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Hidden Hills Shawl – Crochet Pattern Review – Annie’s Signature Design

February 18, 2019

This post contains affiliate links for Annie’s and LoveCrochet. If you make a purchase by clicking on them, I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for your support!

Every month, a group of bloggers are challenged by C’mon Get Crafty to create a new craft or project from their own stash of goodies! Everyone is allowed a $10 allowance for necessities to complete their project (i.e. paint brushes, glue, etc), but the bulk of it must be created from their own stash of goodies.

This month, I am showing off (and sharing a review) for the Hidden Hills Shawl from Annie’s Signature Designs. I have been working on this shawl on and off since before Christmas, but it is completely made with stash yarn, and the pattern was gifted to me (thank you Annie’s!) in exchange for sharing it with you, so this project didn’t cost me anything – woo hoo!

Materials:

  • 1,296 Yards of Lightweight Yarn – I used Baby Bee’s Sweet Delight in Naked (Cream), Splash (Bright Blue), Airplane (Dark Gray), Cloudy (Light Gray) and Toy Elephant (Medium Gray)
  • 3.5mm Crochet Hook
  • Tapestry Needle for Weaving in Ends
  • Hidden Hills Shawl, Paid Crochet Pattern from Annie’s

Material Notes:

Original pattern calls for 1,296 yards (4 skeins) of King Cole Riot DK, which is a variegated yarn, which they strategically use for the color changes.

My scale has been acting up, so I can’t give exact yardage I used right now, but I can tell you I used half a skein (or less) of each color. One skein of Baby Bee’s Sweet Delight is 377 yards.

Time Spent:

I added a lot of extra time to my project, but finishing off at the end of each row, and having to weave in the extra ends, but as is before end weaving, the shawl took about 8 hours, and 45 minutes. With all my weaving, 11 hours.

Measurements:

Pattern: 63″ Wide by 31″ Tall
Mine: 46″ Wide by 25.5″ Tall

Pattern Notes:

What first attracted me to this shawl was the simple fact that it was all created with variegated yarns that worked together produce the gorgeous color changes, and without the need of finishing off, and weaving in a bunch of ends (which I did end up doing).

Before I get into the goodies, I want to touch base on gauge real quick. I did not gauge for this project, and my shawl ended up turning out smaller than the original piece. I was okay with this when I started my shawl. There is a lot of flexibility in shawls, so gauge isn’t essential. AND, you could always add some extra rows on at the end if you want more height, and width.

Originally, I thought maybe some Caron’s Cupcakes Yarn would work well for this shawl, and I did buy some at my local Michael’s while it was on sale, but when I worked up a small sample, I quickly realized it was not what I was going for (plus I didn’t like the way the Cupcakes felt).

So, I went to my stash, and pulled out a bunch of colors that I thought screamed Winter, and went really well together.

I worked this sample, changing yarn colors at the end of every row (except the first four rows that I worked in the cream color, and the two after that I worked in the lighter gray).

I wasn’t in love with the blue at first, and even frogged a few rows to redo my order before this picture, but I am so glad I stuck with it, because it was the perfect little pop of color in the shawl.

One part I wish I would have gone back to rework was the first row of bobbles – you see it in the picture above in the light gray color. Notice in the center where there is two gray shells on top of each other.

This looked so out of place to me, and really bugged me while I was working, but I was feeling lazy, and didn’t want to frog again. To fix this in the remaining bobbles rows, I worked a bobble in the center of the previous rows shell, and the next row’shell split between the two most center stitches of the bobble (two double crochets in one stitch, the other two double crochets in the next stitch).

I also made a mistake later in the pattern where I think I may have missed a row because when I worked my bobble row of 35, I found myself working them from the opposite side. Ugh! Again, I was feeling lazy because I would have had to frog that row, and the previous one to add another row of double crochet to get to where I should have been, so I just went with it. It did the job, but it definitely holds it’s shape, and looks better when worked the correct way, which is from the wrong side.

I found a typo in the pattern at Row 16, it is missing the first double crochet. It should start, “ch 4, dc in first ch-1 sp, cross st…”

Another thing I came to realize later, was the slight pulling. I usually replace things like a beginning chain 3 with a chain 2 when working in double crochets because I think it’s a better height for it. My thought process was the same for this shawl, so for a good ways I worked the beginning as a chain 3, instead of a chain 4. Found out later that the shawl wasn’t laying flat because it was pulling a little bit. Since I had already weaved in my ends up to this point, I couldn’t go back, so I just started working it as written with a chain 4, and continued working as such, and it self corrected for the most part.

All in all, I really loved the whole entire process of working up this shawl, and the beautiful piece of art it had become. I even started thinking about making another (like I have that kind of time, ha). If I did make another though, I would like to try out either the Riot yarn, or a nice merino blend.

The pattern was super easy to follow, and the rows are pretty repetitive (in stitches, not necessarily in pattern), so I just quickly would glance at the next row, or few rows, and think to myself… “2 doubles, cross, double, cross…” and then work the next few rows as such, and then check back.

