This shawl combines the timeless textures of garter stitch and brioche to highlight the beautiful fade sets that a made by Sweet Georgia Yarns. Brioche can be very intimidating to knitters who are new to this skill, but the short sections of brioche and the rest sections of garter stitch make this the perfect project to practice your skills on! Also, this project is a perfect way to use up some of your fingering weight scrapes held double if you don’t want to use a fade set!

Also if you are completely new to brioche knitting you can check out my free written and video instructions on how to knit a brioche swatch: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/brioche-square

Finished Size

Wingspan – 60” / 152.4 cm
Center Depth- 24” / 60.74 cm

Yarn

2 skeins of DK weight yarn 256 yards/ 234 meters pre 115 g
6 fingering weight mini skeins 105 yards/ 97 meters mini skeins per 28 g (Held Double)

Featured Yarn

Main Color: Sweet Georgia Superwash DK, 100% Superwash Merino 256 yards/ 234 meters per 115 g.
Auburn – 2 skeins; 256 yards/ 234 meters per 115 g.
Contrast Color: Sweet Georgia Mini Skein Fade Set, 80% Superwash Merino/ 20% Nylon, 105 yards/ 97 meters per 28 g
Sunkissed Fade – 6 Skeins; 80% Superwash Merino/ 20% Nylon, 105 yards/ 97 meters per 28 g (Held Double). The fade in the pattern sample is organized from dark to light.

Suggested Needle

US 6 (4 mm) - 32” circular

Notions

Tapestry Needle
Scissors

Gauge

18 sts and 40 rounds = 4” / 10 cm
measured over blocked garter
18 sts and 20 rounds = 4” / 10 cm
measured over blocked two-color brioche

Construction Notes

This shawl is designed to be knit from the bottom up because I always lose steam near the end of shawls once the rows start getting long, but being able to attack the long rows with the energy and excitement of casting on a new project makes this shawl fly off the needles!