brioche bias cowl

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About the Pattern

The Brioche Bias Cowl is knit flat in syncopated brioche stitch and then seamed. One of the great things about brioche is that it is a reversible fabric – there are two options for wearing it, with the back neck seam hidden or exposed.

I designed this in collaboration with La Mercerie, a modern yarn and haberdashery shop located on Bainbridge Island, WA. This is their free store (knitting) pattern for the Puget Sound LYS Tour 2024.

I hope you enjoy knitting and wearing this sweet little cowl!

Pattern tech edited by Sylvan Tsai.

Photos by @k13ra, Bridget Zhou and La Mercerie.

Pattern PDF Versions

There are two versions available - the one that follows my standard pattern formatting, as well as a printer-friendly version. The printer-friendly version has the exact same instructions, but uses smaller font size and condenses the instructions down into fewer pages. The printer-friendly version is the physical pattern copy handed out to Puget Sound LYS Tour participants.

Sizes

One size

Gauge (measured over 4in/10cm)

Brioche Stitch: 11.5 sts x 21 rows = 4 inches, after wet blocking

Suggested Needles

US 4 (3.5mm) 24” circular needle

Notions

Tapestry needle, removable stitch markers (optional)

Yarn Requirements

Yarn A: 50g of light fingering or fingering weight wool yarn

Yarn B: 25g of lace weight silk mohair yarn

Yarns A and B are held together throughout.

Test knitters also had success using one skein (100g) of DK weight yarn, held single.

Yarn Used

Yarn A: 1 skein of Knitting for Olive Merino in Wild Berries (273 yds/250 m per 50g)

Yarn B: 1 skein of Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair in Forest Berry (246 yds/225 m per 25g)

Sample 1 used 46g of KFO Merino (252 yards/231 meters) and 22g (217 yards/199 meters) of KFO Soft Silk Mohair.

Sample 2 used 88g (255 yards/234 meters) of DK weight (ish) handspun yarn. Fiber was Juniper on Grey Corriedale by Woolfiend, spun supported long draw from combed top.

Skills Required

Long tail cast on

Knitting and purling

Brioche – brk, brp, sl1yo

Brioche increases– brkyobrk, brpyobrp

Brioche decreases – brkRsl, brpRsl (tutorial links included)

I-cord bind off

Mattress stitch (tutorial link included)

Note: you will receive a digital pdf download, not a finished knit item.