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Comments

  1. Deborah Sommerlot says

    February 18, 2019 at 11:44 am

    GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  2. T'onna | Sew Crafty Crochet says

    February 18, 2019 at 11:47 am

    What a lovely shawl! I love those colors. That blue really pops, and those stitches are gorgeous!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 3, 2019 at 6:08 pm

      Thanks! This blue is my favorite color.

      Reply
  3. Erlene says

    February 18, 2019 at 7:12 pm

    Your crochet details are so intricate and pretty. I can see why it takes so long to make these pieces. Amazing work.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 3, 2019 at 6:09 pm

      Thanks, Erlene! Almost wanted to hang this one up on the wall, hehe.

      Reply
  4. Debra says

    February 18, 2019 at 8:13 pm

    I am always so amazed at what crocheter’s (is that a word?)can do. It is amazing.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 3, 2019 at 6:09 pm

      Absolutely! ๐Ÿ˜‰

      Reply
  5. Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures says

    February 18, 2019 at 8:20 pm

    What a gorgeous shawl! I love that pattern and the colors you chose are beautiful! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures

    Reply
  6. Roseann Hampton says

    February 18, 2019 at 8:39 pm

    I love all of the different stitches used in this shawl! It gives it so much texture! Very pretty!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 3, 2019 at 6:09 pm

      Yes, it is such a beautiful design!

      Reply
  7. Donna @ Modern on Monticello says

    February 19, 2019 at 11:07 am

    You are very creative and this is beautiful. I really should learn how to crochet.

    Reply
  8. Gail says

    February 20, 2019 at 4:06 pm

    Oh boy, I wish I could crochet! This is so lovely and fabulous!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 3, 2019 at 6:10 pm

      Never too late to learn ๐Ÿ˜‰ I look at your projects, and think the same thing though. You are so creative!

      Reply
  9. Megan says

    February 20, 2019 at 4:17 pm

    This shawl is absolutely gorgeous. I would happily wear this to work!!

    Reply
  10. Teresa says

    February 27, 2019 at 5:55 am

    It is a beautiful pattern, and I especially love the colors you used!
    Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned!

    Reply
  11. Mica says

    February 28, 2019 at 6:54 am

    What a beautiful shawl! You’re right,t eh blue is such a nice touch with it ๐Ÿ™‚

    Thank you so much for joining the #weekdayWearLinkUp ๐Ÿ™‚

    Hope that your week is going well so far ๐Ÿ™‚ We are having some much needed cooler weather after what felt like a never ending heatwave!

    Away From The Blue

    Reply
  12. Claire Justine says

    March 2, 2019 at 2:23 pm

    Such pretty shawl, beautiful colours. I love how you have styled it too ๐Ÿ™‚

    Thanks so much for sharing your post with us at Creative Mondays. Have a great weekend and we hope to see you soon.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 3, 2019 at 6:11 pm

      Thanks, Claire! I am trying to practice my photography for better posts. This one was fun.

      Reply
  13. Jacqui Berry says

    March 4, 2019 at 1:38 pm

    This is fabulous, what a pretty piece that will get loads of wear. Jacqui Mummabstylish

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      June 26, 2019 at 6:32 pm

      Thanks so much, Jacqui! I think it is a great accessory to pair with several outfits! Can’t wait for cooler weather to enjoy it. I apologize for the delay in responding, but I’ve been buried in Spam Comments – had to work through it all.

      Reply
  14. Emily says

    March 7, 2019 at 8:05 am

    This is beautiful! I love fun projects like this that I can dig into my yarn stash for!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 7, 2019 at 7:26 pm

      Yes, it was perfect! And especially a mindless one where gauge didn’t matter. I really enjoyed working it.

      Reply
  15. Lisa n Yoffie says

    January 14, 2020 at 4:34 pm

    I am doing this pattern and having a lot of issues with it, mainly knowing how many and where there are increases. It came out misshaped both times I”ve tried. The second time I added my own increases and it was more triangular. What am I doing wrong? Can you tell me where there are regular increases in what rows? I”m a pretty advanced crocheter and I don’t know what I”m doing wrong. Tried contacting annies crochet and they have no revisions that help.

    thanks for any help you might be able to offer!

    Best

    Lisa

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      January 15, 2020 at 4:35 pm

      It’s been awhile since I worked this shawl up, but glancing back over the pattern, it looks like increases are at the beginning and end of each row, plus the center point.

      You’ll notice at the beginning and end, there is a (double crochet, chain 1, double crochet) into the same stitch – this would equal an increase. Also the center point is a shell comprised of (two stitches, a chain, and two more stitches) – this would mark another increase.

      The best advice I can give is to follow the pattern as written. It has a lot of words throughout, which can get a little confusing, but break each row down – block the others out with a blank piece of paper if you need to. The instructions are clear, and very well written.

      Reply

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