Brioche Bias Cowl

**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][1], a modern yarn and haberdashery shop located on Bainbridge Island, WA. This is their free store (knitting) pattern for the [Puget Sound LYS Tour][2] 2024. I hope you enjoy knitting and wearing this sweet little cowl! **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. They used between 220-260 yards (200-238 m) of DK weight yarn. **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) [1]: https://www.shoplamercerie.com [2]: https://www.lystour.com/