Ice Chalet Cowl (Knit Pattern)

This design harkens back to trips to the ski lodge when I was a child. I would stare out the frosted windows with their Swiss chalet–shaped panes as I sipped my cocoa. The Ice Chalet Cowl will keep you toasty out on the slopes or inside the ski chalet. It features a center cable panel that travels outward and inward over a slipped stitch background. An icy-cool effect is achieved with complex cable stitches. Dip your toes into some crochet techniques like slip stitches and chains with the button band and loops. But please feel free to omit this finishing step and use frog-style closures to complete your cowl. This pattern is charted and includes written instructions.

CONSTRUCTION
This cowl is worked back and forth on straight needles. The ribbing is picked up next and the button band and loops are created last with a crochet hook. Again, feel free to omit this finishing step and use frog-style closures to complete your cowl instead.

SKILL LEVEL
Complex

SIZE
One size

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
9½ x 26 inches (24 x 66 cm), blocked

MATERIALS
Yarn
Bulky weight, Woolfolk Luft (55% Ovis 21 Ultimate Merino, 45% organic Pima cotton), 109 yds (100 m) per 50-g skein

YARDAGE
210 yards (192 m)
Shown In L8 colorway (2 skeins)
Any bulky weight yarn can be used for this pattern.

NEEDLES
US 10 1/2 (6.5 mm) 32-inch (80-cm) circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge

NOTIONS
2 cable needles
US K-10.5 (6.5 mm) crochet hook (optional)
5 (1-inch 2.5-cm) toggle buttons
Locking stitch marker
Tapestry needle
Blocking materials

GAUGE
33 sts & 8 rows = 1½ x 7 inches (4 x 10 cm) in one cable pattern repeat, worked flat (blocked)

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
Picking up and knitting stitches
Crochet slip stitch
Crochet chain