Offbeat cowl is designed for my gradient sets. I wanted a simple pattern to showcase my Gradient sets using two colorways together, something that could show them off equally, something easy to wear and to knit, and that could be an everyday piece, as I truly think gradients go well with everything!

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Inspired by the gentle shifts in colors of my gradients, Offbeat is knitted in the round in syncopated brioche.

Like Offbeat, Syncopation is a music terms referring to an unexpected interruption in the rhythm, which creates interest in the listener. When the rhythm remains regular, and is just shifted by a single beat, it creates an Offbeat.

The Offbeat cowl is knitted in the round in two color syncopated brioche, which creates interest in the knitter interrupting the regular brioche rhythm by shifting the pattern of a single stitch, so basically by shifting knits with purls, so maybe we can say it creates an off-stitch?

Sizes:
Cowl is designed in 2 sizes: tall single loop / long double loop
and in 2 yarn weights: Fingering / DK weight

Measeurements:
(tall single loop / long double loop) fingering,
tall single loop / long double loop DK weight
measure approx. (70 / 140), 64 / 128 cm / (27.5 / 55), 25 / 50.5 inches circumference
and approx. (60 / 30), 46 / 23 cm / (24 / 12), 18 / 9 inches height.

Yarn requirements:
Fingering version 732 m (800 yds) of fingering weight yarn, 366 m (400 yds) in two colorways.
DK version 450 m (495 yds) of DK weight yarn, 225 m (248 yds) in two colorways.

Suggested yarns:
Fingering weight: Gradient Set by SnailYarn (100% superwash Merino)
5x20 gr mini skeins - 100 gr - 366 m / 400 yds, 1 set in 2 colors
DK weight: DK Gradient Set by SnailYarn (100% superwash Merino)
5x20 gr mini skeins - 100 gr - 215 m / 235 yds, 1 set in 2 colors

Sample 1 gray/pink is tall single loop in DK gradient sets in colorways Slate and Mulberry.
Sample 2 yellow/tan is long double loop in fingering gradient sets in colorways Dandelion and Laine.

Suggested needles:
3,5mm / US 4 60 cm / 24″ long circular needle for tall single loop fingering version
3,5mm / US 4 80-100 cm / 32-40″ long circular needle for long double loop fingering version
4mm / US 6 60 cm / 24″ long circular needles for tall single loop DK version
4mm / US 6 80-100 cm / 32-40″ long circular needles for long double loop DK version
Or size required to obtain gauge.

Gauge:
14 sts & 32 rows = 10 cm / 4″ with fingering yarn on 3,5 mm / US 4 needles, knitted in the round in Brioche stitch, measured after blocking.
12 sts & 24 rows = 10 cm / 4″ with DK yarn on 4 mm / US 6 needles, knitted in the round in Brioche stitch, measured after blocking.

Techniques and stitch used:
Brioche knitting, 2-color brioche, syncopated brioche, tubular/Italian cast on, tubular/Italian bind off.
Links to helpful video tutorials for all the techniques are given.