I posted a photo on Facebook of a corner to corner granny shawl I had made from yarn scraps. I had made two - one for my sister and one for me. My friend's daughter literally bought mine straight off my shoulders (a gift for one of her "artsy" university friends).
This happens to be the only photo I have of mine!
Anyway I had a lot of requests for the pattern - so here it is:
Yarn: 30% wool / 70 % Acrylic
Quantities: 200g brown, 200g cream, 60g each of 3 colours
Hook Size: 4.00 - 5.00 depending on your tension
Pattern Terms: US
Start with: 5ch
Row 1: Into 5th ch from hook - 3dc, 1ch, 1dc (first corner formed)
Begin Increasing:
Row 2: 4ch - turn; 3dc into 1ch sp; 3dc, 1ch, 1dc into corner space
Row 3: 4ch - turn; 3dc into 1ch sp, 3dc into space between clusters; 3dc, 1ch, 1dc into corner space
Repeat Row 3 until the shawl is as long and wide as you like it! (I did 110 rows)
You can find a little tutorial on the diagonal granny stripe HERE
Here is a photo of another one I made (looking very crumpled after being folded away for the summer):
I had some colours left over from my DIAGONAL GRANNY STRIPE INFINITY SCARF - a smallish amount of each colour - not really enough to make anything on their own. They were such pretty colours (and pretty decent yarn too) so I did not want them to end up in a scrap project.
Added some cream and brown acrylic / wool blend to the mix, planned out the stripes in my head and got hooking
The last five rows I changed the stripe repeat a bit and did a row of each colour, separated by a row of brown. I think it gave it quite a nice effect:
To edge I did a simple picot-style for the top and a fringe for the sides.
Starting off in a top corner work as follows:
2dc, 1 picot ( 3ch and then a ss into the top of the last dc), 2dc, 1 picot, 2dc;
2dc, 1 picot (4ch and then a ss into the 1st ch) into each space between clusters
Repeat until you reach the end of the top side
Into the corner do 2dc, 1 picot ( 3ch and then a ss into the top of the last dc), 2dc, 1 picot, 2dc;
Now the side fringe:
*Into the side of the first dc work 1dc, 40ch, ss into first ch, 1dc
Into the side of the next dc work 1dc, 20ch, ss into first ch, 1dc
Into the side of the next dc work 1dc, 10ch, ss into first ch, 1dc*
To have a fringe of 3 different lengths, just keep repeating from *to* until you are once again at the top. Then into the last sp 1dc 1 picot (3ch and then a ss into the top of the last dc)
SS into the top of the start dc.
And there you are!! Done!
Friends, this pattern was written in a big rush - I have not had chance to had it tested (so effectively you will be my testers). If you find any errors please leave me a comment and I will fix it!
Thanks for all the interest and lovely comments on Facebook. I hope you enjoy this pattern!
Happy Hooking!!


