Sideways Sampler Shawl - Part 1

March is the perfect month for a fresh start, and the Sideways Sampler Shawl is here to keep your hooks moving all month long! This 4-week-long Crochet Along is designed to be relaxing, inspiring, and just a little bit different from your usual shawl project. The result is a beautifully textured shawl that feels cohesive, even as the stitches change along the way. It is the perfect project for self-striping or tonal yarns, and it looks just as lovely in a carefully curated color palette. In this post, you'll find Part 1!

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The Moogly March 2026 Crochet Along

At least once a year, I try to host a month-long crochet along - and this year it's the Sideways Sampler Shawl! I've been working on this design for several months now, and it has been so much fun.

Worked from side to side, this asymmetrical triangular shawl keeps things interesting from the very first stitch. Instead of working from the top down or bottom up, we’ll build our shape gradually across, letting the stitches and color changes shine as the fabric flows outward. Just as the rows get long, it's time to start decreasing and race to the finish.

And because this is a sampler, each section introduces some new stitch patterns to keep you interested and motivated. The result is a beautifully textured shawl that feels cohesive, even as the stitches change along the way.

Each part builds directly on the last, so there is no sewing pieces together at the end. Just one continuous, satisfying project from start to finish.

New instructions will be posted right here on Moogly each week, so you can crochet at your own pace. Join in on release day or catch up when it fits your schedule. This CAL is designed to be flexible and fun - for weeks, and even years to come!

The Schedule:

March 9 - THIS POST, Part 1 of the Sideways Sampler Shawl written pattern

March 10 - Video Tutorial for Part 1 of the Sideways Sampler Shawl

March 16 - Part 2 of the Sideways Sampler Shawl written pattern

March 17 - Video Tutorial for Part 2 of the Sideways Sampler Shawl

March 23 - Part 3 of the Sideways Sampler Shawl written pattern

March 24 - Video Tutorial for Part 3 of the Sideways Sampler Shawl

March 30 - Part 4 of the Sideways Sampler Shawl written pattern

March 31 - Video Tutorial for Part 4 of the Sideways Sampler Shawl

How to Join

Just make the pattern as we go - no need to sign up or do anything other than enjoy the CAL and stitch along with us! If you do share your projects online, I'd love it if you tag me @mooglyblog so I can see them too! ♥

Made with Concept by Katia 4ply Symmetric Socks + More Illusion - or whatever you want!

Katia was kind enough to send me two balls of Concept by Katia 4ply Symmetric Socks + More Illusion late last year, and I fell in love. I then spent the next several months, off and on, working on this shawl. The self-striping was super motivating, and the yarn was a joy to stitch.

And then other people discovered the yarn - and they promptly sold out of all but one color. Once this goes live, it might be sold out too. Luckily, there are lots of gorgeous substitutes you can make. If you've got 2 hanks of fingering or sport weight yarn in your stash, this just might be the pattern they were waiting for!

Why fingering or sport? Well, this yarn is European, and they list it as a Sport weight yarn. But then, if you look at the Ravelry listing for this yarn, it's a Fingering weight! Which is "correct"? Fingering has a WPI (wraps per inch) of 14, and Sport's WPI is 12. Maybe this one is a 13? The great thing is that this is a shawl, and if you hit gauge (or a bit larger) and like the fabric you're getting, it's all good!

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Sideways Sampler Shawl - Part 1

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US - H, 5.0 mm - Furls Streamline

620 yds Concept by Katia Symmetric Socks + More Illusion (Fingering, Superwash Wool 75%, Polyamide 25%; 320m/349yd; 80g/2 ⅘oz)
Colorway Shown: 72 - Blue-Ochre-Red-Rust (2 balls

This yarn has sold out on the Katia website, but I have found it in two Etsy Shops:

• • Moadeplus - https://tidd.ly/4sAOb47
  • ColourPopCraftsStore - https://tidd.ly/47unNAz

Stitch Markers

Gauge: 13 dc = 4” blocked

Finished Size: 62" x 51" x 31"

Helpful Links and Tutorials:

Sideways Sampler Shawl Part 1 Tutorial 

Crochet Abbreviations

Magic Circle

CSDC - Chainless Starting Double Crochet

Puff Stitch

Special Stitches and Abbreviations

Pm - place stitch marker in stitch or space just made

Puff - [yo, insert hook in indicated stitch, yo and pull up a loop] twice, yo and pull through all 5 loops on hook

