Twostep

This shawl is crocheted entirely in slip stitches. I wanted to make a striped rectangle that is worked from the inside out. As slip stitches done in rounds shift and thus all corners are askew, I developed the two-step construction which is worked in rows, each color separately, with proper corners.

A lacy border sets off the light shawl.

Pattern includes written instructions and picture tutorials for the stitches and for my technique of working a twostep rectangle. The stitches used are front loop only slip stitch (F) and inverse back loop only slip stitch (iB).

yarn: * 50 g (2 oz) ITO Kouki in Penguin (color 234) (269 meters/ 294 yards)) * 100 g (3.5 oz) Yarn Edition Silk & SeaCell in Nyx (color 011) (366 meters/ 400 yards)

Yarns can easily be substituted.

hook: 4.5 mm (US size G or H)

also useful: 4 stitch markers (or threads in a constrasting color)

Thanks to Regina for proofreading and to MzKay for testing!

The pattern is available in English (9 pages) and in German (10 pages).