This light and airy cape will be the accessory for any outfit. By using the sock yarn, it will create a beautiful drape, and by only having 20 rows, you will find yourself making one in every color!
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: 14” top to bottom x 50” at widest point at bottom
Gauge: 16 sts and 8 rows = 4” [10 cm] in dc
Materials
Yarn:
Cascade Heritage 150 (75% Merino SW Wool, 25% Nylon; 492 yards [450 meters]/150 grams): 5695 Radiant Orchid, 1 skein
Hook: I/9 (5.5 mm)
Notions: Sewing thread and needle, 1 medium button
Pattern Notes
The cape is worked top down in rows.
Special Stitch
Double Treble (dbtr)
Yo 4 times, insert hook in next st, yo, pull back through, *yo, pull through first 2 loops on hook; rep from * until st is completed.
Pattern
Ch 97.
Row 1: Sc in second ch from hook and in each ch across – 96 sts.
Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc), turn, dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st, * dc in next 3 sts, 2 dc in next st; rep from * across – 120 sts.
Row 3: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across – 120 sts.
Row 4: Ch 3, turn, dc in each st across – 120 sts.
Rows 5-9: Rep Rows 3-4, ending on Row 3.
Row 10: Ch 3, turn, dc in next 7 sts, *dc in next 7 sts, 2 dc in next st; rep from * across – 134 sts.
Row 11: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across.
Row 12: Ch 4, turn, dbtr in each st across.
Row 13: Ch 5 (counts as dbtr), *sk 1 st, (dbtr, ch 1, dbtr) in next st, sk 2 sts, (dbtr, ch 1, dbtr) in next ch-1 sp; rep from * to last 2 sts, sk 1 st, dbtr in last st.
Rows 14-20: Ch 5 (counts as dbtr), *sk 1 st, (dbtr, ch 1, dbtr) in next ch-1 sp, sk 2 sts, (dbtr, ch 1, dbtr) in next ch-1 sp; rep from * to last 2 sts, sk 1 st, dbtr in last st.
Row 21: Ch 3, turn, dc in each st and ch sp across.
Fasten off.
Thank you JoAnn L. and Veronica S. for pointing out an error in the pattern. I was going to make this.
Note to the editors, please publish a correction to the pattern! Thanks.
Row 13 is wrong. There is no ch-1 space from the previous row to crochet into.
Yep it definitely is…
this is a beautiful shawl, want to try it one day, thank you
This is such a nice project. As I look at it I see that it would be perfect for me to make fr my mother who s elderly. She has problems and pain in her right arm. This could help keep that arm warm and help her cradle it in place. The blue color is beautiful in the model photo. I think that buttons and other accessories can change the appearance with colors making this ideal to be done more than once for one person.
Looks cosy and easy to do.