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Lace Crochet Shrug Pattern

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The Lace Crochet Shrug Pattern is just a great crochet pattern to welcome the spring and summer season.

This crochet shrug has beautiful lace crochet stitch details, is a easy pattern to make & is perfect to wear throughout the warmer season.

What I love the most about this shrug is the fact that it’s light & comfy, but looks good!

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Lace Crochet Shrug Pattern

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The Yarn


To crochet this shrug I used a great summery yarn from Lion Brand Yarn. The yarn is called Rewind & is a tape yarn.

The yarn is 70 % polyester, 30 % Rayon / Viscose & feels super soft. At the same time I feel like it has the quality to keep you cool.

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Lace Crochet Shrug Pattern

THE PERFECT SPRING & SUMMER CROCHET PROJECT


For the warmer crochet season, there’s so much to explore & enjoy.

Personally I simply love crochet shrug patterns like this crochet shrug cardigan. It’s easy projects to crochet, they are quick to make & they also look really good in anyone’s summer wardrobe.

The second great thing about them is the fact that you could easily make them in warmer yarns with wool & you could potentially use them throughout winter.

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Lace Crochet Shrug Pattern

Lace Crochet Shrug Pattern

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About The Pattern


This crochet shrug pattern is a great pattern for spring & summer. This shrug crochet pattern comes in one size, but includes suggestions on how to adjust the size.

The crochet wrap cardigan has a beautiful lace crochet stitch pattern, uses a cool yarn for summer & works up quickly.

Skill level easy.

aprilis lace shrug free crochet pattern

Project Level 


Easy Skill Level

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Materials Needed


Crochet Hook

Size 8 mm / US: L – 11 / UK: 0

Hook I used: Symphonie Rose Crochet Hooks from Knitpro

Yarn

Yarn used:

Lion Brand Yarn – Rewind in color Current Situation.

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Yarn amount used: 

4 skeins / 390 g / 862 m / 944 yards

Yarn characteristics:

  • 5 bulky yarn
  • 70 % polyester, 30 % Rayon / Viscose
  • Tape yarn

Other Materials Needed

Gauge


Measured with back loop double crochet stitches crocheted in rows:

12 stitches & 6 rows per 10 cm / 4”.

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Notes 


  • This crochet pattern is written in US terms.
  • All measurements given are unblocked.
  • Note that measurements are given as exact as possible. But crochet tension & technique might give variations in the result, that changes from person to person.
  • Read pattern instructions carefully before beginning to make sure you understand everything. It might save you hours frogging your work & crocheting it again!
  • Make a swatch that measure at least 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 inches using the stitch the gauge is given for. If your swatch matches the gauge, you’re good to go. If the gauge is wrong, you might need to change your hook. Go up in crochet hook size if your stitches are smaller & go down in crochet hook size if your stitches are bigger. Learn more about testing gauge.
  • Check yarn info if you want to find an alternative or test your yarn against the gauge. Learn more about substituting yarn.
  • This pattern is written for 1 size, however size adjustments are suggested under the heading “Size & Measurements”.
  • At the end of each row, the stitch count is given in parenthesis.

Size & Measurements


Measurements are made before the crochet Aprilis Lace Shrug is assembled.
Please note that I recommend stretching the final piece a bit to make the lace details more visible. This can also be achieved by blocking.

MAIN PART:

Width (number of rows): 107 cm / 42.1 inches

Height (number of stitches): 103 cm / 40.5 inches

CUFF:

Circumference (number of rows): 23 cm / 9 inches

Height (number of stitches): 15 cm / 5.9 inches

Size Adjustments

  • Start the main part with fewer/more stitches, added/reduced by 4 stitches at a time to adjust height.
  • Start the cuffs with fewer/more stitches, added/reduced by 1 stitch at a time to adjust length.
  • Main part: Adjust width by adding or reducing rows at the end. Note, making it wider will also make the cuffs longer.
  • Cuffs: Adjust circumference by adding or reducing rows at the end.

