NOTES ON USING STYLECRAFT LIFE CHANGES DK YARN WITH THE VALENTINA SHAWL PATTERN.

SHAWL

The completed shawl with the Life Changes DK yarn should be around 200cm x 50cm to the edge of the border.

While the pattern remains the same you may find a different hook size is required for the Stylecraft DK Yarn compared to the original 4 Ply Scheepjes Our Tribe

TENSION

The tension is very important, make sure that a 10cm x 10 cm square done with TREBLES, is 20 stitches x 10 rounds. 

NB: It is NOT Double Crochet – the tension square must be done with TREBLES.

QUANTITIES

2 x Balls of Stylecraft Life Changes ROSES

2 x Balls of Stylecraft Life Changes BISCUITS

As the border is done with the Roses yarn you may find there is very little left over so, it is important to keep an eye on how much you are using.

There should however be plenty of the Biscuits yarn left so you could alternatively do rounds 11 and 12 in Biscuit if you don’t think you will have enough of the Roses left.

A 3.5mm hook was used rather than a 4mm on the sample shawls so that the trebles didn’t have too obvious gaps. Again this is dependent upon individual preferences and hook sizes.

Finally a soak in Eucalan Fine Fabric wash and some hair conditioner makes the final Valentia Shawl feel lovely and soft.

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