Dpuff - [yo, insert hook in indicated stitch, yo and pull up a loop] 3 times, yo and pull through all 7 loops on hook

Tpuff - [yo, insert hook in indicated stitch, yo and pull up a loop] 4 times, yo and pull through all 9 loops on hook

Big V - (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) worked into the same st or ch sp

V - (dc, ch 1, dc) worked into the same st or ch sp

X - skip the next dc and ch-1, dc in the next dc, ch 1, dc in skipped dc working in front of the first dc 

CSDC/dc2tog - Pull up a loop to the height of a dc st, secure the top of the loop to the top of the hook, yo with the loop itself, insert hook into first st of the row, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through the first 2 loops, yo and insert hook into next st, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through the first 2 loops, yo and pull through all 3 rem loops on hook. (Substitute: Ch 2, dc in the next st - ch 2 does not count as a st)

Wide V - (dc, ch 2, dc) into the same st or ch sp

Cluster - [yo and insert hook into indicated st or ch sp, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2 loops on hook] 3 times, yo and pull through all 4 loops on hook (aka, dc3tog with all posts worked in the same st or sp)

NOTES

Use a stitch marker in the “corner” increase stitch or space from Row 1 through Row 61 - (pm). This marked st or space is referred to as the corner in the subsequent row. 

Do not fully close the magic circle until the Border is finished. 

When working “between the previous and next st,” insert the hook between the post of the stitch just worked into or skipped, and the post of the next st in the previous row.

When making the border, not all rows end with dc stitches - in these sections, simply work evenly following the pattern to create a continuous line until you return to a dc section.

Sideways Sampler Shawl - Part 1 Instructions

Row 1: Make a magic circle, CSDC, dc, ch 2 (pm), 2 dc in the ring; turn. (4 dc)

Row 2: CSDC in first st, dc in next st, (dc, ch 2 (pm), dc) in corner, dc in last 2 sts; turn. (6 dc)

Rows 3 - 11: CSDC in first st, dc in each st to corner, (dc, ch 2 (pm), dc) in corner, dc in each rem st across; turn. (24 dc in Row 11)

Row 12: Ch 1, sc in first st, ch 1, skip the next st, [sc in the next st, ch 1, skip the next st] 5 times, (sc, ch 1 (pm), sc) in corner, [ch 1, skip next st, sc in next st] 6 times; turn. (14 sc)

Row 13: Ch 1, hdc in first st, [puff in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, skip next sc] 6 times, (puff, ch 2 (pm), puff) in corner, [ch 1, skip next st, puff in next ch-1 sp] 6 times, hdc in last st; turn. (14 puffs)

Row 14: Ch 1, sc in first st, ch 1, skip next st, [sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, skip next st] 6 times, (sc, ch 1 (pm), sc) in corner, [ch 1, skip next st, sc in next ch-1 sp] 6 times, ch 1, skip next st, sc in last st; turn. (16 sc)

Row 15: Ch 1, hdc in first st, [dpuff in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, skip next sc] 7 times, (dpuff, ch 2 (pm), dpuff) in corner, [ch 1, skip next st, dpuff in next ch-1 sp] 7 times, hdc in last st; turn. (16 dpuffs)

Row 16: Ch 1, sc in first st, [ch 1, skip next st, sc in next ch-1 sp] 7 times, ch 1, skip next st, (sc, ch 1 (pm), sc) in corner, [ch 1, skip next st, sc in next ch-1 sp] 7 times, ch 1, skip next st, sc in last st; turn. (18 sc)

Row 17: Ch 1, hdc in first st, [tpuff in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, skip next sc] 8 times, (tpuff, ch 2 (pm), tpuff) in corner, [ch 1, skip next st, tpuff in next ch-1 sp] 8 times, hdc in last st; turn. (18 tpuffs)

Row 18: Ch 1, sc in first st, [ch 1, skip next st, sc in next ch-1 sp] 8 times, ch 1, skip next st, (sc, ch 1 (pm), sc) in corner, [ch 1, skip next st, sc in next ch-1 sp] 8 times, ch 1, skip next st, sc in last st; turn. (20 sc)

