This gradient-shaded sideways shawl is inspired by cool Arizona winter sunsets with their deep pinks and purples. This shawl lends itself to be worn either traditionally or draped in a number of ways around the neck, enhancing just about any outfit.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: 66” x 18” (relaxed)
Gauge: With US size 4, 14 stitches x 18 rows = 2 inches in stockinette, as knit, unstretched, unblocked
Gauge is not necessarily crucial, it is more important to work the three sections (increase, even and decrease) in approximate 33% increments, requiring a yarn scale, and working the shawl according to your yarn yardage
Materials
Yarn:
Desert Vista Dyeworks Vista (100% merino; 490 yards [448 meters]): Arizona Sunset (1 skein)
Needles: US size 4 (3.5mm) straight or circular needles
Notions: 2 stitch markers, tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Special Stitches
Kfb: Increase one stitch using Knit One Front and Back increase.
k2tog: Knit two together (knit 2 stitches together)
k3togg: Knit three together (knit 3 stitches together)
Pattern Notes
This shawl is worked sideways. It is increased over the first 33% of the skein, worked even over the next 33%, and then decreased the rest of the yarn’s weight. This construction allows the shawl to be knit using the entire skein of yarn.
The stitch counts are broken up into three sections separated by stitch markers.
The first 6-stitch section will always be 6 stitches.
The increase section will increase 1 stitch every other row, so by the end of the 8 row repeat, that section will have increased 4 stitches.
The decrease section will decrease 1 stitch every other row, so by the end of the 8 row repeat, that section will have decreased 4 stitches. (You will work the decrease section until you have 2 stitches remaining in the even section that you started with prior to increasing.)
The stitch counts of the lace section increase and then decrease. Those counts can be found at the end of each row in the written instructions, and alongside the chart, on the left, in the yellow highlighted column.
Please remember, you need to repeat the sections according to your own yarn skein yardage. If you have 490 yards or more, and have swatched, then by all means, follow my number of repeats. For the increase/even/decrease sections, there were 21/15/21 repeats.
Pattern
CO 19.
Increasing Section
Work the Increase Section repeating rows 1-8, until you have used approximately 1/3 of you yarn’s total weight, ending on Row 8.
Row 1: K2, ssk, yo, slm, k until one stitch before marker, kfb, slm, [yo, k2tog] three times, [k1, yo] twice, k1, k2tog, (yo) twice k2tog.
Row 2: K2, p13, k until marker, p2, k2.
Row 3: K2, ssk, yo, slm, k until one stitch before marker, kfb, slm, [yo, k2tog] three times, k1, yo, k2, yo, k1, k2tog, (yo) twice k2tog, k1.
Row 4: K3, p14, k until marker, p2, k2.
Row 5: K2, ssk, yo, slm, k until one stitch before marker, kfb, slm, [yo, k2tog] three times, k1, yo, k3, yo, k1, k2tog, [(yo) twice k2tog] twice.
Row 6: K2, p1, k2, p15, k until marker, p2, k2.
Row 7: K2, ssk, yo, slm, k until one stitch before marker, kfb, slm, yo, k1, [yo, ssk] twice, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2tog, yo, k3tog, k6.
Row 8: BO6, p12, k until marker, p2, k2.
Even Section
Work the Even Section repeating rows 1-8, until you have used approximately 2/3 of you yarn’s total weight, ending on Row 8.
Row 1: K2, ssk, yo, slm, k until marker, slm, [yo, k2tog] three times, [k1, yo] twice, k1, k2tog, (yo) twice k2tog.
Row 2: K2, p13, k until marker, p2, k2.
Row 3: K2, ssk, yo, slm, k until marker, slm, [yo, k2tog] three times, k1, yo, k2, yo, k1, k2tog, (yo) twice k2tog, k1.
Row 4: K3, p14, k until marker, p2, k2.
Row 5: K2, ssk, yo, slm, k until marker, slm, [yo, k2tog] three times, k1, yo, k3, yo, k1, k2tog, [(yo) twice k2tog] twice.
Row 6: K2, p1, k2, p15, k until marker, p2, k2.
Row 7: K2, ssk, yo, slm, k until marker, slm, yo, k1, [yo, ssk] twice, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2tog, yo, k3tog, k6.
Row 8: BO6, p12, k until marker, p2, k2.
