Hooked on Tunisian Crochet – Ira Shawl CAL

This CAL has ended.

Welcome to the Ira Shawl TCAL hosted in the Hooked on Tunisian Crochet Facebook group! In this post, you will find all the important dates and links associated with the TCAL.

Disclaimer: this post may contain affiliate links – please see my affiliate disclosure for details.

Why Tunisian Mosaic Crochet

It is a beautiful yet simple technique. You only work with two stitches and you can create some very intricate patterns with it!
There are no color changes in the middle of a row. All the color-work magic happens through the stitches only.
We don’t have a million ends to weave in or create an envelope border! This is because Tunisian crochet is worked on one side only since we don’t have to turn the project after the completion of a row.

About the Shawl

The Ira Shawl is an intermediate level Tunisian Mosaic Crochet triangle shawl pattern. I designed it to be a mosaic sampler that is made up of 5 different repeating patterns and it was a lot of fun to see how the different patterns worked up.

TCAL Details

This TCAL is going to be 6 weeks long – we will spend the first 5 weeks making the different mosaic pattern sections in the shawl and the last week is dedicated to the border and binding off.

I will also host one live session every week (more if needed) in the Facebook group – around 10.30 PM Melbourne time which would be 7.30 AM CST – to answer any questions you may have and to discuss the sections we will focus on in the coming week.

Schedule

Introduction	– Live Session in the Hooked on Tunisian Crochet Facebook Group
July 3 – Week 1	– Section A and Section B – Live Session in the Hooked on Tunisian Crochet Facebook Group – Getting Started video tutorials – Right handed – Left handed
July 10 – Week 2	– Section C and Section D – Live Session in the Hooked on Tunisian Crochet Facebook Group
July 17 – Week 3	– Section E and Section F – Live Session in the Hooked on Tunisian Crochet Facebook Group
July 24 – Week 4	– Section G and Section H – Live Session in the Hooked on Tunisian Crochet Facebook Group
July 31 – Week 5	– Section I – Live Session in the Hooked on Tunisian Crochet Facebook Group
August 7 – Week 6	– Section J – Border and Bind Off – Live Session in the Hooked on Tunisian Crochet Facebook Group
August 14	Wrapping up! – Live Session in the Hooked on Tunisian Crochet Facebook Group

Where to find the pattern (discount coupon)

The written instructions for the entire shawl will be available for free on my ad-supported blog (links in the Schedule section). The ad-free PDF comes with charts for each section (with X’s indicating the front post extended stitches) and can be purchased from my Ravelry and Etsy shops.

I am offering a 20% discount on this pattern for everyone interested in the TCAL, use the coupon HOOKEDONTCCAL (until July 15th, 2023 UPDATE: extended until July 18th, 2023). I have extended this offer to all of my patterns so if you’d like to give one of my other patterns a try, you could get the same discount on everything.

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Tunisian Mosaic Crochet course

If you are new to Tunisian Mosaic crochet, I also offer a beginner friendly course that walks you through all the basics of this technique in detail – A beginner’s guide to Tunisian Mosaic Crochet.

Note: I have two videos from this course on my ad-supported YouTube channel. You can find them here if you’d like to take a look before you make your purchase.

Stitch tutorials

If you haven’t already done so, it would be really good to practice the stitches used in the shawl before you start your final project. Here are all the tutorials that will be helpful in making the Ira Shawl.

The yarn

I used Chroma Fingering Yarn by KnitPicks in colors Galentine and Bare to make my shawl. This yarn is warm and cozy and my shawl has an amazing drape.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THIS YARN FROM KNITPICKS

The hook

This pattern requires a hook with a cord – you will need a cord long enough to be able to hold 470 stitches. I used my Knitter’s Pride Ginger Interchangeable Tunisian Crochet Hooks to make this sweater.

Here is a review of the Ginger Tunisian Crochet hooks if you’d like to take a look. There are a bunch of other Tunisian crochet hooks that I use. You can read a review of all the hooks I use here.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE KNITTER’S PRIDE GINGER TUNISIAN CROCHET HOOK SET

Sharing your shawls

If you would like to connect with other people who are participating in this CAL, join the Hooked on Tunisian Crochet group on Facebook. It is a great place to share your progress and to ask questions. I request that you respect the rules of the group while posting.
Instagram – You can follow me to get updates there and if you choose to share photos of your project, please use the tags @knitterknotterand #knitterknotter so that I can find them!
Email – If you haven’t already done so, you can subscribe to my newsletter to get all important updates of this CAL.

More Tunisian Mosaic Crochet!

If you are interested in Tunisian Mosaic Crochet, check out my 2023 Blanket CAL! It is made up of 25 squares, each with a different mosaic pattern!

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