The Gradual Brioche Shawl walks you through the steps of knitting brioche. It starts simply with the mechanics of sliding stitches on the needles and gradually adds skills/techniques until you are increasing and decreasing confidently with brioche knitting. The shawl is a shallow crescent shape, allowing it to drape comfortably over the shoulders or be wrapped in a scarf style around the neck. Before beginning this pattern, you should have confidence in knit and purl stitches, picking up stitches from an i-cord, knit front back increases, purl front back increases, yarn over increases, knit two together decreases, purl two together decreases, and knitting an i-cord bind off.

Swatch instructions:

Cast on 36 sts
Knit across
Purl across
Knit across
Knit across
Purl across
Knit across
Repeat rows 1-6 six more times. Wash and block your swatch, and measure gauge.
22 sts x 32 rows = 4 inches