A shawl to reflect the winter landscape—bare trees against the pale colors of the winter sky. The shawl is worked in alternating sections of brioche and blended garter, ending with a curving section of stockinette brioche. The main color moves against the background in a branching pattern. The background of contrasting colors fades from dark to light, as the eye moves from land to sea to sky.

Worked from the top down, the shawl starts with a stockinette tab and stitches picked up for the edges. The first section is brioche with standard increases at the center and at both edges. The second section worked in blended garter as the background for a series of slipped stitches in the MC.
The third section is brioche with the MC and the next CC; the fourth section is blended garter, again with a series of slipped stitches. The fifth section is the border, worked in stockinette brioche with the MC and the 3rd CC. In stockinette brioche, all the RS stitches are brk stitches and the WS stitches are brp stitches. A curved edge is created by sets of stacked increases and decreases. The slipped stitches from the previous section line up with the decreases. The final edge is worked with an I-cord bindoff.

Sample Shawl is worked in Life in the Long Grass Moon in Harbour, 2 skeins (MC) and in Dune fade, 3 skeins (CC 1-3)

Errata
Abbreviations
brk. Knit the stitch that was slipped in the previous row together with its yarn over.

brkLdec sl (left-slanting decrease using 3 sts). Slip the first stitch knitwise, brk the following two stitches together, pass the slipped stitch over.

brkRdec sl (right-slanting decrease using 3 sts). Slip the first stitch knitwise, knit the next stitch, pass the slipped stitch over, place stitch on left hand needle and pass the following stitch over. Place st on right hand needle.

brp. Purl the stitch that was slipped in the previous row together with its yarn over.

pFB. Purl in front & back of stitch.

sl1yo following k or brk st. Bring the working yarn under the needle to the front of the work, slip the next stitch purlwise, then bring the yarn over the needle (and over the slipped stitch) to the back, in position to work the following stitch.

sl1yo following p or brp st. Working yarn is already in front, slip the next stitch purlwise, then bring the yarn over the needle (and over the slipped stitch), then to the front under the needle, into position to work the following stitch.