A cosy cape to keep you warm indoors and out. This little cape should easily fit under a winter coat for added warmth. The cape was designed, by me, for a friend who wanted something she could wear when she worked from home at her computer. The pattern is if made from yarn I had left over from another project. It is a quick little project it took me one evening to make it while designing it too.
You will need
- approx. 250m/275yards of super bulky 5/6 yarn
- 10 mm crochet hook
- 2 toggle buttons for the fastening
- needle for sewing in ends
- scissors
Abbreviations (US terminology)
- ch: chain
- sc: single crochet
- hdc: half double crochet
- dc: double crochet
- st(s): stitch(s)
- f/o: fasten off
Guage/tension
10x10cm/4x4inch = 8 dc x 5 rows
Cape (worked from side to side)
Ch 30+1
Row 1: sc in the 2nd ch from the hook, sc in the next 14 sts, hdc for 5 sts, dc in the last 10 sts, ch3 and turn (30 sts)
Row 2: dc in 9 sts, hdc in the next 5 sts, sc in the back loops for the last 15 sts, ch 1 and turn. (30 sts)
Row 3: sc in the back loops of the first 15 sts, hdc in the next 5 sts, dc in the last 10 sts, ch 3 and turn. (30 sts)
Row 4: dc in 9 sts, hdc in the next 5 sts, sc in the back loops for the last 15 sts, ch 1 and turn. (30 sts)
Rows 5-54: repeat rows 3 and 4 f/o leaving a long tail for sewing your buttons.
Buttons
Weave your ends to where your 5 dc start, sew one button on here, then weave the end to the last hdc and sew your second button here, fasten off and weave in your ends.
This pattern is completely adjustable if you want it longer you can add hdc and dc, for every 5 hdc you add 5dc, e.g for 10 hdc you would have 15 dc. You can also add rows to make it larger. REMEMBER: if you are making it larger you will need more yarn. The PDF version is available in my Etsy store
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