K799-Brianne BasketWeave Wrap

K799 – Brianne Basket Weave Wrap by Nazanin Fard

Project Overview

The Brianne Basket Weave Wrap is a beginner-friendly knitted shawl designed by Nazanin Fard. This downloadable PDF pattern creates a gorgeous wrap featuring a slip stitch pattern that produces the visual effect of basket weave texture. The design incorporates a distinctive fringe-like edging worked perpendicular to the main shawl body, adding dimension and visual interest to the finished piece.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a wrap-style shawl worked from a provisional cast-on. The construction begins with 80 stitches cast on provisionally, allowing for the perpendicular edging to be worked later. The main body is worked in a slip stitch pattern that creates the characteristic basket weave appearance, while the edging is constructed by binding off one edge stitch every 2 rows as the border is worked, resulting in a structured, finished edge with fringe-like qualities.

Knitting Techniques Used

• Provisional cast-on for seamless integration with perpendicular edging
• Slip stitch patterning to create basket weave texture
• Yarn positioning control (yarn in back and yarn in front) for slip stitches
• Perpendicular edging construction with incremental bind-offs
• Garter stitch sections for structured borders
• Reverse stockinette stitch (purl) sections within the pattern repeat

Stitches and Stitch Pattern

The Brianne wrap utilizes several key stitches to achieve its distinctive appearance. The primary stitch pattern alternates between slip stitches worked with yarn in back (sl2wyib) and slip stitches worked with yarn in front (sl2wyif), combined with knit stitches in a repeating sequence. The pattern repeat is sl2wyib, k4 across the row, creating the basket weave effect.

• Sl1wyif: Slip 1 stitch with yarn in front (used for selvage edges)
• Sl2wyib: Slip 2 stitches with yarn in back
• Sl2wyif: Slip 2 stitches with yarn in front
• Garter stitch: Knit every row, used for border sections and structural integrity
• Reverse stockinette stitch: Purl rows create textural contrast within the pattern

The stitch gauge is 18 stitches and 18 ridges over 4 inches (10 cm) in garter stitch, providing a reference point for tension and finished dimensions.

Materials Required

The Brianne Basket Weave Wrap is designed to be worked with sport weight yarn. The sample project uses Plymouth Yarn Linaza hand-dyed yarn, a luxurious blend of 50% Alpaca, 25% Linen, and 25% Tencel. This yarn is available at 440 yards per 100 grams per ball. The pattern calls for 4 balls of yarn in the mauve/pink/orange colorway, worked doubled (meaning two strands held together throughout), providing approximately 1,760 yards of working yarn.

Additional materials include US size 6 (4 mm) straight knitting needles for the main fabric, a tapestry needle for weaving in ends and finishing, and waste yarn for the provisional cast-on. The use of doubled yarn creates a more substantial fabric while maintaining the beginner difficulty level, as the slip stitch pattern remains straightforward to execute.

Difficulty Level

This pattern is rated as beginner-friendly, making it an excellent choice for knitters new to shawl construction or slip stitch patterning. While the pattern incorporates slip stitches and perpendicular edging—techniques that may be new to some—the repeating pattern repeat and clear row-by-row instructions make it accessible. The use of doubled yarn also provides good stitch visibility and makes tension management more forgiving for less experienced knitters.