Minnow Shawl Free Knitting Pattern

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About The Minnow Shawl Free Knitting Pattern

This elegant elongated heart-shaped shawl features a stitch pattern inspired by traditional Japanese sashiko embroidery. If you've done basic brioche before and you're feeling adventurous, this project is for you!

All increases and decreases happen in the same row on the front side of the work, making this a manageable project even if you've never done brioche increases or decreases before.

Designed for Half-n-Half Sock Gradients plus a coordinating skein of sock yarn or sport weight yarn, you can make a truly one-of-a-kind gradient shawl - and might already have half your yarn in your stash!

Skill Level: Intermediate, with some experience knitting brioche.

Skills Needed: Basic knitting skills and ability to follow a chart plus brioche knits and purls (brk and brp), brioche two together (br2tog), brioche knit–yarn over–brioche knit (brkyobrk), brioche two together combined with brioche knit–yarn over–brioche knit (br2tog-brkyobrk), Judy’s Magic Cast-on, i-cord, and grafting / Kitchener stitch.

Finished Size: 80 inches / 204 cm tip to tip, and 12 inches / 30 cm deep at the center point. 

Yarn: MC - Infinite Twist Helix, 240 g / 710 yds, pattern uses approximately 400 m. CC - Infinite Twist Half-n-Half Gradients, 100 g / 400 m.

Needles: U.S. size 3 / 3.25 mm circular needle, at least 80 cm long, or any size yielding correct gauge, plus one set of DPNs in same size as circular needle.

Gauge: 12 CC ribs & 18 CC rows over 4 inches / 10 cm in brioche stitch pattern.

Notions: At least one locking stitch marker, yarn needle.