A cape has all the advantages of a shawl – it keeps your upper body warm, it doesn’t have sleeves to fuss with and can be knit much more easily than a sweater. But capes have one major advantage over shawls – they stay on! No fiddling to keep it on your shoulders. “Down East Cape” is my newest pattern and is quick to knit in worsted weight yarn like this Plymouth Encore Colorspun. It is a natural design for variegated yarn, and it is really fun to knit those mitered squares. Oh – and totally seamless too!
You can read more about it on the pattern page HERE.
Here are a few Testers’ projects:
While this design is just perfect for a variegated yarn, it also looks terrific in a solid yarn. This is Ravelry knitter Dturner’s first Cape in size M/L with Yarn ID from YarnBeeYarn (color Blue Stone).
And she enjoyed knitting it so much that she immediately cast on another! Here is her second in the 1X/2X size using Caron Cakes color “Sugared Blueberries.
Ravelry knitter LHensley knit the largest size for her DownEastCape to wear as a wrap around her winter coat. Isn’t that a cute look? She used Lion Brand Mandala in colorway “Genie”. Yarns with long color variations work especially well with this pattern!
Ravelry knitter YawnOver made this elegant version of Down East Cape by combining 2 yarns – BerrocoYarn Sesame and SublimeYarns Extra Fine Merino Lace to get the worsted gauge.
Because the sample cape I knit for the pattern I gave to my mother, I had to jump right in and make another for myself! I used a different colorway of Plymouth Encore Colorspun and knit the XS/S size. I love that this cape can be dressed up or down. And falling just above the elbows, I am finding it very practical to wear around the house – even washing up!
