Electric Blue Filet Wrap

Electric Blue Filet Wrap by Veronika Cromwell

Project Overview

The Electric Blue Filet Wrap is a beginner-friendly crocheted shawl designed by Veronika Cromwell. This downloadable PDF pattern creates a rectangular wrap measuring 165 x 60 cm (65 x 24 inches), making it an elegant accessory suitable for layering or draping. The design showcases the classic filet crochet technique, which combines solid blocks and open spaces to create decorative geometric patterns.

What Is Being Made

This project produces a lightweight filet crochet shawl worked in a rectangular shape. The wrap is constructed by working in rows across the shorter edge of the rectangle, building the design from bottom to top using a charted filet pattern. The finished dimensions of 165 x 60 cm make this a versatile wrap suitable for various occasions and styling options.

Crochet Techniques Used

Filet Crochet is the primary technique employed in this pattern. Filet crochet is a traditional method that creates fabric using a grid-like structure of solid blocks and open spaces. This technique produces an airy, lacy appearance while maintaining structural integrity. The pattern uses a charted design system where each square on the chart represents either a filled block or an open space, allowing crocheters to follow a visual guide for creating the decorative pattern.

The shawl is worked in rows, with the pattern notes indicating that right-side rows should be read from right to left, while wrong-side rows are read from left to right. This directional reading is standard practice when following filet crochet charts and ensures the pattern develops correctly.

Crochet Stitches Used

• Chain (ch) – Used to create the foundation and to form the open spaces within the filet pattern
• Foundation Double Crochet (fdc) – Creates the initial foundation row, eliminating the need for a separate chain foundation
• Double Crochet (dc) – The primary stitch used throughout the pattern; each row begins with 3 chain stitches that count as the first double crochet

In the filet crochet structure, each black square on the chart represents a full filet block (worked as 3 double crochet stitches), while each white square represents a blank filet space (worked as 1 double crochet followed by 2 chain stitches). This alternating pattern of solid and open elements creates the characteristic lacy appearance of filet crochet.

Materials and Tools

Yarn: The pattern calls for Scheepjes Maxi Sugar Rush yarn in Electric Blue (color 201). This yarn is 100% acrylic and comes in 50g balls with 280 meters of yardage per ball. Seven balls are required to complete the project, providing approximately 1,960 meters of yarn total. The acrylic fiber makes this an affordable, durable, and easy-care option suitable for beginners.

Hook and Tools: A 2 mm crochet hook is used with this yarn weight, which is classified as thread weight – one of the finest yarn weights available. The small hook size combined with thread-weight yarn creates the delicate, intricate appearance characteristic of filet crochet. Additional materials include a yarn needle for weaving in ends, scissors, a blocking mat, and pins for finishing and shaping the completed wrap.

Yarn Weight and Difficulty Level

This pattern is rated as beginner-level, making it accessible to newer crocheters despite the use of thread-weight yarn and a small hook. While thread-weight yarn requires patience and attention to detail, the filet crochet technique itself is straightforward once the basic concept of reading the chart is understood. The pattern uses only fundamental crochet stitches – chains, double crochets, and foundation double crochets – with no complex stitch variations or color changes.

Tension and Finished Dimensions

The pattern specifies a tension of 32 double crochet stitches by 11.5 rows measuring 10 x 10 cm when worked with a 2 mm hook. Achieving correct tension is important for obtaining the finished dimensions of 165 x 60 cm. Crocheters are advised to work a tension swatch before beginning the main project to ensure their stitches match the pattern specifications.