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Shroat™ and Shrap™ The two final shrug hybrids From "Uncommon Threads" episode DUCT-140

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Shrap

Gwendolyn Faye makes a shrug/wrap combo, or a shrap, by adding length to the shrug and giving it two ties to wrap around your body.

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Shrap

Materials:

Lion Brand Bouclé
crochet hook, US size P
darning needle

Gauge: dc, ch 1, dc = 2"

Abbreviations:
ch chain
dc double crochet
sl st slip stitch
tog together

Start by crocheting a shrug (see Segment 1 instructions). After closing up the second sleeve, do not end off.

Turning Your Shrug into a Shrap

Foundation row:
Turn the shrug right side out. Sc in the seam, *sc in the dc, sc in the space created by the ch.* Repeat from * around. Join with a sl st. Ch 4.

Increase row:
Dc at the base of the ch 4, *ch 1, dc in the next sc,* repeat from * around. Join with a sl st in the 3rd ch. Ch 4, turn.

Pattern row:
*Skip ch. Dc in next dc, ch 1, skip next ch, dc in next dc,* repeat from * around. Join with a sl st in the 3rd ch. Ch 4, turn. Repeat pattern row 6 times (for a total of 7 rows counting from the increase row). End off.

Making the Straps

Side 1:
Counting 6 rows in from the seam of the sleeve, join yarn with a sl st to the 6th dc. Ch 51, end off.

Side 2:
Counting 6 rows in from the other sleeve seam, join yarn with a sl st to the 6th dc. Ch 51, then working over the stitches going back toward the seam of the sleeve, dc in 4th ch from the hook, ch 1, *skip ch 1, dc in next dc,* repeat from * across. Ch 4, turn.

Pattern row:
*Skip ch. Dc in next dc, ch 1, skip next ch, dc in next dc,* repeat from * across the Side 2 chain stitches, the back, and the Side 1 chain stitches. Ch 4, turn. Repeat pattern row 10 times (or until back of shrap is the desired length). End off.

Making the bell sleeve:
Join yarn to the seam of first sleeve with a sl st. Ch 1.

Foundation row:
Sc in the seam, *sc in the dc, sc in the space created by the ch.* Repeat from * around. Join with a sl st. Ch 4.

Increase row:
Dc in space at the base of the ch 4, *ch 1, dc in the next sc,* repeat from * around. Join with a sl st in the 3rd ch. Ch 4, turn.

Pattern row:
*Skip ch. Dc in next dc, ch 1, skip next ch, dc in next dc,* repeat from * around. Join with a sl st in the 3rd ch. Ch 4, turn. Repeat pattern row 3 times (for a total of 4 rows counting from the increase row). End off.

Repeat for the second sleeve.

Finishing:
Hide ends.

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