December’s caplet grants a little elegance to your winter wardrobe. Think fancy holiday parties and theater performances. It is paired with a recipe for holiday chocolate bark.

The name Lavandula* is from the latin name for lavender. Designed to keep your shoulders warm at a winter performance of The Christmas Carol this shawl with a hood takes the place of both your scarf and a hat.

Size
One size: Wingspan: 93” Depth: 10.5” Hood height: 14”

Materials
Sunday Knits Angelic 5ply; color: Bone; 7 skeins
998 yards needed
40-inch or longer US #9/4.5mm circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge
Yarn needle for grafting and
weaving in ends

Gauge is not critical in this pattern, but a different gauge will affect yardage and size of finished item.

Required Skills
Basic knitting skills
Increases/decreases
Knitted cast on OR Preferred short tail cast on method
Short rows
I-cord bind off
Kitchener stitch (grafting)

*One of the tested chocolate bark recipes included lavender. But it didn’t make the final cut for the book. The pattern name did!