Charlotte Capelet by Shirley Paden

Charlotte Capelet

Knitting
July 2023
Sport (12 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in Lace Chart, in the round on largest needle, after blocking
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
3.5 mm (E)
2.25 mm (B)
980 - 1300 yards (896 - 1189 m)
42 (46, 50¼, 54½)"
English

Materials

  • Lisa Souza Aurora (63% cultivated silk/23% kid mohair/11% nylon/3% polyester), about 327 yd (299 m)/3.5 oz (100 g): 2 (3, 3, 4) skeins of Warm Gold

  • Needles: size 6 (4.0 mm), 32” (80 cm) circular; size 5 (3.75 mm), 32” (80 cm) circular; size 3 (3.25 mm), 16” (40 cm) circular, or size needed to obtain gauge

  • Crochet hooks: size B/1 (2.25 mm) for bead placement and size E/4 (3.5 mm) for edging w Miyuki 5/0 (5.0 mm) glass seed beads: #E133R (gold), 440 (484, 528, 572) beads

  • Stitch marker

  • Stitch holder or smooth, contrasting waste yarn

Finished Measurements
Lower edge circumference 42 (46, 50¼, 54½)“ (106.7 116.8, 127.6, 138.4 cm), neck edge circumference 21 (23, 25¼, 27¼)” (53.3 58.4, 64.1, 69.2 cm), and length 15” (38.1 cm) for all sizes, after blocking. Capelet shown measures 42” (106.7 cm)
around lower edge. The model is pictured wearing a
size small.

Gauge
21 sts and 24 rnds = 4” (10.2 cm) in patterns
from Chart 1 knit in the round using largest needle,
after blocking.