Brioche Class Project

Brioche stitches circle around to create a squishy cowl with an oversized cabley pattern. Perfect design for a first brioche project, and one that I designed especially for my beginners' brioche class. Construction: Cowl is worked in the round from bottom to top. Color A and Color B alternate rounds, with Color A worked with the right side facing out spiraling around clockwise, then Color B worked with the inside out spiraling around counter clockwise. This is a clever way to make every round a knitwise round, and to eliminate any color jogs at the same time! STATS: Size of finished cowl: 10" deep (or desired depth) by about 24" around. Yarn: Any worsted weight yarn: 1 skein Color A (foreground color), 1 skein Color B (background color). Shown in Malabrigo Rios Glitter with Piedras. Substitute any worsted weight yarn: about 110 yds each foreground and background colors. Gauge: 16 sts = 4" in brioche stitch using size 8 ndls. Needles & notions: Circular needles size US 8 (5 mm); tapestry needle, 3 stitch markers & 4 row markers. Techniques used: Brioche stitch, brioche increases and decreases. All techniques are explained. Pattern includes: Written instructions, stitch pattern in both written and charted formats, glossary, links.