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Vela Flower Friend Shawl 3

Make this beautiful floral flowers using my free pattern! After finishing the Vela Flower Shawl, I decided to make a shawl that’s completely made with just 1 of the 3 flower stitches that were used for the original design.

This shawl features Vela’s Flower Friend 3 which is made with chains and picot stitches. It’s a triangle shawl worked top-down and full of visual texture. Pattern is available for free and includes a video tutorial.

Get the free pattern below or purchase the ad-free PDF version of this pattern on Etsy and Ravelry. The PDF is designed for printing and this way you can support me!

Vela Flower Friend Shawl - free floral shawl pattern

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About Vela

The Vela Flower Shawls are dedicated to Vela, my 4 year old mini-me from San Diego who also was my flower girl when I got married in Las Vegas.

Vela has the same blond hair, blue eyes and even the same character and temper as I had at that age: literally my mini-me!

She absolutely loves flowers. She always wants to smell them and calls flowers her flower friends.

Wilma and mini-me Vela

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About the design

This crochet flower shawl is a simple version of the Vela Flower Shawl which is inspired by Vela’s love for flowers. The shawl features 3 unique flower stitches a.k.a. ‘Vela’s Flower Friends’.

The Vela Flower Friend Shawl 1Vela Flower Friend Shawl 2 and Vela Flower Friend Shawl 3 respectively feature 1 of the 3 stitches. Make a shawl with your favorite flower stitch or go all the way and combine all 3 stitches in the original Vela Flower Shawl!

About the pattern

This shawl is worked top-down and features mostly basic stitches such as dc, sc and chains.

This shawl contains three different sections each featuring the Vela Flower Friend stitch 1

Between the flower sections are 7 rows of dc, post stitches and dc worked in the back loop only. This creates a beautiful texture.

Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered with a video tutorial which shows how to make this shawl.

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About me

Hi! I’m Wilma. I’m a crochet designer from Holland.
With my Story Shawls I’m sharing my personal story one stitch at a time.

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> Read more about my story shawls

About my Story Shawls

I was born with a benign tumor on my face. For over 22 years, doctors were unable to diagnose it. In 2017, I did a second opinion (though honestly, it was more like the 10th opinion) and was finally diagnosed with an ultra-rare condition that affects only a handful of people worldwide.

Since then, I have been actively searching for others with this condition, and I have already found 100 people from all over the world. It has become my life goal to find and meet them.

Many of my upcoming patterns are special shawl designs inspired by my “extended family” as I like to call them.

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Story Shawl Collection

I’m working on a shawl collection dedicated to my ‘extended family‘.

I released my first shawl in 2018, and I plan to continue creating them as long as I keep finding new people with the same rare condition as me.

All patterns are available for free including video tutorials.

STORY SHAWL COLLECTION

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Vela Flower Friend Shawl 3
free crochet pattern

Materials

– 1 gradient yarn cake (fingering weight, 4ply, 640m/918 yds, 200g). Unfortunately this color is not available anymore. I’ve found an alternative on Etsy that ships to the USA. Click here to read about other alternatives worldwide.

Crochet hook 4mm (US G/6 hook)

Stitch markers

Tassel maker

Tapestry needle

– Scissors

Finished size

Height: 55 cm / 21.5″
Width: 155 cm / 61″

Gauge

20 dc and 10 rows equal 10 cm x 10 cm / 4” square

Stitches & abbreviations

– st: stitch
– sl st: slip stitch
– ch: chain
– ch-sp: chain space
– sc: single crochet
– dc: double crochet
– dc blo: double crochet worked in the back loop only
– fpdc: front post double crochet
– Special stitches:

Flower friend 3:
1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 3, sl st in 1st ch, 1 sc in same ch-sp

Notes

– This pattern is written in US terminology

– Shawl is worked top down

– First 3 chains count as a stitch

– Stitch count does not include 2 center chains

– It is helpful to place a marker in the first, center and last stitches and move it up with every row

Video tutorial

Below you can find my video tutorial. If you do not see the video, turn off your ad-blocker.

Click here to watch the video on YouTube. Relevant video parts will be highlighted in the pattern.

Written pattern

** An ad-free PDF version is available on Etsy and Ravelry.
It’s designed for printing and this way you can support me **

Relevant video parts for row 1 – 7: 00:00 until 7:25.

Ch 4, sl st to first ch to form a ring. Or begin with a magic circle.

