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Hi I'm Donna Wolfe from naztazia.com Today I'm going to show you how to crochet a broomstick
lace shawl or scarf. This is a modified elongated broomstick lace stitch. And it's a free pattern
from my book Broomstick Lace Crochet, published by Stackpole Books. In my book, you'll find
250 color photos showing you how to make the very basic crochet stitches, followed by 10
variations of broomstick lace, and then 20 modern patterns using broomstick lace crochet.
Check out Amazon.com or your local craft retailer for purchasing the book. For this project
you'll need some lightweight soft yarn. A size F crochet hook. One size 50 knitting
needle, or you can substitute a school ruler or even a wooden dowel if you don't have a
knitting needle. The small shawl measures 10 inches across and the large 20 inches across.
To begin, make a slipknot and then chain 30 for the small shawl or 60 for the larger one.
If you need help with these basic stitches, please see my beginner crochet videos on YouTube.
I'm going to show both right and left hand views in this video. For right hand crochet,
lengthen your loop, and then insert your knitting needle into this loop. In the next chain,
yarn over, draw up a loop, and then gently place it on your knitting needle. In the next
chain, yarn over, draw up a loop, and then gently place it on the knitting needle. Repeat
this for all of the remaining chains. Once completed, you will have a total of 30 loops
on your needle for the small shawl or 60 for the wider version. Here is what that process
looks like for left-handed crochet. Insert your knitting needle into the elongated loop
from your hook. In the next chain, yarn over, draw up a loop, and then place it on your
knitting needle. For the next chain, yarn over, draw up a loop, and place it on your
needle. Repeat this process for all of the remaining chains. Back to the right handed
version for the next step. It is time to take off the loops in groups of 3. Insert your
hook under the first 3 loops on your needle. Move the hook to the top and chain 1. Pull
off the loops. In my book I suggest making 3 half-double crochet stitches in these loops.
However if you are a beginner it might be easier for you to just do 3 single crochet
stitches instead in each group. Insert your hook under the next set of 3 loops and make
either 3 single crochets or 3 half double crochets in the group. Same process, insert
your hook under the next 3 loops, and make 3 stitches in the group. If you feel brave
and don't like to work with the knitting needle constantly, you can pull off all the loops
and work with them like this. However you have to be careful not to twist the loops
or pull them out of shape. For left-hand crochet, this is what that process looks like. Insert
your hook under the first 3 loops and chain 1. Pull them off, and do either 3 single crochet
or 3 half double crochet stitches in the middle. Pull the next 3 loops off, and just do 3 stitches
inside the loops. Continue on this process across the entire row. Moving on to the next
row of clusters, you'll first elongate your loop, and then insert your knitting needle
inside the loop like we did before. Using the back loops only, insert your hook, yarn
over and draw up a loop. Continue with this process along the entire row. You will have
either 30 or 60 loops on your needle. And for the next step to complete the broomstick
lace cluster, chain 1 on top of the 3 loops. Do 3 stitches in the middle. Remove the next
3 loops and make 3 stitches in them. Once completed, your work should look something
like this. Continue with creating broomstick lace rows until you reach about 75 inches,
which is about 90 total rows. Always end on a row where you have completed either single
crochet or half double crochet stitches. Cut your yarn, and then either weave in the end,
or you can incorporate the end as part of fringe. To make fringe, cut several 14 inch
strands of yarn and fold them in half. Then loop them at the end of your shawl or scarf.
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