Berroco Evora Shawl Wrap Knitting Pattern

Berroco Evora Shawl

What Is Being Made

The Berroco Evora Shawl is a triangular lace shawl designed by Andrea Rangel, featured in Portfolio Vol. 5. This intermediate-level knitting project produces a finished shawl measuring approximately 63 inches wide across the top edge with an 11-inch depth measured down the center. The shawl is worked end-to-end in a single piece, making it an ideal project for knitters seeking to create an elegant, wearable accessory.

Techniques Used

The Evora Shawl employs two primary knitting techniques worked simultaneously throughout the project:

• Lace knitting: Creates an openwork, decorative pattern that adds visual interest and lightness to the finished garment
• Brioche knitting: A specialized technique that produces a textured, reversible fabric with distinctive vertical columns. The brioche sections are responsible for the shawl's shaping, achieved through strategic increases and decreases worked within the brioche stitches

The shawl is worked flat on straight or circular needles, allowing knitters to work back and forth in rows rather than in the round. This flat construction makes the project more accessible for knitters who prefer traditional flat knitting methods.

Stitches Used

The pattern utilizes specialized brioche stitches to create the shawl's distinctive texture and structure:

• sl1yof (slip one yarn over front): With yarn held in front, the knitter slips the next stitch purlwise, then brings the yarn to the back over the needle. The slipped stitch and yarn over together count as a single stitch
• brk (brioche knit): The stitch slipped in the previous row is knitted together with its accompanying yarn over, creating the characteristic brioche texture
• brRdec (brioche right-leaning double decrease): A shaping decrease that removes two stitches while maintaining the brioche pattern's integrity. This stitch is essential for creating the triangular shawl shape
• Yarn overs: Used throughout the lace sections to create the openwork pattern characteristic of lace knitting

When counting stitches in brioche sections, a yarn over and its accompanying stitch are counted together as a single stitch, which is important for maintaining accurate stitch counts throughout the project.

Materials

The Evora Shawl requires minimal yardage, making it an efficient project in terms of material use. The pattern calls for Berroco Remix Light yarn in the colorway #6933 Patina, with 2 balls (100 grams each) providing sufficient yardage for the completed shawl.

Essential needles and notions include:

• Needles: Straight or circular needles in size 3 (3.25 mm), or the size needed to achieve proper gauge
• Stitch marker: Used to mark sections of the pattern for easier tracking
• Tapestry needle: For weaving in yarn ends after completion
• Blocking supplies: Blocking pins and a pinnable surface are essential for finishing the shawl. Flexible blocking wires are optional but recommended for shaping the top edge

The recommended gauge for this project is 19 stitches and 23 rows measuring 4 inches in the Brioche pattern. Checking gauge before beginning is strongly advised to ensure the finished shawl meets the specified dimensions.