Shawl is a unique wardrobe item that you can wear with pleasure all year round. It will equally complement the winter kit and warm you on a cool summer evening. One of the popular patterns on the shawl is “Pineapples” (crocheted), the scheme of which is very simple. It remains only to decide whether to use the finished pattern or create your own using this element.
Choose a project
Pineapple itself is just a small element that you can combine with other patterns or just fill the space with a mesh. First of all, we will determine the form of future work. Crochet a shawl with a pineapple pattern can be triangular, rectangular, square. The semicircular shawls look most elegant: when you wrap yourself in such a shawl, the effect of wings is created. When developing a project, it should be taken into account that it is not always possible to get a scheme for a square from a triangular shawl.
With the help of modern technologies, you can easily make your own scheme by arranging several images of the same scale. This can be accomplished by overlaying and removing excess parts. When using this method, be sure to tie a sample to check the accuracy of the pattern.
Yarn for Shawl
After the choice fell on the shawl crocheted (pattern "Pineapple"), the scheme is ready, you can proceed with the selection of yarn. If you use a ready-made pattern, the recommended yarn or its density is most often written there. But this does not mean that you should look for this particular thread. Briefly consider the main types of yarn:
- Mohair - thin fluffy yarn of goats. Especially delicate and soft thread marked "kid mohair", which means that only goat hair was used for production.
- Angora - yarn from the fluff of Angora rabbits. She is very soft and fluffy.
- Merino is spinning on the basis of wool cut from the withers of a special breed of fine-fleeced sheep.
- Alpaca is the hair of animals related to the llama. Six is very durable. A distinctive feature is a characteristic shine that lasts for a long time on the finished product.
- Cotton. Mercerized cotton thread is perfect for knitting a summer shawl. Working with cotton is very convenient and easy to take care of the finished work.
Reading circuit
If this is the first time you are crocheting a Pineapple shawl, the pattern must be carefully disassembled before starting work. A square product can start from a corner, from the center or from the bottom. Triangular can also have 2 options: go from the corner and gradually expand or, conversely, start with a straight line and converge with the angle. A semicircular shawl always starts from the upper middle and diverges in a semicircle to the bottom.
Series numbers are usually written on complex patterns; this helps beginner knitters a lot. Often, the start of work is simply marked with a symbol. Simple patterns are usually not fully represented (just a few rapports), and then the knitting follows the pattern. If you just mastered a few simple loops and first got down to a lot of work, this may seem complicated. To overcome internal fear, draw a few more rows of the scheme yourself. This will help to understand the basic principle.
Crochet: Pineapple Shawl
The knitting pattern of this shawl does not have complex loops or columns, but still it is worth considering the main conventions. They are the same in most schemes.
- A dot or circle indicates an air loop and a lifting loop.
- A cross denotes a half-column.
- A stick is a simple single crochet or single crochet.
- Wand with one crossbar - a column with 1 double crochet.
- Wand with 2 crossbars - a column with 2 crochets and then according to the number of crossbars.
- Sticks with one base mean that all the posts are knitted from the same loop.
- Sticks with one vertex - columns with one vertex. In each column, the loop is not tied, it remains on the hook, then they are all knitted with one loop.
- The arc denotes several air loops. Usually under it there is a figure indicating their number, or it is read according to the previous scheme.
Sample
Before you start crocheting a shawl "Pineapples", the description on the threads must be carefully read. The recommended hook size is always written there. We take the hook of the right size and knit 1 rapport. Rapport is a circuit element that is repeated several times.
Having knitted a small square, you can stop. We measure the resulting sample and consider the number of rapports in the circuit. Multiplying these two numbers, we get the size of the future product. You can compare this figure with the scope of the arms: the shawl should not be much larger.
If the result is satisfactory, you can dull to knitting. If not, take a larger or smaller hook, but this will also change the density of the knit. The size can be changed by decreasing rows or by binding additional rapport. We continue the selection until we get a satisfactory result.
Edge trim
Crocheting a Pineapple shawl is already finished, but do you still think something is missing? Despite the fact that the scheme is provided in full, needlewomen love to bring their zest to the work with the original edging of the product.
"Pineapples" is an openwork pattern, for it you should not choose too heavy and dense edging. Most often, an additional strapping with a half-column with the addition of pico is enough. Pico is a small ledge of 3 air loops closed into one. “Fans” is also a fairly simple pattern that looks great along with “Pineapples”.
Fringe and Brush
Shawl "Pineapples", crocheted (the scheme is presented in the article) knitted from wool, ideal with brushes. On the cotton version, a long fringe is appropriate. And for fringes, and for brushes, the first thing we cut is the thread of the same length, it is easy to do this by wrapping the yarn on a rectangular cardboard and cutting it on one side. Do not wrap a thick layer in one place, it will turn out different lengths of threads.
To make a brush, we knit several threads in the middle, fold them in half and fix with a knot under the base. You can attach a brush using the upper thread.
Fringe is made much simpler, but more painstaking. You will have to work with each piece separately. We take the hook and pull the thread in the middle through the loop of the shawl. We conduct both ends through the loop formed and tighten, we get a knot. Do not make a fringe in each loop: it turns out too lush. Fringes or a beautiful edging are a graceful completion. Will look much better and festive shawl "Pineapples" (crochet).
The scheme of the product is very simple, even a beginner in crocheting can cope with it. But the finished work looks impressive and elegant. And the pleasure of wearing your own product is much more than that of a thing bought in a store.