Richmond Crochet Boomerang Shawl Pattern – a free crochet pattern

The Richmond Shawl is a delicate and sophisticated crochet boomerang shawl pattern that is perfect for the transitioning months when you need a little something to layer up and look beautiful too.

With a gentle curved ‘boomerang’ shape to effortlessly drape around, you will love to dress up any outfit with it. Style it as a traditional triangle shawl, a forward necktie or at the side, it’s a lovely summer crochet shawl that everyone will love.

You can carry on reading to find the free pattern here in this blogpost or purchase an ad-free, printable PDF version of the shaped shawl pattern with added charts and schematics in my pattern store to download and print.

About the Crochet Boomerang Shawl Pattern

I’ve always wanted to design a curved crochet shawl or scarf but working out the increases and decreases put me off for so long!

I decided I really wanted to make myself one to wear this Spring and Summer and so figured I’d just have to work the numbers out.

It turned out that it was way easier to design than I’d feared and I really enjoyed adding some texture with the puff stitches and lightness with the mesh/filet section too.

I know that some crochet patterns can seem intimidating so I’ve made a full crochet video tutorial to go with the pattern and if you choose to purchase the PDF then you’ll also get stitch charts and schematics too.

Pattern Options

Get this crochet pattern free in this blog post in US terms – just scroll down to find it in the exclusive members area! You can also purchase an ad-free, printable PDF in US terms with added extras in my pattern stores: 

Don’t forget to join HanJan Crochet to receive regular discount codes (and more free patterns!) and Pin this free crochet shawl pattern to your crochet Pinterest board!

Other Patterns You Might Enjoy

Here are a few more of my crochet shawl and scarf patterns that I thought you might enjoy – they are a range of techniques, colours and styles!

Yarn

To make the Richmond crochet boomerang shawl I used Palette Yarn by WeCrochet.

It’s a beautifully delicate fingering weight yarn that’s 100% Peruvian Highland Wool, 231yds/50g.

I used 3 balls of Coriander Heather to make the shawl.

If you’d like to go with a light cotton instead then a great alternative yarn is Summerlite 4ply by Rowan which is 100% cotton and 175m/50g.

Both of these yarns come in a beautiful range of colours and are available for worldwide shipping.

Tension and Sizing

The summer crochet shawl measures 127cm by 88cm at the widest points when blocked and is perfect to drape gently around either your shoulders or neck.

15sts and 10 rows of UK treble/US double crochet = 10cm by 10cm.

Materials

Along with your yarn, you will need the following:

• 5mm/H crochet hook – my favourites are Dots Crochet Hooks or Clover Amour crochet hooks.
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors 
• Stitch markers if desired 

Glossary and Abbreviations

ch(s) – chain(s)

ss – slip stitch

RS – right side

WS – wrong side

rep – repeat

tog – together

Crochet Stitches in the Boomerang Shawl Pattern

The crochet boomerang shawl uses the following crochet stitches:

Standard UK Crochet Term	Standard US Crochet Term
htr – half treble	hdc – half double crochet
tr – treble	dc – double crochet

Special Crochet Stitches

3htr puff st (UK)/3hdc-puff st (US):

(Yrh, insert hook in sp or st indicated, yrh and pull up loop) 3 times, inserting the hook in the same sp or st each time, yrh and draw through all loops on hook.

When working the puff stitches, make sure to pull up the stitch to the height of the rest of the row to make them neat and even.

Pattern Notes

A ch 3 at the beginning of a row always counts as a stitch (alternatively you could work a stacked stitch if you prefer).

Turn your work at the end of each row.

The shawl is worked in rows with increases and decreases as per the pattern to give it a curved shape.

When you block your shawl, make sure to follow the shape of the natural curve to get the best result.

Video Tutorial

Watch the video tutorial >>> how to crochet a boomerang shawl

How to block your crochet shawl

Blocking a crochet project, especially one like this shawl, can really transform it into something really spectacular. It makes the stitches sit really evenly by ‘opening them out’ and shapes the item to exactly the size it should be.

There are a few ways to block things but these are my favourites:

• Steam block – set your iron to steam and lightly steam over the shawl (you can do it through a protective cloth if you’re worried), then pin to measurements and allow to dry.
• Spray block – pin the shawl out to desired dimensions and lightly spray with water and allow to dry naturally.

Richmond Crochet Boomerang Shawl Pattern