Yarn - Red Heart Soft (color – wine) / worsted 4 / Net Weight – 5 oz (141 g) / 256 yds (234 m) / about 3 balls needed
Hooks - I/9 - 5.5 mm or other size hook needed for the gauge
Gauge - One repeat (rhombus) is about 4 inches (10 cm.) wide x 4.5 inches long
Complexity - Advanced beginner
Shawl Size - 20 inches (50 cm.) wide x 51 inches (130 cm.) long
Red bee balm lace stitch shawl crochet pattern
Step-by-step crochet instructions
Step 1
Make a foundation chain of 72 chs or multiples of 12 chs (I count all the loops including the loop on my hook).
Step 2
Bee balm pattern
1st row (right side) – h5ch, (shell1, ch1, sk3) x 2, [shell1, ch4, sk3, sc5, ch4, sk3] to last 11chs; shell1, ch1, sk3) x 2, shell1, sk1, dc1 + RC4
2nd row (wrong side) – h9ch, shell1, ch1, sk3, [shell1, ch3, sk3, shell1, ch4, sk4, sc3, ch4, sk4] to last 12 chs; shell1, ch3, sk3, (shell1, ch1, sk3) x 2, dc1 under chs + RC3
3rd row – h5ch, shell1, ch1, sk3, [shell1, ch3, sk4, sc1, ch3, sk4, shell1, ch4, sk4, sc1, ch4, sk4] to last 15chs; shell1, ch3, sk4, sc1, ch3, sk4, shell1, ch1, sk3, shell1, dc1 under chs + RC4
4th row – h9ch, [shell1, ch4, sk6, (sc1, ch2, sc1) into 1ch, ch4, sk6, shell1, ch1, sk7] to last 18chs; shell1, ch4, sk6, (sc1, ch2, sc1) into 1ch, ch4, sk6, shell1, ch1, sk3, dc1 under chs + RC3
5th row – h5ch, [shell1, ch3, (trc4, ch1, trc4) into arch of 2chs, ch3, sk7] to last 1 ch; shell1, dc1 under chs + RC4
6th row – h9ch, [shell1, ch5, sc1 between trcs under ch, ch5, sk6, shell1, ch7, sk3] to last 18chs; shell1, ch5, sc1 between trcs under ch, ch5, sk6, shell1, ch1, sk3, dc1 under chs + RC3
7th row – h5ch, shell1, ch1, sk3, [shell1, ch4, sk4, sc1, ch4, sk4, shell1, ch4, sk6, sc1, ch4, sk6] to last 15chs; shell1, ch4, sk4, sc1, ch4, sk4, shell1, ch1, sk3, shell1, dc1 under chs + RC4
8th row – h9ch, shell1, ch1, sk3, [shell1, ch1, sk7, shell1, ch4, sc1 under ch, sc1 above sc1 of prev.row, sc1 under ch, ch4, sk6] to last 16chs; shell1, ch1, sk7, (shell1, ch1, sk3) x 2, dc1 under chs + RC3
9th row – h5ch, (shell1, ch1, sk3) x 2, [shell1, ch4, sc1 under ch, sc3, sc1 under ch, ch4, sk6] to last 9chs; shell1, ch1, sk3) x 2, shell1, dc1 under chs + RC4
Begin crocheting the pattern starting from the 2nd row.
Step 3
When you crochet the desired length of the shawl, work your last row as your 9th row, but ch3 (instead of 4 chs) before each sc5 and after.
Step 4
Edges – reverse sc to end
Cut the yarn and secure it.
Abbreviations
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
h#ch – insert a hook into 5th or 9th ch from your hook
prev.row – previous row
RC – returning chain
sc – single crochet
shell – dc3 into 1 ch
sk – skip a ch
trc – triple crochet
Red bee balm stitch shawl crochet pattern