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Lite Bright Loop brings all the playful color blending of our fan-favorite Lite Bright and Extra Lite Bright sweaters into a cozy, wearable cowl.

This is a stash lover’s dream. Grab leftovers, minis, handspun treasures, or the ends of your sweater fades and turn them into a colorful accessory that’s genuinely fun to knit. Fade boldly, create soft gradients, or go full confetti, every loop turns out different.

The pattern is actually a 4-in-1, with separate charts for both fingering and DK yarns and options for coordinated sets or full scrappy mixes.

Design Details

Lite Bright Loop uses a simple stranded colorwork motif worked in the round. The repeat is easy to read and quickly becomes intuitive, letting you focus on color rather than counting.

Because the colors rotate frequently, the fabric naturally blends shades together. The effect feels organic and painterly, whether you plan a palette or pull straight from your stash.

You can knit a cohesive fade, use coordinated sets, or mix completely unrelated yarns. The structure of the motif pulls everything together.

Pattern Highlights

• Turns leftovers into a finished piece you’ll actually wear
• Colorwork that becomes rhythmic quickly
• Multiple chart options to match your stash
• Portable, relaxing knitting
• Every version comes out unique

Construction Overview

Lite Bright Loop begins with a provisional cast-on and is knit in the round in stranded colorwork. Once your desired length is reached, the two ends are joined with Kitchener stitch to create a seamless infinity loop.

The cowl can be worn long or doubled. Length is easily adjusted depending on how many colors you want to use.

Yarn Notes

This design is intentionally flexible. You can knit it in fingering weight, DK weight, or fingering held double to meet DK gauge.

We used:

• a 5-color fingering version for the red sample
• a 5-color DK version for the green/autumn sample using DK scraps, handspun, and fingering held double

The fabric works especially well with wool yarns because they grip slightly and help the colorwork stay even, but this is also a perfect home for minis, leftovers, advent sets, and handspun.

Lite Bright Loop is one of those projects that finally lets you use yarn you’ve been saving.

Pattern Options (4-in-1)

Fingering Weight

• 5-color set (approx. 60 g each)
• 17 minis/scraps (approx. 20 g each)
  Adaptable to a 9-mini single loop

DK Weight

• 5-color set (approx. 80 g each)
• 19 minis/scraps (approx. 20 g each)
  Adaptable to a 10-mini single loop

Work entirely in fingering, entirely in DK, or hold fingering double to achieve DK gauge.

Needles & Gauge

Fingering: US 4 (3.50 mm) 16–20” circular
DK: US 7 (4.50 mm) 16–20” circular

Use the needle size that gives one of the gauges below.

Gauge (blocked, in the round):

• Fingering: 28 sts × 30 rows = 4” × 4”
• DK: 20 sts × 22 rows = 4” × 4”

Finished Measurements

Circumference: 20” / 51 cm
Length: 58” / 147 cm

(Shown worn doubled. Length can be adjusted based on colors and yardage.)

Let’s Knit Together

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