I am thinking of using the relief welt pattern as a Möbius cowl or scarf, but I thought I'd try it as a chevron with increases in the middle and decreases on the side. This version has shaping on each row. I'm not sure I wanted that, but we will see how it comes out. I'll do another version with right-side-row shaping. It will maybe take 24 rows rather than 12 to come out "even."
Shown with a cast-on count of 53 stitches.