How to Crochet a Tri-Square Shawl
Three squares in almost any crochet pattern make a shawl to pull over your shoulders for beauty, style or warmth. Make giant granny squares or filet-crochet pictures, or make up sampler squares in a variety of stitches. Each square can also be made up of two triangles to mix and match colors of leftover yarn.
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Instructions
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Chain three with any color, and join with a slip-stitch to form a ring. Chain four, and make two more treble crochets in the ring. Chain four, and turn.
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Work two more treble crochets in the same stitch, chain two, and work three treble crochets in the starting chain of the preceding row. Chain four, and turn.
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Work two more treble crochets in the same stitch, chain two, and work three treble crochets in the chain two space of the preceding row. Chain two, and work three treble crochets in the turning chain of the preceding row. Chain four, and turn.
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Continue in this fashion, making a cluster of three treble crochets -- counting turning chains -- in the first and last stitches of each row and in each chain two space, with chain two spaces between clusters. Continue until you have a triangle measuring 24 inches on each side. Work one row of single crochet across all stitches. Break off leaving a yard-long tail of yarn.
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Make five more triangles to match. Hold two triangles together, with their single-crochet rows aligned. Use the yarn tail of one triangle to slip-stitch them together, then fasten off. Assemble the other two squares in the same way.
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Select one square for the back. Align any side of another square to adjoining sides of the back, so they meet at the neck. Use the remaining tails of yarn to slip-stitch them together.
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Tips & Warnings
If you've planned ahead on which sides you will attach front squares to the back, it may make construction easier to run a row of single crochet along at least one of those sides.
References
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