books. Noted for her love of crocheted socks, she loves all projects using sock yarn. Find out more at www.karenwhooley.com

Jill Wright was taught to crochet at the age of eight by a neighbor in England. Jill has always loved all kinds of crafts, so crochet was a natural extension of her skills. Designing crochet pieces now offers a welcome break between knitwear designs. If it involves yarn, Jill will try it. See more of her work at www.woolcrafting.com

KATHRYN WHITE

This filet crochet shawlettewhich showcases stitch variations beyond blocks and meshesembraces your shoulders, and beads give it both beauty and weight.

4212" wide 23" long (108 58.5 cm).

Crochet thread (#0 Lace).

SHOWN HERE: Nazli Gelin Garden size 10 Thread (distributed by Universal Yarn) (100% mercerized cotton; 306 yd [280 m]/13/4 oz [50 g];): #24 Tan, 4 balls.

Size 7 (1.65 mm) steel hook.

Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.

20 g size 11 seed beads; large-eye beading needle for stringing beads; 2 buttons size ; sewing needle and matching thread for attaching buttons.

10 blocks and 11 rows = 3" (7.5 cm).

• This is a one way design.
• For right-handed stitchers, chart is read right to left on odd rows and left to right on even rows. For left-handed stitchers, chart is read left to right on odd rows and right to left on even rows.
• Shawl is worked according to chart, from end to end, beg at bottom of chart. Foll chart Rows 170; then work Rows 691 to complete shawl. It is critical to foll Row 71 in same direction as Row 70 to maintain proper perspective in this shawl. This will require flipping the chart. Check work at end of each row.