Years ago we designed this wrap for that season’s warm-weather weddings. It remains to be seen if weddings will be on the docket this year, but if not, we’ll just have to be happy to wear our Wedding Shawl any old day!

Wedding Shawl In Burnish | Purl Soho

Movie night at home or a walk around the block, this Wedding Shawl adds a layer of beauty. And in our rayon-from-bamboo Burnish, it is definitely elegant, but also as durable as a truck.

Wedding Shawl In Burnish | Purl Soho

We recently added some truly stunning colors to our Burnish collection, including this Blue Agave beauty. A gentle blue-green from the softer side of nature’s spectrum, it’s subtle enough to read as a neutral but interesting enough to put a kick in your step!

Wedding Shawl In Burnish | Purl Soho

Blue Agave or any of Burnish’s other 16 colors, you’ll need just three skeins to cast on for your own Wedding Shawl!

Wedding Shawl In Burnish | Purl Soho

Originally designed by Purl Soho designer, Whitney Van Nes, and updated by Jake Canton.

Share your progress + connect with the community by tagging your pics with #PurlSoho, #PurlSohoBusyHands, #PurlSohoWeddingShawl, and #PurlSohoBurnish. We can’t wait to see what you make!

Materials

Wedding Shawl In Burnish | Purl Soho
  • 3 skeins of Purl Soho’s Burnish, 100% rayon made from bamboo. Each skein is 339 yards; approximately 1,014 yards required. We used the color Blue Agave. (NOTE: We no longer offer Burnish, but choose from one of our other fingering/sport weight yarns.)
  • US 5 (3.75 mm) circular or straight needles

Gauge

20 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in stitch pattern

Size

Finished Dimensions: 18 inches wide x 70 inches long

Notes

Stitch Multiple

This pattern works over a multiple of 14 + 7 stitches.

Pattern

Cast on 91 stitches. We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.

Knit 4 rows

Set Up Row (wrong side): K2, purl to last 2 stitches, k2.

Now follow either the Written Instructions or Pattern Chart, both below…

Written Instructions

Row 1 (right side): K3, * k1, knit 2 together (k2tog), yarn over (yo), k1, yo, slip slip knit (ssk), k3, k2tog, yo, k3, repeat from * to last 4 stitches, k4.

Row 2 (wrong side) and all following wrong side rows: K2, purl to last 2 stitches, k2.

Row 3: K3, *k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k4, repeat from * to last 4 stitches, k4.

Row 5: K2, k2tog, *yo, k5, yo, slip 1 knitwise, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over, yo, k4, k2tog, repeat from * to last 3 stitches, yo, k3.

Row 7: K3, *k1, yo, ssk, k4, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last 4 stitches, k4.

Row 9: K3, *k2, yo, ssk, k4, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from * to last 4 stitches, k4.

Row 11: K3, *k3, yo, ssk, k4, yo, k3tog, yo, k2, repeat from * to last 4 stitches, k4.

Repeat Rows 1-12 until piece measures approximately 70 inches from cast-on edge, ending with Row 12.

Continue to Finishing section, below.

Pattern Chart

Start in the bottom right corner of the Chart and work right-side (odd number) rows from right to left, and wrong-side (even number) rows from left to right.

Work Rows 1-12 until piece measures approximately 70 inches from cast-on edge, ending with Row 12.

KEY

Wedding Shawl In Burnish | Purl Soho

CHART

Wedding Shawl In Burnish | Purl Soho

Want to see it bigger? Click here and view the chart as a PDF!

Finishing

Knit 4 rows.

With the right side facing you, bind off as if to knit.

Weave in the ends and block as desired.

Wedding Shawl In Burnish | Purl Soho