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Hiking from inn to inn through the Swiss Alps one summer, I was under-provisioned: not enough woolen accessories! (It’s colder in the mountains, who knew? ) This is just what I needed: Easy switching between a hat and a neck warmer.

Keep the Alpine Cozy’s drawstring loose to wear it as a neck warmer; tighten it up to make it a hat. Stick your ponytail out or cinch the hat closed tight - so many options!

The pattern includes child and adult sizing.

Sizes
Child size has a 16”/40 cm circumference and is 7”/17.5 cm high.
Adult size has a 20”/50 cm circumference and is 10”/25 cm high

Gauge: 18 stitches and 24 rows = 4”/ 10 cm in stockinette stitch

Yarn: You will need approximately 75 (90) grams aran-weight yarn in the main color, plus a few grams contrast color for the pompoms.

Needles: US 8/5.0 and US 7/4.5 mm, or size needed to achieve gauge plus one size smaller. This hat is worked in the round. A 16”/ 40 cm circular needle will be comfortable for the adult size; For the child size, you will need either 12” circulars, dpns, or a long circular needle, if you prefer the Magic Loop method.

Other tools/ notions: Stitch marker for beginning of round and a second, different one. Yarn needle. Crochet hook size H/8 (5 mm), used just to make the drawstring; crochet skills not required.

Skills: knit, purl, k2tog, ssk, yo, psso. The drawstring is a crochet chain;there are instructions in the pattern on how to do this (it’s easy!); crochet skills are not required.

Pattern support: Designer email is included in the pattern in case you have questions.