NOTE: this shawl is worked in knitting and crochet. There isn’t a category for knit & crochet combined in Ravelry, so it’s currently placed in the knitting category.

Pattern available Saturday, May 18th, 2024

There’s a long history with Sontag shawls. These shawls were functional, easy to wear and secures well when wrapped and tied at the waist. Traditionally, Sontags are narrow triangle shawls. CAKE & CAFFEINE features a similar generous wingspan, but in a crescent shape. The pattern comes in two sizes: a small shawlette/shoulder wrap and a large wrap that can fully cover the torso.

Cake & Caffeine is worked in three sections. This mixed knit and crochet version starts with a garter fabric, bound off to crochet a fan stitch repeat, finishes with a few more rows of garter stitch knitting before binding off using an I-cord bind-off.

For those who want to make Cake & Caffeine in KNIT only, I’ve written a knit version as stand-alone pattern, with different fabric gauges and features suitable to the character of the design. Please see pattern details for this version for more information.

SIZES 1(2)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
59” (100”) / 150 (254) cm tip to tip x 14” (18.5“) / 35.5 (47) cm deep

MATERIALS
DK WEIGHT YARN
C1: 1 (3) skeins of Numana Yarn Athabascan Suri Silk (75% Baby Suri Alpaca, 25% Mulberry Silk, 459 yds / 420 m – 50 g), colourway Feeling Foxy. Held together with 1 (2) skeins of Numana Yarn Hawthorne Lace (100% Superwash Merino, 862 yds / 788 m – 115 g), colourway Feeling Foxy. Or approx. 459 (1065) yds / 420 (974) m alpaca lace weight yarn held together with 370 (1070) yds / 338 (978) m lace weight yarn, or 1300 yds / 1189 m DK weight yarn.

SPORT WEIGHT YARN
C2: 1 skein of Numana Yarn Hawthorne Lace (100% Superwash Merino, 862 yds / 788 m – 115 g), colourway Staying Neutral, double-stranded. Or approx. 262 yds / 240 m sport weight yarn.
C3: 1 skein of Numana Yarn Hawthorne Lace (100% Superwash Merino, 862 yds / 788 m – 115 g), colourway Cranberry Jelly, double-stranded. Or approx. 225 yds / 206 m sport weight yarn.
C4: 1 skein of Numana Yarn Hawthorne Lace (100% Superwash Merino, 862 yds / 788 m – 115 g), colourway Feeling Foxy, double-stranded. Or approx. 225 yds / 206 m sport weight yarn.

YARDAGE
C1: 459 (1065) yds / 420 (973) m – 50 (116) g alpaca held together with 394 (1012) yds / 360 (925) m – 53 (135) g lace weight merino yarn.
C2: 131 (262) yds / 120 (240) m – 18 (35) g lace weight yarn, double-stranded.
C3: 113 (225) yds / 103 (206) m – 15 (30) g lace weight yarn, double-stranded.
C4: 113 (225) yds / 103 (206) m – 15 (30) g lace weight yarn, double-stranded.

SUGGESTED HOOK & NEEDLE SIZES
US 3 / 3.25 mm 34” / 86 cm circular needles, or longer and one DPN approx. 4” / 10 cm (used in the last step of BO).
US D-3 / 3 mm hook
Or hook and needle size needed to meet the pattern’s gauge.

NOTIONS: tapestry needle, scissors

GAUGE
19.5 sts x 44 rows = 4” x 4” / 10 x 10 cm, after blocking, in garter stitch.
18 sts x 8 rows = 4” x 2.5” / 10 cm x 6.25 cm, after blocking, in crochet fan stitch.
A match in gauge will give a similar resulting item to the photographed samples.

ABBREVIATIONS (full list in pattern)
KNIT
kfb – knit front back
kfbf – knit front back front
m1L – make one left.
sl st – slip stitch
wyif – with yarn in front

CROCHET (US CROCHET TERMINOLOGY)
-blo – back loop only
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
hdc – half double crochet
sc – single crochet
sk – skip
stsc – stacked single crochet.