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Lift Your SpiritsMCAL Clue 6By Amanda Mannas

Lift Your Spirits © 2021 Amanda Mannas 1

MCAL Details

Lift Your Spirits is a ghost inspired mystery shawl pattern that is free for the duration ofthe MCAL September 3rd - October 15th.

Clues will be released at 9am PT / 12pm ET every Friday for the duration of the MCAL.See timeline below:

September 3rd, Clue #1September 10th, Clue #2September 17th, Clue #3September 24th, Clue #4October 1st, Clue #5October 8th, Clue #6

The MCAL chat will be hosted in the Mandobug Crafters Corner Facebook Group. Thatis where you can ask questions and share spoiler photos!

You can also tag your project on other social media platforms by using#liftyourspiritsmcal and #liftyourspiritsshawl . By using hashtags on your posts otherparticipants can see your progress. You can also follow those hashtags to see theprogress of others.

I will also be hosting a YouTube Live MCAL Chat every Saturday for the duration of theMCAL at 9am PT / 12pm ET on my YouTube channel. Bring your project and beverage ofchoice as we chat and crochet this project together.

For this Saturday’s livestream I will be sharing the full reveal of the pattern and chattingabout its design process.

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Pattern Details

Skill LevelIntermediate (uses several stitches withcomplex shaping)

SizesSmall (Large)

Finished MeasurementsLength32” / 81.5cm (75” / 190.5cm)Depth21” / 53.5cm (41” / 104cm)

Yarn RequirementsFingering Weight Yarn510yds / 466m (1950yds / 1783m)

Suggested Yarn2 (5) hanks Schmutzerella Yarns Dude, 80%Superwash Merino 20% Nylon 400yds(365m) / 3.5oz (100g) (shown in UnicornBlood)

HooksUS size E hook (3.5 mm) or size needed toobtain gauge.US size 14 steel hook (0.75 mm) - for optionalbeading

Optional BeadsSize 6/0 Seed Beads (shown in Color LinedGlow in the Dark Czech Glass Beads fromBead Biz)412 (1,236) beads which is approximately27 (80) grams of beads

NotionsTapestry Needle

Gauge23 stitches, 10.5 rows = 4” in double crochet,after blocking.


Special Stitches

Double Crochet Two Together(dc2tog)Work a double crochet in the specified stitchuntil two loops remain on the hook. Keepingthese two loops on hook, work anotherdouble crochet in the next stitch until threeloops remain on hook; yarn over and drawthrough all three loops on the hook.

Double Crochet Three Together(dc3tog)Work a double crochet in the specified stitchuntil two loops remain on the hook. Keepingthese two loops on hook, work anotherdouble crochet in the next stitch until threeloops remain on hook. Keeping these threeloops on the hook, work another doublecrochet in the next stitch until four loopsremain on the hook, yarn over and drawthrough all four loops on the hook.

Place Bead (pb)Remove the working loop from your hook,place a bead on the small steel crochethook, place the steel crochet hook in theworking loop and slide the bead off the hookand onto the working loop. Remove the steelcrochet hook from the working loop. Placethe regular crochet hook back inside theworking loop above where the bead isplaced and continue working in pattern.

Abbreviations

ch(s) - chain(s)dc- double crochetdc2tog - double crochet two togetherdc3tog - double crochet three togetherhdc - half double crochetpb - place beadrep - repeatRS - right sidesc- single crochetsk - skipsl st - slip stitchsp(s) - space(s)st(s) - stitch(es)WS - wrong side


InstructionsNotes

● Pattern is written using US crochetterminology.

● Multiple stitches placed in samestitch/space are placed inparentheses before stitch type -- ifstitches are not placed inparentheses and come after stitchtype they are worked one stitch ineach of the following stitches. Ex: (2dc) means work two double crochetin next stitch. Ex: dc 2 means workone double crochet in each of next 2stitches.

● Pattern repeats are placed inbrackets, you can highlight theserepeats to make them easier tofollow. Repeats within repeats areplaced in braces a.k.a. curly brackets.Partial row repeats are placed inbetween asterisks.

● Ch-1 at the beginning of the row doesnot count as a stitch.

● Work all slip stitches loosely tomake them easier to work into infollowing rows.

● Beaded instructions are writtenseparately from instructions that donot include beads.

Border (Both Sizes)The border creates tails to finish off theremaining ghosts that have been started.The tails are created by working the borderrows for each ghost individually. You’ll makea tail for each remaining ghost, which is 4for the small size and 8 for the large size.

Border Charted InstructionsFollow Chart 6 on page 8. Join your work asindicated on the chart. Work chart one timefor each ghost.

Border Written Instructions; NoBeadsNote: Border written instructions with beadscan be found on page 18.

