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About the Pattern
The Vice Versa Shawl is a triangular shawl with a center-out construction offered in two sizes. The dimensions are similar to a crescent-shaped shawl with its large wingspan but relatively shallow center depth. It features two-color brioche and i-cord edges. It starts with knitting an i-cord, followed by picking up stitches on either side of the i-cord for each half of the shawl.
Due to the forgiving nature of brioche, this shawl is perfect for handspun and can accommodate pairings of different yarn weights. For example, sport + fingering or sport + DK!

Sizes
Small (Large)

Finished Dimensions
Small: 75 in (187.5 cm) wingspan x 15 in (37.5 cm) center depth
Large: 106 in (265 cm) wingspan x 22.5 in (56.3 cm) center depth

Gauge (measured over 4in/10cm)
Brioche St – 16 sts x 21.5 rows, after wet blocking

Suggested Needles
US 4 (3.5mm) or size needed to obtain gauge
Note: some test knitters sized down to US 3 (3.25mm) needles.

Notions
Stitch markers, tapestry needle, scrap yarn, crochet hook (same size as main needle)

Yarn
Fingering or sport weight yarn in two colors
Yarn A: 270 yds (605 yds) // 247 m (554 m)
Yarn B: 305 yds (614 yds) // 279 m (562 m)

Yarn Used
Small Sample:
Yarn A: Studio Dog Fibers Ribbon Winners 2019 (400 yds/365 m per 100g)
Yarn B: 2-ply fingering weight handspun, Pearlescent on Polwarth by Wee Chickadee Wool Co
Small Sample used 61g (244 yds/224 m) of Yarn A and 59g (276 yds/253 m) of Yarn B.

Large Sample:
Yarn A: De Rerum Natura Ulysse (202 yds/185 m per 50g)
Yarn B: 2-ply fingering/sport weight handspun, Evermore on Targhee by Wee Chickadee Wool Co
Large Sample used 136g (550 yds/503 m) of Yarn A and 105g (558 yds/510 m) of Yarn B.

Skills Required
Knitting
Purling
Picking up sts
Brioche - brk, brp, sl1yo
Decreasing brioche sts – brLsl, brRsl
Knitting i-cord
Grafting i-cord
Provisional cast on
Long tail or German twisted cast on
Backwards loop cast on

Links
Vice Versa Shawl tutorial video
brLsl decrease
brRsl decrease
Grafting i-cord with Kitchener stitch
KnitPicks two-color brioche worked flat video tutorial
Design Deep Dive: Vice Versa Shawl (blog post)