Mousse au chocolat is a cowl designed to use two different colors of an aran weight yarn. Dark brown for the chocolate, the white to symbolize that extra portion of cream that makes you feel warm on cool days. Of course you can create your own mousse, using colors that are to your taste.

What skills are you going to need and what will you get

There are two ways to work this cowl. You can knit it in the round or knit it flat and join with buttons, when it requires buttonholes and buttons.
There are instructions for both longer and shorter versions. A small chart for the pattern repeat is included.

Difficulty Level: Advanced beginner (knitting in the round on circular needles for the knit-in-the-round version, buttonholes for the flat version, easy lace stitches).

• k: knit
• p: purl
• yo: yarn over
• skp: slip 1 stitch knitwise, knit 1 stitch, pass slipped stitch over the knit stitch
• sl: slip

Gauge: 16 stitches/32 rows in pattern = 10cm/4in.

Size information

65/130cm (26/52in) in circumference, 22cm (8 3/4in) in width.

Required materials

Yarn: Online Linie 130 Champ (100% merino wool, 70m/50g; 77yds/1.76oz); 2-3 balls in each color, depending on size. The long sample used 152m (166yds) of color 1 and 163m (179yds) of color 2. The short and buttoned sample used 88m (96yds) of color 1 and 96m (105yds) of color 2.

Needles: 5.5mm/US 9 circular needle (60cm/24in for the short, 80cm/32in for the long version).

Notions: Yarn needle; 1 stitch marker needed for the in-the-round version, 4 buttons in size 2cm (3/4in) for the flat version.

Other information from the author

You may notice that I am not a native English speaker. All my patterns are tested or edited or both by native speakers. You will also find my contact info in each pattern. Please don't feel shy to ask questions if anything is unclear. I may be in another time zone than you, but will get back to you as soon as possible.

The pattern itself is copyrighted and may not be distributed. Feel free to do whatever you like with your finished items. Wear them, gift them, donate them to charity or sell them.