Gateways Cowl

When it's not really cold, but still a bit chilly, a thick scarf may be a bit too much. So a lightweight cowl that fits around the neck is the perfect accessoire. 

This cowl is knitted in the round in two-colour brioche. Two-colour brioche is a marvellous technique. With two contrasting colours you can create gorgeous effects and pattern. I especially love it, when brk-stitches cross and a lattice effect is created. The stitch used to do this can be combined in many ways. With this cowl it is combined with plain two-colour brioche to knit a diamond pattern at and offset.  

The finished cowl measures 61 cm in circumference and 29 cm in height. Using Lace weight wool and wool/silk blend, the finished piece weighs less than 50 grams.

The pattern PDF is available via

• Ravelry 
• Lovecrafts 
• Payhip

The pattern PDF is 8 pages long and contains:

• row-by-row pattern instructions
• a chart of a pattern repeat
• photo tutorial for brioche stitch that creates the lattice effect

To knit this cowl you should have a basic knowledge of knitting two-colour brioche.

Dark side (inside) of this cowl

To knit this cowl you will need the following materials

• about 400 metres (in total) of Lace weight yarn – in two colours. I used: 
• as LY: Lana Grossa Fine (color 19) - link to the yarn's Ravelry page
• as DY: West Yorkshire Spinners Exquisite Lace (color 741, Mayfair) - link to the yarn's Ravelry page
• 3 mm circular knitting needles (40 cm length)
• 2 stitch markers
• a tapestry needle for weaving in ends
  

WiFi Signal Cowl

The WiFi Signal cowl is knitted in the round in two-colour brioche. The stitch pattern was first inspired by traditional japanese Seigaiha pattern (青海波), but when I looked at the finished piece it really reminded me of the symbol for a WiFi Signal.

The cowl is long enough to fit twice around your neck. Because it's two colour brioche it has a lovely squishy texture. 

The knitting pattern is available as a PDF via

• Ravelry 
• Loveknitting 
• Payhip

The pattern PDF is 9 pages long and contains:

• row-by-row pattern instructions 
• charts of a pattern repeat
• photo tutorials for the following brioche stitches
• brk2inc
• brk2Rdec

So to knit this cowl you should have a basic knowledge of knitting two-colour brioche.

The finished piece measures about 20 cm in height and 125 cm in circumference (blocked) – so that it fits twice around my neck. 

To knit this the following materials are needed:

• a total of 125 grams of fingering weight yarn – about equal amounts of each colour, I used
• as DY (dark turquois to black): Schoppel Zauberball 2038 Cafe Flair
• as LY (light beige): Vendita Sock yarn 
• 3.5 mm circular knitting needles 
• 6 stitch markers
• a tapestry needle for weaving in ends