This shawl was first designed as an Advent mystery. Now all the clues are out--but it’s a nice one for knitting one day at a time.

Worsted-weight yarn makes the project speed along.

This shawl needs four skeins: a light, medium, dark, and variegated. You may also want to play with scraps or mini-skeins of worsted-weight yarn. Either way, each light, medium, dark, and variegated should total at least 210 yards. It gives you the opportunity to play with lots of color. And it’s made with easy slipped stitches (plus about 200 beads), so that the knitting remains relaxing.

Go to your local yarn shop to get the pattern, so that they benefit from the sale.