This is the Sandi Marshall Cape, crocheted with a beautiful self-striping yarn that has subtle color changes. Crocheting with a self-striping yarn makes it easy to produce an item with varied colors; just follow the pattern and the color changes take care of themselves. This cape is the adult size version of my Child Cape original, which I had designed in Summer 2005.
The yarn that I used in crocheting this example of the cape is Caron Simply Soft Shadows yarn, a worsted weight, color 0008 Opal Twist. I used about 10 oz. for this version. I used a US size H hook. Sources for this yarn: Shop Caron, Knitting-Warehouse
For the cape length and style shown above, follow the pattern directions through row 6, then repeat row 6 (24) more times. Next, add the Last Row directions, the Edging Loops Row and just Row 1 of the Scalloped Pineapple Edging.
In this example, I used a crocheted flower as a fastener for the cape. You could use a pin or brooch instead, if you preferred.
Full cape pattern directions (free) at: http://crochet.about.com/library/nsandimcape.htm
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