Row 19: CSDC in first st, dc in each st and ch-1 sp to corner, (dc, ch 2 (pm), dc) in corner, dc in each rem st and ch-1 sp across; turn. (40 dc)

Rows 20 and 21: CSDC in first st, dc in each st to corner, (dc, ch 2 (pm), dc) in corner, dc in each rem st across; turn. (44 dc in Row 21)

Row 22: CSDC in first st, [skip next st, dc in next 2 sts, hdc around posts of 2 dc just made] 7 times, (dc, ch 2 (pm), dc) in corner, [dc in next 2 sts, hdc around posts of 2 dc just made, skip next st] 7 times, dc in last st; turn. (46 sts)

Row 23: Ch 1, sc in each st to corner, ch 2 (pm), skip the corner ch-2 sp, sc in each rem st to end; turn. (46 sc)

Row 24: CSDC in first st, [skip next st, dc in next 2 sts, hdc around 2 dc just made] 7 times, skip next st, (2 dc, ch 2 (pm), 2 dc) in corner, skip next st, [dc in next 2 sts, hdc around 2 dc just made, skip next st] 7 times, dc in last st; turn. (48 sts)

Row 25: Ch 1, sc in each st to corner, ch 2 (pm), skip the corner ch-2 sp, sc in each rem st to end; turn. (48 sc)

Row 26: CSDC in first st, [skip next st, dc in next 2 sts, hdc around 2 dc just made] 7 times, skip next st, dc in next st, dc in corner, hdc around 2 dc just made, ch 1 (pm), dc in corner, dc in next st, hdc around 2 dc just made, skip next st, [dc in next 2 sts, hdc around 2 dc just made, skip next st] 7 times, dc in last st, turn. (50 sts)

Row 27: Ch 1, sc in each st to corner, ch 2 (pm), skip the corner ch-1 sp, sc in each rem st to end; turn. (50 sc)

Rows 28 - 30: CSDC in first st, dc in each st to corner, (dc, ch 2 (pm), dc) in corner, dc in each rem st across; turn. (56 dc in Row 30)

Row 31: CSDC in first st, skip 2 sts, big V in next st, [skip 3 sts, big V in next st] 6 times, ch 1 (pm), skip corner ch- 2 sp, [big V in next st, skip 3 sts] 6 times, big V in next st, skip next 2 sts, dc in last st; turn. (58 dc)

Row 32: Ch 1, sc in first st, ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc in next ch-1 sp, [ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc between big V sts, ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc in next ch-1 sp] 6 times, ch 2, skip 2 sts, (sc, ch 1 (pm), sc) in corner, [ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc between big V sts] 6 times, ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc in last st; turn. (30 sc)

Row 33: CSDC in first st, [big V in next sc, skip next sc] 7 times, (dc, ch 2 (pm), dc) in corner, [skip next sc, big V in next sc, skip next sc] 7 times, dc in last st; turn. (60 dc)

Row 34: Ch 1, sc in first st, ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc in next ch-1 sp, [ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc between big V sts, ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc in next ch-1 sp] 6 times, ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc between previous and next st, ch 1, skip next st, (sc, ch 1(pm), sc) in corner, ch 1, skip next st, sc between previous and next st, ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 2, skip 2 sts, [sc between big V sts, ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 2, skip 2 sts] 6 times, sc in last st; turn. (32 sc)

Row 35: CSDC in first st, [big V in next sc, skip next sc] 7 times, skip 2 sts, big V (pm in ch-1 sp) in corner, skip 2 sts, [big V in next sc, skip next sc] 6 times, big V in next sc, dc in last st; turn. (62 dc) Do not break yarn, just go to Part 2 (as soon as it's up)!

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I hope you enjoy making Part 1 of the Sideways Sampler Shawl and are excited for Part 2! If you share on socials, I would love to see it, so be sure to share your photos and let me know how yours is coming along! You can always tag me @mooglyblog!

The Fine Print

Written pattern copyright Tamara Kelly 2026, all rights reserved. Please do not reprint or repost this pattern, but please do link to this page to share this pattern with others. If you wish to make items for sale from this pattern or translate it to another language, please visit the About page for details. Thank you to Katia for providing the yarn for this pattern.