The Sideways Sampler Shawl is all about enjoying the process. Take your time. Savor each stitch pattern. Share your progress. And by the end, you’ll have a stunning shawl that tells the story of every stitch you learned along the way! Read on for Part 4, the final part of this gorgeous pattern.
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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 - 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 - THIS POST, 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. I have great timing! 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"? Depends who you ask, I'm sure. 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!
Sideways Sampler Shawl - Part 4
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US - H, 5.0 mm - Furls Streamline
620 yds Concept by Katia 4ply Symmetric Socks + More Illusion (Superwash Wool 75%, Polyamide 25%; 320m/349yd; 80g/2 ⅘oz)
Colorway Shown: 72 - Blue-Ochre-Red-Rust (2 balls
Gauge: 13 dc = 4” blocked
Finished Size: 62" x 51" x 31" after blocking
Helpful Links and Tutorials:
Sideways Sampler Shawl Part 4 Tutorial - COMING TOMORROW
CSDC - Chainless Starting Double Crochet
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 4 Instructions
Row 69: CSDC/dc2tog, dc in each rem st across; turn. (47 dc)
Row 70: CSDC in first st, dc in each rem st until 2 sts rem, dc2tog; turn. (46 dc)
Row 71: CSDC/dc2tog, dc in each rem st across; turn. (45 dc)
Row 72: CSDC in first st, dc in each rem st until 2 sts rem, dc2tog; turn. (44 dc)
Row 73: CSDC/dc2tog, dc in next st, skip next 2 sts, wide V in next st, [skip 2 sts, cluster in next st, skip 2 sts, wide V in next st] 6 times, skip next st, dc in last st; turn. (6 clusters)
Row 74: CSDC in first st, ch 1, skip next dc, cluster in next ch-2 sp, skip next dc, [wide V in next cluster, skip next dc, cluster in next ch-2 sp, skip next dc] 6 times, ch 1, dc2tog; turn. (7 clusters)
Row 75: CSDC/dc2tog in first dc and next cluster, ch 2, dc in same cluster, [skip next dc, cluster in next ch-2 sp, skip next dc, wide V in next cluster] 6 times, skip ch-1, dc in last st; turn. (6 clusters)
Row 76: CSDC in first st, [dc in next st, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, dc in next st, 2 dc in cluster] 6 times, dc in next st, dc in next ch-2 sp, dc in last st; turn. (40 dc)
Row 77: CSDC/dc2tog, dc in each rem st across; turn. (39 dc)
Row 78: CSDC in first st, dc in each rem st until 2 sts rem, dc2tog; turn. (38 dc)
Row 79: Rep Row 77. (37 dc)
Row 80: Rep Row 78. (36 dc)
Row 81: Rep Row 77. (35 dc)
Row 82: CSDC in first st, [dc in next st, sc in top half of dc just made, skip next st] 16 times, dc2tog; turn. (34 sts)
Row 83: CSDC/dc2tog, [dc in next st, sc in top half of dc just made, skip next st] 15 times, dc in last 2 sts; turn. (33 dc)
Row 84: CSDC in first st, [dc in next st, sc in top half of dc just made, skip next st] 15 times, dc2tog; turn. (32 sts)
Row 85: CSDC/dc2tog, dc in each rem st across; turn. (31 dc)
Row 86: CSDC in first st, dc in each rem st until 2 sts rem, dc2tog; turn. (30 dc)
Row 87: Rep Row 85. (29 dc)
Row 88: Rep Row 86. (28 dc)
Row 89: Rep Row 85. (27 dc)
Row 90: Rep Row 86. (26 dc)
Row 91: CSDC/dc2tog, skip the next st, [3 dc in next st, skip 2 sts] 7 times, 2 dc in the next st, dc in last st; turn. (25 dc)
Row 92: CSDC in first st, skip the next 2 sts, [3 dc between previous and next st, skip 3 sts] 7 times, dc between previous and next st, dc2tog in same sp and last st; turn. (24 dc)
Row 93: CSDC/dc2tog, dc between previous and next st, skip the next 3 sts, [3 dc in between previous and next st, skip 3 sts] 6 times, 2 dc in between previous and next st, dc in last st; turn. (23 dc)
