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 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)