Diagram


Lace Crochet Shrug Pattern
Lace Crochet Shrug Pattern

Abbreviations

We try our best to include all crochet abbreviations in the list above for the crochet pattern, but sometimes we may forget one or two.

Learn more about crochet abbreviations & find a complete list on our Crochet Abbreviations & Terms post.

Stitches You Will Need 


Foundation Single Crochet (FSC)

Written description:

Step 1: Ch 2 st.

Step 2: Insert hook into 2nd ch from hook, pull up a loop. Yo and pull through first loop (making “chain”). Yo and pull through both loops on hook.

Step 3: Insert hook into previous “chain” you made (It should look like you go through a resemblance of a “normal” st, with 2 strands of yarn), pull up a loop, yo and pull through first loop (making “chain”). Yo and pull through both loops on hook.

Repeat step 3 until you’ve made enough stitches. *2nd ch in step 1 makes 1 st, step 2 makes 1 st & every time step 3 is repeated you make 1 st.

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Techniques You Will Need 


Crocheting In The Front & Back Loop

In this crochet pattern you need to know how to crochet in the back loop only.

This means that you will not crochet through the whole stitch as usual. A typical stitch contains two loops. One in the front, nearest you, and another stitch in the back, furthest away from you. One is called the front loop (the one nearest you), the other one the back loop, the one furthest away from you. For this pattern you will crochet double crochet stitches through the back loop.

Chain Spaces

You will need to know how to crochet in chain spaces. Chain spaces are formed when you chain one or more stitches, then skip one or more stitches, & finally you crochet in the next stitch.

If the pattern instructs you to crochet “in” a stitch that on the previous row was a chain, you will crochet into the chain space instead of the stitch/chain.

aprilis lace shrug free crochet pattern

Lace Crochet Shrug Pattern Instructions


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MAIN PART:

Make 124 stitches using the FSC technique.

*If you don’t want to use the FSC technique, chain 125 & then crochet 1 row with single crochet stitches in your chains, then start row 1.

Row 1: Ch 1 (counts as 1st st), BLdc 1 in the next 17 st, *dc 1 in the next 3 st, ch 2, sk 2 st, dc 1 in the next 3 st*, repeat from *to* until you have 18 stitches left, BLdc 1 in the last 18 st, turn (=124 st).

Row 2: Ch 1 (counts as 1st st), BLdc 1 in the next 17 st, *dc 1 in the next 2 st, ch 4, sk 4 st, dc 1 in the next 2 st*, repeat from *to* until you have 18 stitches left, BLdc 1 in the last 18 st, turn (=124 st).

Row 3: Ch 1 (counts as 1st st), BLdc 1 in the next 17 st, *dc 1 in next st, ch 6, sk 6 st, dc 1 in next st*, repeat from *to* until you have 18 stitches left, BLdc 1 in the last 18 st, turn (=124 st).

Row 4: Repeat row 2.

Repeat row 1-4, until you have crocheted 64 rows.

Fasten off & cut yarn.

CUFFS:

Repeat 2 times to make 2 cuffs.

Make 18 st using the FSC technique, turn*.

*If you don’t want to use the FSC technique, chain 19 & then crochet 1 row with single crochet stitches in your chains, then start row 1.

Row 1: Ch 2 (counts as 1st st), dc 1 in the next 17 st, turn (=18 st).

Row 2:Ch 2 (counts as 1st st), BLdc 1 in the next 17 st, turn (=18 st).

Row 3- 14Rep row 2.

Fasten off & cut yarn.

Finishing


1.- When you’re finished crocheting you have 3 parts: 1 main part & 2 cuffs.

2.- Fold the main piece double, in a way that the ribbing made from BLdc lays on top of each other.

3.- Place one of the cuffs on the side of the main piece, where the main piece is folded. Fold it double.

4.- Seam the sides of the main piece, seam 1 cuff to the main piece & seam the folded cuff together, with slip stitches or stitching with a needle.

5.- Repeat steps 2-4 for the other side.

If you don’t know how to do this, view the picture tutorial from a similar pattern at the bottom of the page here.

Fasten threads & weave in ends.

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