I know cozy is a word that we typically use to mean the feeling of wearing our favorite sweater or sitting and knitting in front of a fire. But the act of knitting can be cozy, too, when we’re in the groove or feeling confident in our skills, even when a project isn’t totally simple.
The Harvest Hues shawl from Tamy Gore is, I think, both kinds of cozy. It’s a top down shawl worked in three colors and it has lots of interesting bits for you. We’re talking two-color brioche, some easy eyelets, a bit of colorwork and some stripes.
None of it is super difficult, especially if you’ve done two-color brioche before, but it is satisfying, a way to use your skills without being overwhelming. You know, cozy.
And of course there’s nothing squishier than brioche knitting, especially in worsted weight yarn, which just ups the fluff factor. This is also a good sized triangle so it’ll be great to wrap yourself in warmth when the cold days come back (or if you live somewhere it’s cold right now, whichever).
(Side note: the yarn the designer used in her sample is a combination merino and Devon Zwartbles, which sounds like something out of Dr. Seuss, so I had to look it up. Turns out the Devon Zwartbles sheep is originally from the Netherlands, and it’s a brown sheep with a white blaze on its forehead and two white socks on their back legs, plus a little white on the end of their tails. It produces a “voluminous, bouncy yarn, according to John Arbon Textiles, which made the yarn. So now you know that, too.)
The pattern uses worsted weight yarn in three colors, and calls for a size 7 US or 4.5 mm circular knitting needle to accommodate all the stitches. You can download the pattern from Ravelry.
[Photo: Tamy Gore.]
