Have you ever made a pattern and thought, "This is my favorite thing I've ever made"?
The Blush & Bramble Shawl is my newest crochet pattern, and the first intermediate pattern I’ve ever released. This piece features alternating sections of single crochet and lace designed to perfectly balance mindless crochet and an engaging challenge, while letting your yarn choice shine. This is the epitome of “one more row” and it will fly by faster than you can say double crochet.
Make the Blush & Bramble Shawl!
Find a printer-friendly, PDF version of the Blush & Bramble Shawl on Ravelry or Etsy. The PDF version includes instructions for both sizes, a shortened version for printing, and yarn weights for each individual section.
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All My Ethereal Dreams Come True
3 years ago at what would be the very last Stitches West in 2023 (and the first time I had ever attended), I bought these gorgeous pink skeins of yarn from NanoStitch Lab with the intention of turning them into a pattern inspired by the Spring Court in the book A Court of Thorns and Roses. I bought 2 skeins of a tonal pink along with 1 skein of a speckled yarn on the same base color.
2 years ago a yarn dyer friend of mine reached out and asked if I had a pattern that would use a single 100g skein alongside multiple mini skeins; she was thinking about doing a year-long yarn club inspired by fairies. While she didn’t end up doing that yarn club, I did design this pattern in early 2024 after that conversation. I held it for a year to see if we could make the yarn club work, but when it was clear the idea wasn’t moving forward, I knew I still needed this pattern to exist.
At the beginning of last year I made the pink sample pictured here, fully typed up the pattern and had every intention of releasing it in 2025. I knew it was time to put this NanoStitch Lab yarn to use.
The Perfect Pattern to Splurge on Yarn
The beauty of this pattern is that it works with any yarn – a single color throughout the whole piece, a low contrast like this pink sample, or 2 separate colors like below. You’ll need around 465 yards of the main color, used in the single crochet sections, and around 560 yards of the contrast color for the lace sections for the small size; 530 yards and 860 yards respectively for the large size. It’s time to treat yourself! This is the time to go splurge on a few skeins specifically for this shawl.
Of course you can stash dive, too. The pattern includes yarn weights for each individual section, ranging from 1 gram to 29 grams of yarn per section, so while you can’t use mini skeins for all the sections, you can do some mixing and matching. (But keep your eyes out for a cowl and a rectangular wrap later this year with the same stitch pattern that WILL be able to use mini skeins!)
Inside the Blush & Bramble Shawl Pattern
The classic symmetrical triangle shawl shape offers familiarity in construction – increase at each end and in the center. You’ll know if you’re doing something wrong because your shawl won’t be a triangle. While each size in the pattern has specific instructions for which section you end with, in reality you could finish this off either way – ending on a single crochet section or a lace section. The short sections give you just enough time with each stitch pattern before it’s time to move to the next. Too many single crochet rows and you would get bored. Too many lace rows, you would get frustrated. The balance keeps you engaged, but is easy to memorize, and the lightweight drape on this piece is perfect for the transitional weather of Spring.
The pattern includes detailed row-by-row instructions as well as a simplified single-page version for printing.
The pattern also includes the yarn breakdown for each section so you can make informed yarn choices.
This is an intermediate crochet pattern, not beginner. While the lace isn’t super complicated, it’s not easy for someone just starting out in crochet. You need to be able to understand the anatomy of stitches in order to know you’re placing each stitch in the correct spot.
What You Need
- 5mm crochet hook
- Fingering weight yarn
- Scissors
- Locking Stitch Marker
- Tapestry Needle
- Blocking supplies
Make the Blush & Bramble Shawl Today!
Share Your Shawl
I can’t wait to see your finished Blush & Bramble Shawls! Seeing others make my patterns is the best part.
- Share on Instagram using #BlushBrambleShawl
- Upload your project to Ravelry
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