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Follow Messy Yarn patterns on Facebook This is a very easy to crochet shawl pattern but the final result is stunning. Use fine alpaca or merino yarn and you will have a delicate cover for your shoulders in no time! I love this shawls because they very versatile, we can use them for going out in the summer evenings as well as for very special occasions. The shawl measures approximately 31cm wide x 170cm long. I crochet it with Merino wool and hook size 3.5mm (E-4 US) Suitable for beginner level crocheters. Abbreviations: ch - chain tr (dc) - treble crochet (double crochet US) chsp - chain space dc (sc) - double crochet (single crochet US) slst - slip stitch The wrap is made of 7 clusters. To crochet one cluster you need a chain of 10+1. To make the foundation, chain 76 (these are 7*10 for the foundation + 1 + 5 stitches for the start of the next row and replacing 1 treble crochet and 2 chains at the beginning). Row 1: Tr in the 11th ch from hook, ch 2, 3 tr (dc) i...

Good morning to everyone! Today I want to share how to manage the crochet circles :) I really wanted to find a way to crochet in a circle or just in the round without having that trace of the 3 chains and also not to have corners which appear where the increases are. At the end it looks like it worked! Here is how. For the circle on this photo I started every round at different place, not on the top of the starting point of the round below. This is very important so that you don't end up with corners because of the increases! To have it all seamless I don't start the rounds with chain 3 anymore. I start with 1ch (or 1 sc),rather than 3, then I do the required treble crochet for the round I am on. At the end of the round finish with slip stitch in the top of the first treble crochet covering the chain at the beginning of the round. And now all is ready! We have a nice seamless crochet circle! Here it is visible the first chain just before the first treble croche...

Creating nice and flat circle when crocheting is not that difficult but it requires to follow some rules. Below I am listing just few rules as a start. To create nice and flat circle when crocheting we have to increase every round with the same number of stitches. You can use this guide: Circle crochet from double crochet stitches: Start by chain of 6 and then increase every round by six stitches. Round 1: 6sts Round 2: 12sts Round 3: 18sts Round 4: 24sts and so on. Circle crochet with treble crochet stitches example: If round 1 starts with 12 stitches we increase every round by 12 stitches. Round 1: 12sts Round 2: 24sts Round 3: 36sts Round 4: 48sts and so on. You can deviated from the above as per your personal preferences but keep in mind that the increases have to be consistent. If  the first round is with 4 stitches, then every round will have to be increased consistently by 4 and you should have the perfect flat circle. If following the above doesn't giv...