A Taste of Brioche Cowl

The A Taste of Brioche Cowl is a design dreamed up as I built my workshop of the same name. One of my favorite things is teaching knitters to master the skills and techniques they’ve been intimidated by in the past.

I set out with the goal to design a project that would provide the hands-on experience with the technique itself without needing to learn a new cast-on method or how to increase or decrease in brioche stitch.

The workshop includes more complex brioche knitting techniques to make it a more comprehensive introduction to Brioche Knitting, but the most important first step … before tackling those … is to be really comfortable with brioche stitches themselves.

Working with beautiful Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Worsted yarn, the cowl knits up quickly in tonal but sharply contrasting colors to help make it easy to identify the construction of the stitches and what needs to happen next in each round.

Never tried to knit Brioche before? Need a refresher? Visit https://doublethestitches.com/brioche for my A Taste of Brioche Knitting Workshop! The Ear Warmer, Cowl, and Hat patterns are included in the workshop! https://doublethestitches.com/brioche

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FINISHED SIZE 

One size, to fit the average adult

Approximate Size After Blocking 

• Top Circumference: 26”/65 cm 

• Bottom Circumference: 41”/102.5 cm 

• Height: 12”/30 cm

YARN 

Worsted weight yarn in 2 contrasting colors.

The sample uses Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Worsted (100% Fine Highland Wool, 123 yards/112 m per 50 g). 

• Dark Color: No. 1314 Deep Velvet, approximately 163 yards/149 m used. 

• Light Color: No. 1325 Lilac Bloom, approximately 114 yards/ 104 m used

NEEDLES & NOTIONS 

• US 7/4.5 mm 24”/60 cm circular needles (or one size smaller than main needle) 

• US 8/4.0 mm 24”/60 cm circular needles (or size needed to obtain gauge) 

• Darning Needle 

• Stitch Marker 

• Row Counter

GAUGE 

14 sts and 28 rows = 4”/10 cm, worked in the round in brioche knitting after blocking.

This pattern has been professionally tech-edited and test-knit.