Monday, February 19, 2018

Angel Pocket Prayer Shawl




Materials and Instructions (written in US terms):

Angel Pocket Prayer Cloth

Measures 4 inches wide and 3.5 inches long. Gauge is not important.

7-8 yards worsted weight yarn
Size H crochet hook (5 mm)

ch = chain
dc = double crochet
dtr = double treble
rnd = round
sl st = slip stitch
sts = stitches
tr = treble crochet
yo = yarn over

3-tr cluster: 
*yo twice, insert hook in ring (yo, draw yarn through 2 loops on hook twice) * [2 loops on hook]
repeat from * to * [3 loops on hook] 
repeat from * to * [4 loops on hook]
yo, draw yarn through 4 loops on hook.

Instructions:

Ch 5, join with sl st to form ring.

rnd 1
wing: ch 3, dc in ring, ch 3, sl st in ring

head: ch 4, 3-tr cluster [see above], ch 4, sl st in ring

wing: same as above

skirt: ch 7, (dtr in ring, ch 1) 3 times, dtr in ring, ch 7, sl st in ring


rnd 2    work this round in back loop of rnd 1 stitches

wing: sl st in next 3 ch sts,
in dc (sl st, ch 2, sl st in 2nd ch from hook, sl st) ,
sl st in next 3 ch sts

head: sl st in each st of head [4 ch, top of cluster, 4 ch]

wing: same as above

skirt: sl st in each st of skirt [7 ch, 7 sts across bottom, 7 ch]

sl st in back loop of 1st sl st.  Fasten off. Draw yarn end to back. Sew in loose ends.

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Blessings and peace.


15 comments:

  1. Beautiful. I'm going to give it a try!

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  2. How do you print this? I cannot find the print button. Lynn

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    1. Highlight the text and right-click your mouse. Select Print. Or Keyboard shortcut— PC: Ctrl + P; Mac: Command + P

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  3. This little angel is simple to make and is beautiful. Thank you.

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  4. Es un hermoso Angelito! Ya tejí varios para poner en mi árbol de Navidad. Muchas gracias por compartir tu trabajo.
    Saludos desde la Ciudad de México

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  5. Do you have a knit pattern for the angel

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    1. I don't have a knit pattern, but there is a pattern at this website for a prayer cloth with an angel on it. http://sendingtroopsprayers.bravehost.com/knitpatterns.html There aren't any photos on the site. I knitted one some time ago and took a photo. See here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p8rcoerzancodexur35im/knit-angel.jpeg?rlkey=y2o5y78rzxrhs3x6hbu3co9c6&dl=0 I hope this works for you. :)

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  6. I don't have a knit pattern, but there is a pattern at this website for a prayer cloth with an angel on it. http://sendingtroopsprayers.bravehost.com/knitpatterns.html There aren't any photos on the site. I knitted one some time ago and took a photo. See here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p8rcoerzancodexur35im/knit-angel.jpeg?rlkey=y2o5y78rzxrhs3x6hbu3co9c6&dl=0 I hope this works for you. :)

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  7. It looks so easy but I am stuck on the head in round two

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    1. I got stuck on that part, too! The brackets threw me off. It looks like you should be doing the (4 ch...) as extra stitches, but it's not. That's just an explanation of the stitches you should be stitching into. So you are doing back loop only single crochets around the entire angel to create a smooth edge and define the shape a bit. When you start, you are on the wing and you add a picot to create a little tip to the wing, then you move on to the head. You stitch in the four single crochets up the side of the head, then into the cluster at the top of the head, then the four single crochets down the side of the head for a total of eight stitches on the head. I hope that helps!

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    2. Correction: I said a total of eight stitches, I meant a total of nine!

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