Frozen Paths (by Les Garçons)

Description

This pattern is available in English and in French as a digital download.

Designed for our 2025 Holiday Project Box, Frozen Paths is a simple and cosy cowl designed to highlight our new speckled collection, Metropolis. It is worked in the round and finished by grafting the tube closed to the cast-on edge, creating a warm, double-layered cowl. Using simple stranded colourwork, two strands of fluffy lace-weight yarn are held together and alternated with an elegant bias stockinette column in a contrasting solid colour of DK yarn. The result is a soft, textured fabric with beautiful depth. A fun and approachable project for a snug, stylish cowl.

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FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Height: 8″ / 20 cm
Circumference: 24″ / 60 cm

YARN
Weight: DK
❖ Yarn A (wool)
Yarn B is created by holding one strand each of two different colours (B1 + B2). 
You can also hold two strands of a single colour; you will need double the yardage.
205 yd / 187 m, or
1 skein of British DK from Les Garçons

Weight: Lace
❖Yarn B1 (fluffy)
172 yd / 157 m, or
1 skein of Mohair Silk from Les Garçons

❖Yarn B2 (fluffy)
172 yd / 157 m, or
1 skein of Mohair Silk from Les Garçons

or
❖Yarn B (fluffy, holding two strands)
344 yd / 314 m, or
1 skein of Mohair Silk from Les Garçons

Sample shown in British DK from Les Garçons (70% Bluefaced Leicester Wool, 30% Masham Wool, non-superwash; 263 yd / 240 m per 100 g skein), in the “Max’s Kaki” (Yarn A) colourway, and in Mohair Silk from Les Garçons (72% Kid Mohair, 28% Silk, non-superwash; 459 yd / 420 m per 50 g skein), in the “Seattle” (Yarn B1) and “Squamish” (Yarn B2) colourways.

NEEDLES
❖ Circular, 16” / 40 cm in length, US 5 / 3.75 mm, or size needed to match gauge
You will need a second set of similar needles for grafting.

GAUGE
❖ 25 stitches and 24 rounds = 4″ / 10 cm in pattern, in the round, blocked

NOTIONS
❖ Stitch marker (1), crochet hook, waste yarn, tapestry needle