This pattern is available for € 5.00 EURO (exclusive of possible VAT charges) until December 15, 2024. Starting December 15, 2024 the price of the pattern will become € 6.00 EURO (exclusive of possible VAT charges). The complete pattern will be uploaded on December 15, 2024 in the early morning (I live in The Netherlands, my time zone is: GMT + one hour).

Advent Calendar Stole 2024

Pattern:
Over the past several years I have designed unique Advent Calendar Stoles. It was really wonderful to learn that a lot of the Never Enough Lace members enjoyed this annual event. As a result, I’m very proud to announce my new design: the Advent Calendar Stole 2024. This year I’ll offer my Advent Calendar Stole pattern as a KAL to the Never Enough Lace group.

The Advent Calendar Stole 2024 is a rectangular shaped stole. The stole is composed of 11 patterns and each pattern has a different pattern/motif. There are two different formats for the patterns. This year both the RS and the WS rows are charted and have written instructions. Between each pattern there are a few resting rows with the name “Interlude”. The Interlude rows are used to either increase or decrease the number of stitches to fit the next pattern. The stole uses approximately 800 - 880 meters / 875 - 962 yards of fingering yarn, depending on the needle size used and your personal knitting style. I recommend using either a solid or a semi-solid colour for the stole. The finished size is approximately 177cm x 39cm | 69.7” x 15.4” (depending on yarn choice and your personal knitting style). The stole can also be knit in lace weight yarn, but the finished size will be smaller.

Skill level:
Advanced beginner. Pattern includes charts and full written instructions. There will also be suggestions for bead placement.

Gauge:
Gauge isn’t important but will determine the final size of the stole and the amount of yarn needed.

Finished size:
Approximately 177cm x 39cm | 69.7” x 15.4” (depending on yarn choice and your personal knitting style).

Suggested yarn:
I used two skeins of Invictus Yarns – Seraphic of 400m/437yds - 100 gram (70% Superwash Merino, 20% Silk, 10% Cashmere) for my sample of the Advent Calendar Stole 2024. Details about the special Yarn Offer can be found here: Yarn Offer: Advent Calendar Stole 2024 by Invictus Yarns. It is highly recommended that you DO NOT use a thin one-ply yarn or mohair yarn. The patterns will not show up clearly if you use this type of yarn. I DO recommend that you use either a solid or semi-solid colour for your stole, this will also help the different patterns to show up clearly.

Tools:
For fingering weight yarns: circular needles in size US3/3.25mm and US2½/3.00mm of 60 - 80cm/26 – 34 inch for the patterns and US2½/3.00mm for the “Interlude sections”, depending on your tension (please pay careful attention for the recommended needle size in each pattern), stitch markers (optional) and a tapestry needle. Adding beads to the Interlude rows require 160 beads and 2 x 26 beads for the picot cast on and picot bind off; 212 beads in total. Beads are optional.

Please see the Never Enough Lace Group for more information about the KAL.

A sincere thank you goes to Tiziana Sammuri – tiziana for her expert advice and feedback.
Another sincere thank you goes to Deborah Bowanko - Yarnoholic52 for proofreading.
A heartfelt thank you goes out to my lovely test knitter Carrie - ImAKnitphomaniac who helped me in so many ways to achieve the best possible Stole pattern.
A huge thank you to the other fantastic test knitters:
Lyuba – LivingRiver
Anne – anneswolle
Larisa – larka1959
Gina – KnitbyMoonbeams
Ineta – Ineta3.