Cloudberry

Cloudberry is a berry and mesh lace worked in one hank of fingering weight for the scarf, or two for the shawl. The interior is a six-row repeat, so you crochet until you have the length you want and stop there. A border of double crochet runs down both edges, which means the finishing is already built in and there is no separate edging to add at the end.

The two sizes are not just big and small. The scarf is worked on the short edge, so you build length row by row. The shawl turns the whole thing 90 degrees and is worked on the long edge, more stitches to a row but far fewer rows to get there. That change of direction gives the lace a different look, so the two pieces do not read as the same pattern in two sizes.

Cloudberries grow wild in the Pacific Northwest, and this pattern is named for them. I saw them all over the hiking trails in northwestern Washington when my children were younger, and working this one brought those days back. The sample yarn carries that feeling, a soft alpaca and wool blend in quiet, natural colors.

Yarn: 

Fingering weight yarn.

The scarf takes 370 yards / 338m

The shawl takes 862 yards / 788m

The samples use Juniper Moon Farm Moonshine Fine (30% baby alpaca, 30% wool, 25% nylon, 15% silk, 3.52 oz / 100g = 437 yards / 400m). The scarf sample is #1016 Sea Glass and the shawl sample is #1013 Toffee.

Hook: 

US size E/4 (3.5 mm), or the size you need for gauge.

Notions: 

Tapestry needle

Gauge:

In the lace pattern, 20 stitches and 10 rows = 4 inches / 10 cm, blocked. Check your gauge before you begin. 

Because the interior is a six-row repeat you can adjust for length, your gauge still sets the width and the drape.

Finished Size: 

Blocked, the scarf is 60 inches / 152.5 cm long and 8 inches / 20.5 cm wide. The shawl is 64 inches / 162.5 cm long and 17.5 inches / 44.5 cm wide. Blocking opens the mesh and sets the lace, so plan for it.