The A Taste of Brioche Ear Warmer 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!

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FINISHED SIZE
One size, to fit the average adult
• Circumference: 20”/50 cm
• Width: 4”/10 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 80 yards/73 m used; 1 skein
• Light Color: No. 1325 Lilac Bloom, approximately 30 yards/27.5 m used; 1 skein

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
• US 7/4.5 mm 16”/40 cm circular needle (or size needed to obtain gauge)
• US 8/5.0 mm 16”/40 cm circular needle (or one size larger than the main needle)
• Darning Needle
• Stitch Marker
• Row Counter

GAUGE
14 sts and 36 rounds = 4”/10 cm, using the smaller needle, worked in the round in brioche knitting after blocking.

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