Decreasing Section
Work the Decrease Section repeating rows 1-8, using the remaining approximate 1/3 of your yarn. Work Rows 1-8 decreasing. Once you have successfully decreased back to the original 19 stitches, follow “Finishing Instructions” below.
Row 1: K2, ssk, yo, slm, k until two stitches before marker, k2tog, slm, [yo, k2tog] three times, [k1, yo] twice, K1, k2tog, (yo) twice k2tog.
Row 2: K2, p13, k until marker, p2, k2.
Row 3: K2, ssk, yo, slm, k until two stitches before marker, k2tog, slm, [yo, k2tog] three times, k1, yo, k2, yo, k1, k2tog, (yo) twice k2tog, k1.
Row 4: K3, p14, k until marker, p2, k2.
Row 5: K2, ssk, yo, slm, k until two stitches before marker, k2tog, slm, [yo, k2tog] three times, k1, yo, k3, yo, k1, k2tog, [(yo) twice k2tog] twice.
Row 6: K2, p1, k2, p15, k until marker, p2, k2.
Row 7: K2, ssk, yo, slm, k until two stitches before marker, k2tog, slm, yo, k1, [yo, ssk] twice, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2tog, yo, k3tog, k6.
Row 8: BO6, p12, k until marker, p2, k2.
Finishing
BO, weave in ends and block. 
My Deck/Porch.
Burleigh Heads beach on the Gold Coast, Australia
I most enjoy sunsets on the beach.
Any warm beach around the world would be fantastic spot to see a colorful and haunting sunset!
From the balcony in the house of my childhood in Santiago de Chile where the sun goes down behind the high mountains of Los Andes.
On the beach by the ocean
any place out in the country. same for the sunrises to.
over the Rocky Mountains
Any national park is a great place to watch a sunset.
Definitely at Mesa Verde – the sunsets there are very pretty!
My parents’ house in Winslow, AZ, overlooking the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest
I love watching the sunsets in the Rockies, but the best one I ever saw was from the top of a mountain on the Greek Island of Kos. It was spectacular
Mt. Agamenticus ME
Over the Sleeping Giant in Thunder Bay. Stunning sunsets.
over the mountains
In Northern Ireland on the Causeway
On the shores of Grand Bend Ontario Canada
by the beach
We all need a ray of sunshine
My favorite place to watch a sunset is at the Grand Canyon! it is simply spectacular there…
Looking west out the window from our office lunchroom at this time of year – it gets dark so early and the sunsets are gorgeous!
Actually, anywhere, but one special memory is sitting on a driftwood log with my husband at Sunset Beach in Oregon, watching the sun set over the waves.
Sitting in my favorite field in Iowa.
Gorgeous!
Over the marsh
On the beach!
Halfway up the Ellison mountain looking across the Okanagan valley.
Love the Texas Panhandle sunsets. Many movies use these.
In the bed of my old pickup truck with lots of cushions & a blanket or two depending on the temperature.
looking across the praire…..beautiful.
Lake Superior in Duluth
Over the mountains where I live. The colors are always breathtaking.
From just about anywhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
At my house on its own hill across the creek! Thanks!
Sitting on my neighbors rooftop deck.
I love to watch a sunset over the mountains or beach!
My favorite place to watch a sunset is by the water- Lake Michigan is a beautiful place.
My favorite place to watch a sunset is on a beach!!
Right now I’d love to escape the cold and see the sunset from a cruise ship in the Mediterranean.
The swing on my back porch
From the warm embrace of my loved one.
Doesn’t matter as long as I’m with my family.
Sleeping Bear Dunes – Empire, MI
On a cruise ship balcony
At the farm in Rockley, Nova Scotia.
On the beach 🙂
Sunset’s are spectacular anywhere.
On the beach at Southampton, Ontario! 🙂
From the park by the river
On a bench along our local lake.
Along the river shore
Along the rivershore
Across the water
Over the ocean
Turks and Caicos
On the north yorkshire moors
I have to agree that beach sunsets are spectacular
On the beach.
my home is on it’s own hill
On any beach in the world 🙂
On top of Flat Top (Climbing mountain in Alaska).
Turks and Caicos
Seriously? How are we to gauge 1/3 of the yarn’s weight? Would be nice to have some measurements!