Brioche Lightning
Brioche and Garter are a match made in heaven – and the combination offers endless possibilities. This deep triangular shawl features a bolt of garter lightning zig-zagging through the brioche fabric. The background color of the brioche is mohair yarn, making this an airy and lightweight yet fuzzy soft shawl, surrounded by a garter short-row […]
Brioche Crush
Brioche and Garter are a match made in heaven – and the combination offers endless possibilities. This graphic asymmetrical shawl combines a triangle of brioche and garter strips with a short-row border and features a whimsical picot edge. This is a great pattern for speckled yarn (Color A). Use colors A & B with lots […]
P-Rex
Is it a Poncho with T-Rex sleeves? Or a cape? Or a weirdly shaped cardigan? In any case, this oversized garment is super comfortable, fun and versatile. Wear it with the opening in front as a stylish cape/cardigan, or turn P-Rex into a boxy sweater with an open back. The unique combination of two-color brioche […]
Inky
Brioche and Garter are a match made in heaven – and the combination offers endless possibilities. This third pattern of the Brioche Trilogy combines Brioche and Garter stitch in a graphic textured shawl with i-cord edges. The name is a reference to Inky the Octopus, who escaped his tank in a New Zealand aquarium to […]
Candy
Brioche and Garter are a match made in heaven – and the combination offers endless possibilities. This second pattern of the Brioche Trilogy is a fun textured shawl that combines triangles of Brioche and garter stitch with a Chevron border and i-cord edges. The shawl consists of three brioche and two garter triangles. The color […]
Peachy
Brioche and Garter are a match made in heaven – and the combination offers endless possibilities. This first pattern of the Brioche Trilogy is a simple yet stunning unisex shawl that combines triangles of Brioche with garter stitch and features i-cord edges. This is a great pattern for speckled yarn (as Color A and/or C), […]
Hoodie Shawl Cardigan
There is so much potential in the construction of a top-down triangular shawl – it doesn’t always have to end up being a shawl!In this pattern what starts just like a shawl ends up being a hooded raglan cardigan. The striped shawl section and the hood are knit in garter stitch. The body is worked […]
Chevron Fringe
If you love chevrons, stripes, fringe and bundling up in yummy yarn, while having no ends to weave in (in other words: zero, none, zilch ends! Really!), this is the pattern for you! This long or super-long scarf is knit horizontally with instant fringe and features a reversible stripey horizontal ribbing pattern that requires no […]
Shawl Shirt
There is so much potential in the construction of a top-down triangular shawl – it doesn’t always have to end up being a shawl! In this pattern, what starts just like a shawl ends up being a biased raglan t-shirt. The shawl section is knit in garter stitch (either in stripes or solid). The body […]
Summer Sorbet
This shawl-turned-poncho is a stylish alternative to your traditional triangular shawl. Knit in fingering weight yarn, this asymmetrical poncho is a lighter and more playful version of my pattern Wrapped Up and uses the same construction: You start by knitting a top-down shawl, then close to knit in the round and continue knitting on the […]
Dirndl Sorbet
This shawl was originally designed as an accessory for my mum’s hand-sewn Dirndl dress and in the colors chosen for my hometown’s newly created traditional garbs. The shawl is knit top-down and features textures (Seed, Garter, and Stockinette stitch), stripes, short-row sections, eyelets, and finally, a crochet detail that adds another pop of color.An i-cord […]
Trivestular
A truly convertible garment: there are nearly endless possibilities to wear this as a vest or a shawl! With fingering weight yarn held double and a large needle size, this drapey marled knit will fly off your needles! You can highlight each section by using different colors (and use up some of your leftover yarn!) […]
Tricowlar
What starts as a top-down triangular shawl doesn’t always have to end up being triangular, nor a shawl. This pattern turns it into a cowl! Starting with an i-cord tab cast on, knit a stripy top-down shawl until the wingspan is as long as the cowl’s circumference. Then connect the wings of your shawl and […]
Hamburg Shawl
Hamburg is a simple triangular shawl in stockinette stitch, intersected with garter stitch short row sections to create an asymmetrical shawl. The small sample shawl uses one main color and a contrasting color for the last short row section. For the larger sample, I used a main color for the stockinette sections and three contrasting […]
Center Square Shawl
A mitered square, knit from the outside in, is the center of this triangular shawl. The wings can be knit in a single color or stripes. Or you can stash bust and throw in random stripes or bursts of color if you want. The large wingspan makes this a perfect scarf to wrap around your […]
Chevron Cardigan
Knit top-down with raglan shaping, starting at the shoulders/sleeves, this light cardigan uses the sequence of increases and decreases known from knitting a chevron to create a unique shape and fit: increases in the back and fronts, decreases at the sides. Herringbone, Stockinette, and Garter stitch textures create additional interest. The shoulders are worked in […]
Chevron Shrug
This seamless top-down modular knit uses a combination of increases & decreases for shaping, just like a large chevron stitch. The result is a unique and fun shrug you can knit (as suggested) in many colors or just one. The different textures of linen-, garter- and stockinette stitch and chevron shaping make for an interesting […]
Hooded Shawl
The shawl is a basic triangular shape knit in stripy garter stitch, with a garter edge, slipped stitch selvedge and a 2-stitch centre column. The hood is shaped like a giant short-row sock heel. The hood can be placed in the centre (if you like to wear your shawl with the pointy side in back) or […]