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Free Your Fade by Andrea Mowry of Drea Renee Knits



This shawl was created to be your favorite shawl pattern! Really relaxing garter stitch with engaging eyelet rows and endless color possibilities. It would be gorgeous knit up in one color, but you can just as easily use 20! The color melt sections have been extended for an even more cohesive fade, with easy instructions to add as many fade sections as you would like! The shawl is light weight and perfect year round when knit up in fingering weight yarn, but don’t let that stop you from knitting it up in any yarn weight you prefer to the size of your choosing!

Yarn: The possibilities are endless! This shawl can be knit using however many colors you want, with whatever yarn weight fits your fancy, to the size that fits you best! Free your fade and make it your own with this super adaptable pattern!!

Sample specs: Fingering Weight – Color A: 200 yds/ 50 g; Color B: 400 yds/ 100 g; Color C: 400 yds/ 100 g

Needles: Size US 4/3.5 mm (32 in/80 cm circular recommended)

Notions: Tapestry needle for weaving in ends

Gauge (measured over garter stitch after blocking): 24 sts & 36 rows = 4”/10 cm

Finished Measurements: Wingspan – 84”/213 cm, Center depth – 19”/49 cm

Techniques to Indulge In: Knitting, increasing, bias shawl shaping, eyelets, color fading, picot bind off!