Aix

Aix-en-Provence is a city in the south of France. Among many other sights, there is the Vasarely Foundation, established by the Hungarian-French artist and major contributor to the development of Op Art, Victor Vasarely. Many summers ago I was lucky to see his breathtaking work there. All that said, my name is not Vasarely, but I have kept Aix-en-Provence in good memory.

Aix is a cowl worked in double knitting, using a fingering sock yarn. The pattern is charted. A short introduction into double knitting is included, but if you have never used the technique before, you may find it helpful to watch tutorials. You can use the pattern to make a scarf as well.

Difficulty level: intermediate (double knitting, working from charts)

Yarn: 2 colors of a fingering sock yarn, 260m (284yds) of each color. Sample was made out of Lana Grossa Meilenweit Special in dark blue and Regia Color 4-ply in light blue, both of them 210m/50g (230yds/1.76oz).