Row 1:
ch 3, 3 dc into ring, ch 2, 4 dc into ring, turn (8)

Row 2: 

ch 3, 2 dc in first st,
1 dc in each st to center ch-sp,
(1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) in center ch-sp,
1 dc in each st to end,
3 dc in last st, turn (14)

Row 3 – 5:
Repeat row 2 (20, 26, 32)

Row 6:
ch 3, 2 dc in 1st st,
1 fpdc in each st to ch-2 space,
(1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) into ch-2 space,
1 fpdc in each st to end,
3 dc in last st, turn (38)

Row 7:
ch 3, 2 dc blo in 1st st,
1 dc blo in each st to ch-2 space,
(1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) into ch-2 space,
1 dc blo in each st to end,
3 dc blo in last st, turn (44)

Flower friend 3 

Flower friend 3:
1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 3, sl st in 1st ch, 1 sc in same ch-sp

Relevant video parts for row 8 – 10: 24:10 till 30:18

Row 8:
ch 3, 1 dc in first st, ch 2, 1 dc in next st,
*ch 6, skip 5 st, 1 flower in next st* to center ch-2 sp, ch 3, skip 2 st,
(1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) in center ch-2 sp,
ch 3, skip 2 st, *1 flower in next st, ch 6, skip 5 st* to end,
1 dc in next st, ch 2, 2 dc in last st, turn (6 flowers)

Row 40

Row 9:
ch 3, 1 dc in first st, ch 2, skip next dc, sc in next ch-2 sp,
*ch 6, flower in next ch-6 sp* repeat across, ch 6, skip next ch-3 sp,
(flower) in center ch-2 sp,
skip next ch-3 sp, *ch 6, flower in next ch-6 sp* to end,
ch 6, sc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, skip next dc, 2 dc in last st, turn (7 flowers)

Row 41

Row 10:
ch 3, 1 dc in first st, ch 2, 1 sc in next ch-2 sp,
*ch 6, 1 flower in next ch-sp* to center flower, ch 3,
(1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) in center flower,
ch 3, *1 flower in next ch-sp, ch 6* to end,
1 sc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in last st, turn (8 flowers)

Row 42

Row 11 – 16:
repeat row 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10 (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 flowers)

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— Ribbing —

Row 17:
ch 3, 1 dc in first st, 1 dc in next st, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp,
6 dc in each ch-6 sp across, 3 dc in next ch-3 sp, 1 dc in next dc,
(1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) in center ch-2 sp,
1 dc in next dc, 3 dc in next ch-3 sp, 6 dc in each ch-6 sp across,
2 dc in next ch-2 sp, 1 dc in next st, 2 dc in last st, turn (104)

Relevant video parts for row 17: 15:36 – 17:30

Row 49

Row 18 & 19:
repeat row 6 & 7 (110, 116)

Row 20 & 21:
repeat row 2 (122, 128)

Row 22 & 23:
repeat row 6 & 7 (134, 140)

— Flowers —

Row 24 – 32:
repeat row 8, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10 (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 flowers)

— Ribbing —

Row 33:
repeat row 17 (200)

Row 34 & 35:
repeat row 6 & 7 (206, 212)

Row 36 & 37:
repeat row 2 (218, 224)

Row 38 & 39:
repeat row 6 & 7 (230, 236)

— Flowers —

Row 40 – 48:
repeat row 8, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10 (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 flowers)

— Ribbing —

Row 49:
repeat row 17 (296)

Row 50 & 51:
repeat row 6 & 7 (302, 308)

Row 52 & 53:
repeat row 2 (314, 320)

Row 54 & 55:
repeat row 6 & 7 (326, 332)

Stitch count

The table below shows the rows you should repeat and the amount of stitches you should have at the end of each row for size adult.

Vela Flower Friend Shawl 3 - stitch count overview

Tassels

Tassels are great for a final touch. It’s very easy to make them using a tassel maker.

1. Wound yarn around the tassel maker 6o times. Cut two more strands which are about 40 cm / 16″.

2. Add a knotted cord on top

3. Cut the yarn on the bottom (opposite of your knot)

4. Knot a strand around the tassel, about 1 cm from the top knot

5. Trim the bottom

Clover Tassel Maker photo crochet shawl tutorial

Blocking

If your shawl shape looks a bit off, for example without a straight edge, you can easily fix it with the blocking method. I wrote a blocking tutorial here.


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One Comment

  1. What is the name of the yarn you use and where can I find it? I’ve looked on the internet but no luck. Found one but it was so expensive.

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