If you haven’t already, fasten off yarn. Then,with right side facing, join using a slip stitchin the first ch-4 sp on the right side of anunfinished ghost motif,

Row 1 (RS): ch 7, dc2tog, dc 22, dc2tog, ch4, dc in ch-5 sp, turn. (25 dc, 1 ch-7 sp, 1 ch-4sp)

Row 2 (WS): ch 8, sk dc2tog, dc2tog, dc 19,dc2tog, ch 4, dc in ch-7 sp, turn. (22 dc, 1ch-8 sp, 1 ch-4 sp)

Row 3: ch 7, dc2tog, dc 17, dc2tog, ch 4, dcin ch-8 sp, turn. (20 dc, 1 ch-7 sp, 1 ch-4 sp)

Row 4: ch 6, dc 19, ch 3, dc in ch-7 sp, turn.(20 dc, 1 ch-6 sp, 1 ch-3 sp)

Rows 5-8: ch 6, dc 19, ch 3, dc in ch-6 sp,turn. (20 dc, 1 ch-6 sp, 1 ch-3 sp)




Row 11: ch 7, dc2tog, dc 11, dc2tog, ch4, dc inch-7 sp, turn. (14 dc, 1 ch-7 sp, 1 ch-4 sp)

Row 12: ch 6, dc 13, ch 3, dc in ch-7 sp, turn.(14 dc, 1 ch-6 sp, 1 ch-3 sp)


Row 14: ch 6, (2 dc) in dc2tog, dc 9, (2 dc) indc2tog, ch 3, dc in ch-7 sp, turn. (14 dc, 1ch-6 sp, 1 ch-3 sp)

Rows 15-17: ch 6, dc 13, ch 3, dc in ch-6 sp,turn. (14 dc, 1 ch-6 sp, 1 ch-3 sp)





Row 22: ch 6, dc2tog, dc, dc2tog, ch 3, dc inch-7 sp, turn. (4 dc, 1 ch-6 sp, 1 ch-3 sp)

Row 23: ch 2, dc3tog, ch 2, sl st in ch-6 sp. (1dc, 2 ch-2 sps)Fasten off yarn.

Repeat Rows 1 - 23 for each remainingunfinished ghosts.

Border Written Instructions withBeads

If you haven’t already, fasten off yarn. Then,with right side facing, join using a slip stitchin the first ch-4 sp on the right side of anunfinished ghost motif,

Row 1 (RS): ch 5, pb, ch 2, dc2tog, dc 22,dc2tog, ch 1, pb, ch 3, dc in ch-5 sp, turn. (25dc, 1 ch-7 sp, 1 ch-4 sp)

Row 2 (WS): ch 6, pb, ch 2, sk dc2tog,dc2tog, dc 19, dc2tog, ch 1, pb, ch 3, dc inch-7 sp, turn. (22 dc, 1 ch-8 sp, 1 ch-4 sp)

Row 3: ch 5, pb, ch 2, dc2tog, dc 17, dc2tog,ch 1, pb, ch 3, dc in ch-8 sp, turn. (20 dc, 1ch-7 sp, 1 ch-4 sp)Row 4: ch 4, pb, ch 2, dc 19, ch 1, pb, ch 2, dcin ch-7 sp, turn. (20 dc, 1 ch-6 sp, 1 ch-3 sp)

Rows 5-8: ch 4, pb, ch 2, dc 19, ch 1, pb, ch2, dc in ch-6 sp, turn. (20 dc, 1 ch-6 sp, 1ch-3 sp)

Row 9: ch 5, pb, ch 2, dc2tog, dc 15, dc2tog,ch 1, pb, ch 3, dc in ch-6 sp, turn. (18 dc, 1ch-7 sp, 1 ch-4 sp)

Row 10: ch 5, pb, ch 2, dc2tog, dc 13,dc2tog, ch 1, pb, ch 3, dc in ch-7 sp, turn. (16dc, 1 ch-7 sp, 1 ch-4 sp)


Row 12: ch 4, pb, ch 2, dc 13, ch 1, pb, ch 2,dc in ch-7 sp, turn. (14 dc, 1 ch-6 sp, 1 ch-3 sp)



Row 14: ch 4, pb, ch 2, (2 dc) in dc2tog, dc 9,(2 dc) in dc2tog, ch 1, pb, ch 2, dc in ch-7 sp,turn. (14 dc, 1 ch-6 sp, 1 ch-3 sp)Rows 15-17: ch 4, pb, ch 2, dc 13, ch 1, pb, ch2, dc in ch-6 sp, turn. (14 dc, 1 ch-6 sp, 1 ch-3sp)



Row 20: ch 5, pb, ch 2, dc2tog, dc 5,dc2tog, ch 1, pb, ch 3, dc in ch-7 sp, turn. (8dc, 1 ch-7 sp, 1 ch-4 sp)

Row 21: ch 5, pb, ch 2, dc2tog, dc 3, dc2tog,ch 1, pb, ch 3, dc in ch-7 sp, turn. (6 dc, 1 ch-7sp, 1 ch-4 sp)

Row 22: ch 4, pb, ch 2, dc2tog, dc, dc2tog,ch 1, pb, ch 2, dc in ch-7 sp, turn. (4 dc, 1 ch-6sp, 1 ch-3 sp)

Row 23: ch 2, pb, dc3tog, ch 2, sl st in ch-6sp. (1 dc, 2 ch-2 sps)Fasten off yarn.

Repeat Rows 1 - 23 for each remainingunfinished ghosts.

FinishingWeave in ends. Wet block laying flat to dry.


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