Nonchalant

I have always been fascinated by the effects of using different yarns together. This shawl combines a fingering and a lace weight.

It is worked top down, starting with a garter tab and increasing in every second row. The more sturdy body of the shawl is knitted in fingering, using a simplified brioche stitch (the one that my mother taught me a long time ago), the airy border is knit-on sideways and done in lace weight. The body does not require any purls, it is almost garter stitch. For the border you will have to work short rows.

Difficulty Level: Intermediate (knit, purl, brioche stitch, short rows, knit-on border)

Yarn: Main color: Knit Picks Chroma Fingering (70% wool, 30% nylon; 362m/100g; 396yds/3.53oz); 2 balls. Contrast color: Lana Grossa Silkhair (70% mohair, 30% silk; 209m/25g; 229yds/0.88oz); 1 ball. Sample used 366m/400yds of the Chroma (only little more than 1 ball, but more!) and 209m/229yds of the Silkhair.