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The Honeybeams Cowl is the perfect pattern for that special skein of speckled, tonal or variegated fingering weight yarn in your stash. I designed this to show off both the dimensions of both the colorway and the stitch pattern, all while draping beautifully and being super wearable!

This cowl is made up of bands of two different one-color brioche motifs, both of which produce interesting, honeycomb-like fabric. In fact, the name for this cowl comes from that honeycomb pattern; in French one of the terms for honeycomb is “rayon de miel”, which if you translate poorly would be “beams of honey” or “honeybeams”!

Materials:

• 400 yards (366 meters) of fingering weight yarn (shown in francofille knits yarns Chaussette base in Roussillon Sunset 463 yards/100 grams)
• US 4 (3.5mm) 32” circular needles (or size needed to obtain gauge)
• Tapestry needle (for weaving in ends)
• 1 stitch marker (to mark beginning of round)

Size and Gauge:

• Gauge measurements are taken from the finished garment
• Gauge for motif A: 5.5 stitches per inch (8 stitches per 4 mm)
• Gauge for motif B: 6 stitches per inch (9 stitches per 4 mm)
• Finished cowl measures 33.5 in ( 85 cm) circumference / 7.75 in (19.75 mm) tall