For transitional weather or days when you just want a touch of accent color and woolly comfort, Gully makes a light and understated accessory. Deep and waffly brioche stitch punctuated with slantwise panels gives soft and fluid structure to this shaped cowl, which fits closely about the neck. The piece is knit flat, with tiers of decreases creating a taper, and seamed. A ribbed cable cast-on worked with two strands of yarn yields a strong and stable edge. Gully comes with written directions.
Yardage
310 total yards of laceweight wool yarn
Yarn
1 skein Brooklyn Tweed Vale (100% American Rambouillet wool; 450 yards/50g)
Photographed in color Arabesque
Gauge
17 stitches & 52 rows = 4” in Brioche Stitch with Size A needle(s), after stretch-blocking
Note that for Brioche Stitch, each elongated stitch in a column of knit stitches represents two rows; when you count these it will appear that 26 rows = 4”
Needles
Size A (for Main Fabric)
One pair of straight needles or a 32” circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)
Size B (for Upper Hem)
One pair of straight needles or a 32” circular needle, two sizes smaller than Size A
Suggested Size: 3 mm (US 2½)
Knitter’s preferred style of needle may be used.
Finished Dimensions
26¾“ (68 cm) circumference at base, 20” (51 cm) circumference at top; 13½” (34.5 cm) length
Measurements taken from relaxed fabric after blocking.
Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:
Rib Cabled Cast On
Lacy Bind Off
Stretch Blocking
Skill Level
3 out of 5