One Step at a Time Shawl

Now available as a single pattern, great if you don’t have the book it originally appeared in, Crochet Prayer Shawl Companion (Cole/Gallo)

As the title says, this shawl is made one stepped section at a time. The foundation chain is at the bottom of the shawl and two pattern blocks wide. Adding chains at the beginning and the end of the row once per repeat adds width and height. The stairstep edges are an unusual variation on a traditional triangular shawl shape.

Photos of the green shawl were made in the now discontinued Universal Yarn Eden Silk. New, bright photos use one skein Shawl in a Ball from Lion Brand, but eliminates the final pattern repeat so you have six “steps” instead of seven. Because the yarn is a little larger than the original the finished size came out the same, but obviously the gauge was not the same.

Video tutorial on adding the first "step" available on YouTube