Who says you can’t have it all? I’ve been dreaming of combining brioche knitting and assigned color pooling since January. After working through many design ideas, I’ve finally found one that lets both of these techniques shine.
This is my new Peekaboo Cowl. It’s 2 color brioche rib, knit in the round with fingering weight yarn. It features assigned pooling peeking out between the ribs. The Peekaboo stitch is reversible, and the inside of the cowl looks completely different! You get two looks with one knit.
I knit this with yarn left over from one of my Trailing Leaves cowls. The small cowl only uses 165 yards/38 grams of each color. You can easily adjust the pattern for length and height if you like longer/taller cowls.
The pattern is back from my tech editor and is ready for test knitters. Let me know if you’re interested in test knitting this lovely little cowl! (Or bigger cowl, if that’s your jam.)
PDXKnitterati 
oooh!!! YES PLEASE!! I would love to test this cowl!! its gorgeous!!!
Cheers Carolyn
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I would love to be a test knitter of your Peekaboo Cowl. Please let me know the details. Thank you, Sue
I would love to test knit this, I love brioche!
I would love to be a test knitter for the Peekaboo Cowl. It’s a beautiful cowl. What is your timeframe for getting the test knit done?
Rhea
Very clever. Congratulations.
Thank you; I’m really happy with it.
I can test knit for you. I have one skein of Yarn Snob A wondrous worsted in dark blue if that is an option you would consider. I will need to get a contrast colour to go with it.
Just let me know and I will hunt in my stash or my local yarn store if this will work for you. No biggie if you prefer people using fingering instead. I can always wait for your next test knit opportunity.
Greetings, Anne-Marie
Hi Anne-Marie! I think fingering weight is more appropriate for this one, so hang on for another opportunity later! Thank you.
That is a beautiful combination of assigned pooling and brioche 🙂
Hi everyone, I’ve finished the test knit. I struggled with the cast on and set up for some reason having to start over about 3 or 4 times. It has been a little while since I last knit brioche. However, once I finally got going, it went very smoothly. Diane’s comments in her email about the “vanished” stitches helped a lot. Other than that, I feel like the pattern is very well written and the instructions are clear. I did have some trouble with the pooling due to my yarn choice. I tried several times to fix it with my stitch count and the final result is the best I was able to do. Even though it didn’t pool as much as I would have liked, I love the end result! Thanks for letting me test knit this for you!! Attached is a picture of it drying yesterday after blocking. I have created a project in Ravelry using ” TEST-MB-X99CTW.” I’ll post additional pictures a little later today now that it’s dry. Rhea