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Rósagull is Icelandic and translates directly as rose gold. The Icelandic word for rose gold is actually Rauðagull which translates directly as red gold.

Anywho, Rósagull the first shawl pattern I ever created back in 2018. I had a lot of fun creating the pattern and have always been proud of how well it turned out.

I took the shawl with me to Denmark when it was finished and my cousin Sunneva was willing to be a model for me. It was totally unplanned that her hair matched the shawl. We took the photos in some kind of a tunnel, close to an old church and a park in Copenhagen. It was a great day and we had the best time.

Materials:

Yarn: Fingering/4 ply, 845-850 meters or 924-930 yards.
The shawl is the picture is crocheted with merino sock hand dyed wool from Dottir Dyeworks, color Antique.

Crochet hook: 3,5 mm, or the size needed to get the right gauge.

Gauge: 23 dc stitches = 10 cm or 4 inches, before blocking.

Size: Lenght 170 cm or 70 inches, height 50 cm or 20 inches height, after blocking.

Pattern notes:

• The shawl is worked in rows. Starting in the smaller end with a few stitches.
• Ch 3 in the beg of rows always count as 1 dc.
• If multiples stitches are to be made in the same stitch it is notes, otherwise 2 dc means that you make 1 dc in the next 2 stitches.
• Some rows start with ch 1 and then hdc, this ch 1 is never counted as a stitch and never worked in.
• Stitches that are grouped together with [brackets] are to be made all in the same stitch
• Repetitions are grouped together with * asterisks *.

Detailed explanations of stitches:

Twisted single crochet

Twisted sc’s are brilliant. They are almost the same as regular sc’s, apart from this one thing – a twist.

Insert the hook in the stitch to be worked, yarn over, draw back through stitch, now you have 2 loops on your hook, it’s best to have them a little loose, turn your hook in a full 360° circle, doesn’t matter which way, now the 2 loops on the hook have a twist, yarn over, draw back through both loops. And you have made a twisted sc.

If you find that it is to difficult to draw back through the loops after you twist them they are to tight, loosen them up a bit before you twist them and the drawn back should go smoother.

dc2tog – decrease – double crochet 2 together :

Yarn over, insert hook in the stitch to be worked, yarn over, draw back through stitch, now you have 3 loops on your hook, yarn over, draw back through first 2 loops only, yarn over, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over, draw back through stitch, now you have 4 loops on your hook, yarn over, draw back through first 2 loops only, yarn over, draw back through last 3 loops on hook.

The pattern:

Crochet abbreviations US:
St – stitch, ch – chain, sl st – slip stitch, ch-sp – chain space, hdc – half double crochet, dc – double crochet, dc2tog – double crochet 2 stitches together

Row 1: Ch 4, 2 dc in the 1^st ch of ch 4, the 3 chains that are skipped count as 1 dc. (3 dc)

Row 2: Ch 3, 1 dc in first st, ch 2, skip 1 st, [1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc] in last st. (1^st leaf starts)

Row 3: Ch 3, 5 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, ch 2, skip ch-sp, 2 dc.

Row 4: Ch 3, 1 dc in first st, 1 dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 dc.

Row 5: Ch 1, 7 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2^nd ch of ch-3-sp, skip 1 ch, ch 3, 3 dc. (2^nd leaf starts)

Row 6: Ch 3, 1 dc in first st, 2 dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, [1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc] in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, *1 dc, dc2tog* x 2, 1 dc.

Row 7: Ch 1, 5 hdc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, 5 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 3 dc, 2 dc in last st.

Row 8: Ch 3, 1 dc in first st, 4 dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 1 dc, dc3tog, 1 dc.

Row 9: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2^nd ch of ch-3-sp, ch 3, skip 1 ch, 5 dc, 2 dc in last st. (1^st leaf finished, 3^rd leaf starts)

Row 10: Ch 3, 1 dc in first st, 6 dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, [1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc] in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, *1 dc, dc2tog* x 2, 1 dc.

Row 11: Ch 1, 5 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, 5 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 dc, 2 dc in last st.

Row 12: Ch 3, 1 dc in first st, 8 dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 1 dc, dc3tog, 1 dc.

Row 13: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2^nd ch of ch-3-sp, ch 3, skip 1 ch, 9 dc, 2 dc in last st. (2^nd leaf finished, 4^th leaf starts)

From here on there will be an increase of 1-2 dc in every row, either in the beginning or the end of the row. There will also be a decrease of 1 dc in every other row by making a dc2tog.

Row 14: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, 8 dc, dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, [1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc] in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, *1 dc, dc2tog* x 2, 1 dc.

Row 15: Ch 1, 5 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, 5 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st, 2 dc in last st. (1^st ch-sp line starts)

Row 16: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, 10 dc, dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 1 dc, dc3tog, 1 dc.

