Growing up, a fun favorite summer dessert was a no-bake chocolate eclair cake. With layers of graham crackers and vanilla pudding, it wasn’t necessarily a culinary masterpiece, but it was always a treat!

Sweet and simple, Eclair Cake is a little knitting treat in two colors of fingering weight cashmere-silk yarn. Build up layers of stripes in an easy stitch pattern for a cowl that will nestle softly around your neck.

Yarn
Miss Babs Sojourn
65% Cashmere, 35% Silk; 200 yd/1.8 oz (183 m / 50 g) skeins
One skein each of two colors, shown in Coastal Fog (Color A) and Gibson Girl (Color B)

Or approximately 200 yards/180 meters of each of two colors of fingering weight yarn.

Finished Measurements
Circumference: 20”/50 cm
Height: 14½”/36 cm

Needles
US 3 (3.25 mm) circular needles, 16”/40 cm long, or size to obtain gauge

Gauge
Unblocked: 34 stitches and 40 rounds = 4”/10 cm over Stitch Pattern.
Blocked: 32 stitches and 38 rounds = 4”/10 cm over Stitch Pattern.

Gauge is not crucial for this project, but will affect yardage and finished size if different from above.

Notions
• Stitch marker
• Tapestry needle