There have been several interesting conversations about how to create a shawl seen in the BBC production of Tess of D'uberville. That shawl was knitted, and since my knitting skills are rudementary at best... I never tried to knit it. I did look carefully at the photos and decided this could be done in TC, but put the project on the back burner.
Well, several days later someone asked this very same question: could this shawl be done in Tunisian Crochet... so I experimented with it and in only a few minutes had the answer.
First of all, the piece is a Mitered Corner Shawl in which the stitches run in the opposite direction of Mitered corner shawls that are more common place. It is this Stitch Direction that has caused all the commotion.
I could find no other way to duplicate this method, without first working a Square; then working the two Ends separately. Each end forms a Triangle that continues working rows of stitches from the square, but each row decreases along the top edge of the shawl.
Now, if you work all Tks, the stitch direction will look very similar to the more common triangle shawls. The opposite stitch directions will be more obvious with the Pronounced Ridges on the back of the piece.
You can work alternating rows of Tks/Tps (like in my sample), although with the Pronounced Ridge on back, you don't have to.
My instructions (in the next post) are written in such a way that you can insert any stitch you prefer, to create a shawl of your very own.
Check back here, or at my site: ChezCrochet.com for upcoming pattern booklets where I will offer variations on this shawl, with detailed stitching instructions.
These instructions and Schematics are Copyrighted by Angela 'ARNie' Grabowski 2009
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