Hygge shawl (Part 2)

Hygge is a Danish word that roughly translates to cosiness, but it’s much more! It’s about cosiness and being in a warm, welcoming environment and enjoying the good things in life. Being with friends and family is hygge. But wearing your favourite sweater with a cup of tea is hygge, too. And working on a cosy wrap, learning new things, and enjoying the process is definitely hygge.

Crochet hook

4.5mm hook (US size G/7).

Measurements

Blocked shawl measures 185 x 36cm (73 x 14in).

Gauge/tension

See Part 1 for gauge instructions.

Notes

• If you find it hard to keep track of the rows, take a contrast yarn and weave that horizontally through your rows on the top and bottom. When you finish, take your contrast yarn out.
• The row numbers in purple indicate the row count when you count the rows continuously throughout the parts.
• The other pattern parts of the Hygge shawl can be found here:
  
  • Hygge Shawl (part 1)
  • Hygge Shawl (part 2)
  • Hygge Shawl (part 3)
  • Hygge Shawl (part 4)
  • Hygge Shawl (part 5)
    
  • Hygge Shawl (part 6)
  • Hygge Shawl (part 7)
  • Hygge Shawl (part 8)
  • Hygge Shawl (part 9)
  • Hygge Shawl (part 10)
  • Hygge Shawl (part 11)
  • Hygge Shawl (part 12)
  • Hygge Shawl (part 13)
  • Hygge Shawl (part 14)

Colour layout

Techniques

Video tutorials

please note: the video uses UK terms, so any video double crochet is a pattern single crochet.

Shawl

Release the stitch marker from the previous part. Ch1, turn.

Rows 1-23 59sc across, ch1, turn.

Row 24 59sc across, place stitch marker in the last stitch.

The separator is crocheted in rows 1-7 (rows 24-30).

Separator

The separator is a recurring piece of crochet that returns every part. It separates the various embroidery sections from each other. It’s a piece of surface crochet that’s worked on top of the crochet (not in the stitches, but over the stitches).

Separator instructions

Take Colour A. If you tend to chain loosely, use a 4.0 mm crochet hook (US size F/6). If the stitchwork pulls too much or your shawl becomes concave at the ends, switch to a larger hook size for this part.

The separator is made on specific rows in the pattern, which will be mentioned in purple throughout.

Separator row 1 (RS) Keep your yarn at the WS of your shawl. Insert your hook top-down between the 3^rd and 4^th st in row 5. Pull up a loop, insert your hook between the 4^th and 5^th st from row 4, pull up a loop, pull through loop on hook (ss made). Pull up loop between the 5^th and 6^th st from row 3, make ss, pull up loop between the 6^th and 7^th st from row 2, make ss. Pull up loop between the 7^th and 8^th st from row 1, make ss. First diagonal line made.

Pull up loop between the 8^th and 9^th st from row 2, make ss. Pull up loop between the 9^th and 10^th st from row 3, make ss. Pull up loop between 10^th and 11^th st from row 4, make ss. Pull up loop between 11^th and 12^th st from row 5, make ss. Pull up loop between the 12^th and 13^th st from row 6, make ss.

Continue making diagonal ss lines. Every repeat consists of 10 slip stitches, 5 diagonally up and 5 diagonally down. End with a ss over the 4^th-to-last sc from row 3, meaning that your last diagonal line consists of 4 instead of 5 ss. Cut yarn.

Separator row 2 (RS) Insert your hook top-down and pull up a loop in between the 3^rd and 4^th st from row 2, pull up a loop in between the 4^th and 5^th st from row 3, make ss, pull up a loop in between the 5^th and 6^th st from row 4, make ss (so over the ss from your other row), pull up a loop in between the 6^th and 7^th st from row 5, make ss, pull up a loop in between the 7^th and 8^th st from row 6, make ss.

Pull up loop between the 8^th and 9^th st from row 5, make ss. Pull up loop between the 9^th and 10^th st from row 4, make ss. pull up loop between 10^th and 11^th st from row 3, make ss (so over the ss from your other row). Pull up loop between 11^th and 12^th st from row 2, make ss, pull up loop between the 12^th and 13^th st from row 1, make ss.

Continue making diagonal ss lines. Every repeat consists of 10 slip stitches, 5 diagonally up and 5 down. End with making a ss over the 4^th-to-last sc from row 5, meaning that your last diagonal line consists of 4 instead of 5 ss. Cut yarn.

Embroidery Part 2

Work your embroidery on rows 8-24 (rows 31-47) in cross stitch according to the embroidery scheme, with row 8 being the bottom and row 24 being the top of your embroidered motif.

Diagram