I’m proud to announce that Honka has now been released. It’s available through my Ravelry store here both in English and in Finnish.
![Honka shawl shown on the right side](http://www.eevakesakuu.fi/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/170924honka_edesta3_2_9658keski.jpg)
Honka is a triangular shawl worked in two-color brioche. The name Honka means pine tree in Finnish. I was inspired by the strong roots of the Scots pine. The center spine of the shawl mimics the major root of the tree.
![Honka shawl shown on the reverse side](http://www.eevakesakuu.fi/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/170924honka2_9652keski.jpg)
The story of Honka goes back to summer 2016 when I attended a two-color brioche class by Stephen West. It was part of the first ever Jyväskylä Summer Knit Festival. I was so excited it was difficult to sleep both the night before and the night after. Immediately after the class I begun to knit a triangular shawl, using the techniques I had just learned. I loved the shawl, but wanted to change a couple of things, so I needed to figure out how exactly to do it. I went back to school in the autumn 2016 so I didn’t have nearly any time until April. Then I finally had the chance to find the solutions and started the next shawl.
That second shawl became Humus. I still wanted to produce something more like the first shawl. In the meantime I knitted a trird shawl, Itu – I’ll get back to that one fairly soon. Finally, after over a year from my initial brioche bite, I cast on for Honka, an improved version of my first ever brioche shawl. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did!
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