Ceberus, A Houndstooth Stitch Shawl Pattern

A Houndstooth Stitch Shawl Pattern in Three Ways

As I am never able to ever stick to just one idea, Ceberus, my new houndstooth stitch shawl pattern, has three different triangle shapes and sizes to choose from!

Firstly, the pink and plum coloured design was created for Inside Crochet magazine, and I couldn’t stop thinking about how to wear it, how to style it, etc. Knowing that skinny scarves have been extraordinarily popular over the last few years, it seemed like I was missing a trick if I didn’t explore new ways of shaping this houndstooth stitch crochet shawl.

Whilst the idea is the same for all three houndstooth stitch patterns, as in they all use the same stitch pattern, ultimately, it’s just the rate of increases and decreases that changes.

Find Cerberus on Ravelry, and if Ravelry isn’t your cup of tea, travel across to my Etsy store for crochet patterns. Cheers. x

Easy & Adaptable Crochet Triangle Shawls

There’s nothing scary about crocheting any Ceberus shawl. I absolutely love the basic stitches of houndstooth, hence why I’ve used it in a few crochet designs. For example, read about my love of the easy stitch pattern in the Barking Mad scarf, which is a free crochet pattern. And no doubt, I’ll also use it again in future crochet projects.

Once you have mastered basic crochet skills, you could easily make one of these houndstooth stitch shawl patterns. The question is, which one will you decide to make?!

Indeed, given the simple crochet stitches, it really is very easy to adapt, which is why I couldn’t stop at one shawl design. With an adjustment of the regularity in increases, the shape of the triangle changes. You can go from a deep triangle prayer shawl to the skinny scarf. And we have seen all skinny scarves through recent fashion trends within the handmade community.

A New Way to Crochet An I-Cord Edging

This crochet i-cord edging looks a teeny weeny bit intimidating; however, you’re going to love it! It is a very simple stitch, which is worked in the round. The more rows you work, consequently, the more it curls over itself. It sort of makes itself! Scroll on to see the picture of the pink i-cord ending. You only need to crochet around and around, and the curl appears.

It uses a double slip stitch. And just because you see the words “slip stitch” doesn’t make it fiddly, honest! It is actually much less faffy to work than a crochet slip stitch, and more fun too. Find more information about using a double slip stitch design for a crochet i-cord, here.

A Houndstooth Stitch Shawl Pattern

Cerbeus is available to purchase from the usual places. Please visit my Ravelry store here. Upon purchase, you receive both US & UK crochet terminology. And if you’re not a Rav user, then I also have copies of Cerberus in my Etsy shop.

Try a Houndstooth Stitch Pattern in Colour-Changing Yarn

The result of using Scheepjes Stone Washed Minerals is really pleasing! The crochet shawl, pictured above, alternates rows with a graphite shade of the Stone Washed range. It was a bit of a prototype, which roughly follows the shallow shawl version, but I made it with fewer repeats. Such pretty rainbow colours!

Or, how about just one colour…

Another version of Cerberus is made using indie dyed yarn. One skein, I picked up at a yarn festival; it’s Urban Purl. Oh my goodness, she dyes totally GORGEOUS colourways. And the pink edging is a bright pop of yarn from Qing Fibre. Both yarns are worsted weight, and I used the Skinny Cerberus pattern with 6 additional reps.

What do you think, do you like it? Which houndstooth shawl pattern will you make first?! Next up my sleeve is to make a DK-weight version. Don’t get me wrong, you know I love to use mohair yarn for crochet projects, but this pattern doesn’t rely on using fluffy yarn. I’m pretty sure you could make any of these crochet shawls in a variety of different yarns. Honestly, the results would be utterly fabulous, I’m sure!