Row 94: CSDC in first st, skip next 2 sts, [3 dc in between previous and next st, skip 3 sts] 6 times, 2 dc between previous and next st, dc2tog; turn. (22 dc)
Row 95: CSDC/dc2tog, 2 dc between previous and next st, skip the next 3 sts, [3 dc in between previous and next st, skip 3 sts] 5 times, 2 dc in between previous and next st, dc in last st; turn. (21 dc)
Row 96: CSDC in first st, dc in each rem st until 2 sts rem, dc2tog; turn. (20 dc)
Row 97: CSDC/dc2tog, dc in each rem st across; turn. (19 dc)
Row 98: Rep Row 96. (18 dc)
Row 99: Rep Row 97. (17 dc)
Row 100: Rep Row 96. (16 dc)
Row 101: Rep Row 97. (15 dc)
Row 102: CSDC in first st, skip 2 sts, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next st, skip 2 sts, dc in next st, skip 2 sts, (2 dc, ch 2, 2dc) in next st, skip 2 sts, dc in next st, dc2tog; turn. (12 dc)
Row 103: CSDC/dc2tog, skip 2 sts, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 sp, skip 2 sts, dc in next st, skip 2 sts, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 sp, skip 2 sts, dc in last st; turn. (11 sts)
Row 104: CSDC in first st, skip 2 sts, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 sp, skip 2 sts, dc in next st, skip 2 sts, (2 dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch-2 sp, dc2tog in same ch sp and last st; turn. (10 dc)
Row 105: CSDC/dc2tog, dc in next ch-2 sp, dc in next 5 sts, dc in ch-2 sp, dc in last 3 sts; turn. (11 sts)
Row 106: CSDC in first st, dc in each rem st until 2 sts rem, dc2tog; turn. (10 dc)
Row 107: CSDC/dc2tog, dc in each rem st across; turn. (9 dc)
Row 108: Rep Row 106. (8 dc)
Row 109: Rep Row 107. (7 dc)
Row 110: Rep Row 106. (6 dc)
Row 111: Rep Row 107. (5 dc)
Row 112: CSDC in first st, dc in next st, dc2tog; turn. (4 dc)
Row 113: CSDC/dc2tog, dc in last st; turn. (3 dc)
Row 114: CSDC in first st, dc2tog; turn. (2 dc)
Row 115: CSDC/dc2tog; turn. (1 st)
Border: Ch 1, sc in st, working along bottom side of shawl (sc, dc) in the top half of each edge st to corner, (sc, dc) in the corner, *skip the next st, (sc, dc) in next st; rep from * until 1 st rem in Row 61, (sc, dc, sc, dc) in next st, working along shortest side of shawl, (sc, dc) in the top half of each edge st to magic circle, (sc, dc, sc, dc) in magic circle, working along longest side of shawl (sc, dc) in the top half of each edge st across; join with sl st and finish off.
Weave in ends. Wet block to size.
I hope you enjoy making and wearing the Sideways Sampler Shawl! If you share on socials, I would love to see it! 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.
Kiek says
Hello,
After the last V stitch of row 73 I have 3 stiches remaining.
I have recounted and have 44 stiches after row 72 and also skipped 2 between every V and cluster
Chould I skip 2 and DC or spik 1 and DC 2
Would like to hear.
Kind regards
Kiek
Tamara Kelly says
You are correct! I missed an additional skipped st at the beginning and have updated the pattern - it now reads CSDC/dc2tog, dc in next st, skip next 2 sts, wide V in next st, [skip 2 sts, cluster in next st, skip 2 sts, wide V in next st] 6 times, skip next st, dc in last st; turn. (6 clusters)
Thank you so much for letting me know!
Kiek says
Thank you for reacting this fast, I'm really enjoying the pattern 🥰
Tamara Kelly says
I'm so glad to hear it, thank you!! ♥
Maggie says
When making the cluster stitch in row 73, after pulling yarn through the 4 loops on the hook, should we ch 1 to secure the stitch? My stitch is laying flat
Tamara Kelly says
Not for this one, just go on to the next stitch! 🙂 It's not a very puffy cluster.
Maggie says
Thank you!
Just finished the shawl…tomorrow…blocking ( there’s a first time for everything 😂)!