While I worked our booth at Cakepalooza this year, Shala of Black Purl Magic, was right across the aisle, rocking the most gorgeous crochet shawl that I could not stop staring at! That pattern turned out to be Le Triangle Granny Shawl pattern by La Bien Aimee and I was instantly in love. I cast on quickly after returning home and decided on my Chelsea Yarns Advent calendar from a few seasons past that had been waiting for just the right pattern. I found the project incredibly relaxing and easy. I'm still working away on it and plan to make it fairly big, as written in the pattern. Here is is so far!

I knew I had to try it in our yarns in a larger gauge and so I gathered up all of my stash yarn and dove right in. When I posted my progress of playing around with color and yarns on instagram, a few people reached out saying that they were curious about the modifications I made, so here we go. Le Triangle Granny is a paid pattern (available here on Ravelry) so I can't give anything away, but this blow post details all the yarns I used and rough amounts I used for each stripe so that you have a road map to create one for yourself if you feel moved. See below for details. The yarns I used ~

When I posted my progress of playing around with stash on instagram, a few people reached out saying that they were curious about the modifications I made, so here we go. It's a paid pattern (available here on Ravelry) so I can't give too much away, but this blogpost details all the yarns I used and rough amounts I used for each stripe so that you have a road map to create one for yourself!

I opted for a rainbow gradient, as you do (hah!) but you could take it anyway and play with any yarns that you feel might be a great fit. Gauge is not crucially important for this pattern which also makes it a little bit more free wheeling from a crochet process standpoint. If you decide to try one, let me know and tag me on instagram! I cinched mine shut with a shawl pin.

Note: I weighed my yarn as I went but due to the handspun nature of these yarns and differences in gauge, your mileage may vary. If you run out of a color before the end of a row, I recommend needle felting your next color change to your working yarn. This technique will work for any wool based yarn but not for fabric yarns like Wildflower or Waterfall.

Yarn and Pattern Notes:

Crochet Hook: Size N / US 15 / 10mm

Finished Size: 36.5" wingspan and 22.5" at the center spine

I steam blocked this pretty aggressively to really spread out the crochet stitches.

Row 1: Dreamland yarn - "Once Upon a Time" - 5g / approximately 1.5 yds

Row 2: Dreamland yarn - "Circle Game" - 8g  / ~2.4 yds

Row 3: Spun Cloud - "Bubblegum" - 8g / ~4 yds

Row 4: Daisy Chain - "Sweet Papaya" - 15g / ~9 yds

Row 5: Daisy Chain - "Dune Twist" - 16g / ~9.6 yds

Row 6: Spun Cloud - "Honeysuckle" - 20g / ~10 yds

Row 7: Wildflower - "Midnight Amber"- 14g / ~12 yds

Row 8: Spun Cloud - "Minty" - 22g / ~11 yds

Row 9: Cast Away - "Chasing Rainbows" - 24g / ~16.6 yds

Row 10: Spun Cloud - "Frosty Green" - 31g / ~15.5 yds

Row 11: Daisy Chain - "Frosty Azure" - 36g / ~21.6 yds

Row 12: Wildflower - "Caribbean Waters" - 23g / ~19.8 yds

Row 13: Spun Cloud - "Orchid" - 40g / ~ 20 yds

Row 14: Wildflower - "Iris" - 26g / ~ 22.4 yds

Row 15: Dreamland - "Interplanetary Purple" - 72g / ~21.6 yds

I'm having so much with these! While cleaning my office a few days ago, I got side tracked and planned out a whole new version all planned out that will have 20 yarns, not 15. So I want to try an even larger one with pinks and ivory as the dominant colors verse the purples. We'll see how it goes...

Thank you for being here ~ Amy