Chevroche Cowl

Yarn: worsted weight in two colors, approximately 90 yds./82 m of Color 1 and 85 yds./78 m of
Color 2
Shown in Marianated Yarns Playtime Worsted (100% superwash merino; 218 yds./199 m per 3.5 oz./100 g skein) in Sandstorm (Color 1) and Maple Pecan (Color 2), one skein each

Needles: US 4 (3.5 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge, 16 in./40 cm circular

Gauge: 20 stitches and 48 rounds = 4 in./10 cm in two-color brioche in the round

Finished Dimensions: Approximately 17 in./43 cm around at center and 20 in./50 cm around at edges; approximately 7 in./18 cm tall

Brioche stitch creates the most squishable fabric, and when it’s worked in two colors, it looks especially impressive. If you’ve mastered the basics of two-color brioche, why not kick it up a notch by adding some simple brioche increases and decreases?

This cowl incorporates strategically placed increases and decreases to combine a chevron stitch pattern with two-color brioche. The biasing of the fabric naturally pulls the middle of the cowl in for a comfortable fit and results in an attractive wave at the edges.

To knit this pattern, you need to know how to:

• work in two-color brioche in the round and
• work basic brioche increases and decreases (explained in pattern).

The brioche pattern is both written and charted.

This pattern has been professionally tech edited.