This is a very simple breakdown of a fingering weight two colour brioche cowl.

(sample shown is doubled over)

Finished dimensions while laying flat:
Height: 8 inches
Length: 25 inches (50 inches the whole way around)

Please keep in mind I am a very tight knitter and you may want to adjust your needle size.

(If you’re absolutely busting to know what my gauge was, let me know and I’ll work it out for you.)

If you have any queries you are more than welcome to contact me - especially if there’s an error I need to fix!

Inspiration:

This cowl began rattling around in my brain after reading a passage from Celine Kiernan’s “The Crowded Shadows” (Book 2 of The Moorehawke Trilogy):

“He reached out and snagged a long strand of wool from Wynter’s tunic, then pulled one from the hem of his own.

He quickly twisted the threads together, entwining the dark green wool of hers and the black wool of his own to make a single cord.
This he tied around Wynter’s wrist.

Then he repeated the process, holding out the second bracelet for her to tie around his arm.

Wynter looked up at him as her fingers brushed the delicate flesh of his wrist.

“Are we wed now, Christopher?” she teased.“

When two people wish to declare their affections publicly, they would perform such a simple ritual showing that their lives were now intertwined.

I wanted to use the idea of two halves coming together to make an elegant and simple whole.

Throughout the series, “Croíeile” is the term used for your significant other, meaning “other heart”, hence the name of the cowl.