Row 17: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2^nd ch of ch-3-sp, ch 3, skip 1 ch, 10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st, 2 dc, 2 dc in last st. (3^rd leaf finished, 5^th leaf started)

Row 18: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, 12 dc, dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, [1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc] in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, *1 dc, dc2tog* x 2, 1 dc.

Row 19: Ch 1, 5 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, 5 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st, 4 dc, 2 dc in last st.

Row 20: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, 14 dc, dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 1 dc, dc3tog, 1 dc.

Row 21: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2^nd ch of ch-3-sp, skip 1 ch, ch 3, 10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st, 6 dc, 2 dc in last st. (4^th leaf finished, 6^th leaf starts)

Row 22: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, 16 dc, dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, [1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc] in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, *1 dc, dc2tog* x 2, 1 dc.

Row 23: Ch 1, 5 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, 5 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st, 8 dc, 2 dc in last st.

Don’t mind the underlining, it will be explained after the next 4 rows.

Row 24: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, 18 dc, dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 1 dc, dc3tog, 1 dc.

Row 25: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2^nd ch of ch-3-sp, ch 3, skip 1 ch, 10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st, 10 dc, 2 dc in last st. (5^th leaf finished, 7^th leaf starts)

Row 26: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, 20 dc, dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, [1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc] in next st, ch 3, skip ch-sp, *1 dc, dc2tog* x 2, 1 dc.

Row 27: Ch 1, 5 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, 5 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 2, 1 dc, 2 dc in last st. (2^nd ch-sp line starts)

By now the flow of the increase should have become clear. There is an increase in the beginning or the end of each row, and a decrease in every other row, for a total of 1 dc increase for each row.

The leaf repetition is four rows and is underlined in rows 24-27.

From now on, and till the last rows of the shawl, only rows that have a new ch-sp line in are written down.

Row 37: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2^nd ch of ch-3-sp, ch 3, skip 1 ch, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 3, 2 dc in last st. (3^rd ch-sp line starts, 8^th leaf finished, 10^th leaf starts)

Row 49: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2^nd ch of ch-3-sp, ch 3, skip 1 ch, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 4, 1 dc, 2 dc in last st. (4^th ch-sp line starts, 11^th leaf finished, 13^th leaf starts)

Row 59: Ch 1, 5 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, 5 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 5, 2 dc in last 2 dc. (5^th ch-sp line starts)

Row 71: Ch 1, 5 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, 5 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 6, 1 dc, 2 dc in last dc. (6^th ch-sp line starts)

Row 81: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2^nd ch of ch-3-sp, ch 3, skip 1 ch, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 7, 2 dc in last st. (7^th ch-sp line starts, 19^th leaf finished, 21^st leaf starts)

Row 93: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2^nd ch of ch-3-sp, ch 3, 1 ch, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 8, 1 dc, 2 dc in last st. (8^th ch-sp line starts, 22^nd leaf finished, 24^th leaf starts)

Row 103: Ch 1, 5 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, 5 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 9, 2 dc in last st. (9^th ch-sp line starts)

Row 115: Ch 1, 5 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, 5 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 10, 1 dc, 2 dc in last st. (10^th ch-sp line starts)

Row 125: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2^nd ch of ch-3-sp, ch 3, skip 1 ch, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 11, 2 dc in last st. (11^th ch-sp line starts, 30^th leaf finished, 32^nd leaf starts)

Row 137: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2^nd ch of ch-3-sp, ch 3, skip 1 ch, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 12, 1 dc, 2 dc in las st. (12^th ch-sp line starts, 33^rd leaf finished, 35^th leaf starts)

Row 147: Ch 1, 5 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, 5 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 13, 2 dc in last st. (13^th ch-sp line starts)

In row 145 the last leaf of the shawl was started, so in the following rows you will only be finishing leafs.

Row 148: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, 142 dc, dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 dc, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 1 dc, dc3tog, 1 dc.

Row 149: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 3, skip ch-sp, 7 hdc, ch 4, skip ch-sp, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 13, 2 dc, 2 dc in last st.

Row 150: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, 144 dc, dc2tog, ch 4, skip ch-sp, *1 dc, dc2tog* x 2, 1 dc.

Row 151: Ch 1, 5 hdc, ch 4, skip ch-sp, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 13, 4 dc, 2 dc in last st.

Row 152: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, 146 dc, dc2tog, ch 4, skip ch-sp, 1 dc, dc3tog, 1 dc.

Row 153: Ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, sl st to top of dc2tog, ch 5, skip ch-sp, *10 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st* x 13, 6 dc, 2 dc in last st. (last leaf finished)

Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Wash the shawl, block and enjoy.

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© FidgetyHandsCrochet 2018, Elín Guðrúnardóttir
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