Truchet’s Cowl is an interactive colorwork pattern based on the work of Designer and mathematician Sébastien Truchet. Each knitter can make the pattern as shown in the sample, or use the provided colorwork tiles to create an original composition..

The possibilities are nearly infinite.

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Finished Size: 22” (56 cm) around the top, 34” (86 cm) around the bottom and 13” (33 cm) tall.
Yarn: Baa Ram Ewe Titus, 350 yards (320 m) per 100g; 50% Wensleydale Wool, 30% Alpaca, 20% Bluefaced Leicester Wool.
▪️Color A: 30g, 105 yards (96 m) Parkin.
▪️Color B: 50g, 175 yards (160 m) Yorkstone.
▪️Color C: 50g, 175 yards (160 m) Eccup.
Needles: Size 1, 2, 3 (2.25, 2.75, 3.25 mm) 16” (40 cm) circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Gauge: 20 sts x 40 rows = 4 x 4” (10 x 10 cm) square on size 2 (2.75mm) needles in stranded colorwork pattern.
Other Materials: Stitch markers in various colors, graph paper, scissors, tape, steamer, surface for blocking, tapestry needle.

History

Truchet Tiles are a symmetry game, first recorded in 1704 by Sébastien Truchet. His original tile game consisted of squares split along the diagonal into two triangles of contrasting colors. In quilting this shape is known as a “Half-Square Triangle”
Visit https://dmackinnon1.github.io/truchet/ to see an online version of his tiles.

More Yarn Info

This cowl works well with any fingering weight yarn. Thesample was knit from a set of leftovers from the Corner Point Scarf and the yarn is unfortunately discontinued.
The fuzzy, wooly qualities of this non-superwash yarn are similar to John Arbon Devonia 4-Ply.

The pattern is fully adjustable for any gauge.