Cape for Pagan Pride 2015
Pagan Pride Nottingham is a great event and gets better every year. I normally wear my dark green pure wool cloak which was custom made by my good friend Sascha Semmler. It has come in very useful in previous years when the heavens opened at the end of the day complete with hailstones.
However this year I decided I would like to make a summer cloak especially for the occasion. Although Lammas colours are traditionally Gold, Red, Orange and Yellow I decided that I would go for greens and browns mimicking the trees and grass of the Nottingham Arboretum.
To make the cloak nice and cool I decided I would use Bamboo Cotton. This was purchased locally at the Award Winning Knit Nottingham Yarn Shop owned and run by the talented Eleanor Burke.
The needles I used were 5mm however since I was making the pattern up as I went along and had to make a lot of adjustments I won't given the amount of cast on stitches. I suggest that once you have selected the yarn you want to use that you cast on roughly 20 stitches to work out your gauge. Remember that for the flat sections to add an extra 2 stitches at the beginning and end of the row for the Selvedges.
For the flat sections I used Stocking Stitch (Knit a row Purl a row). For the sleeves I used Garter Stitch (Knit rows) on a circular needle.
I cast on more stitches than I needed (not intentionally but during the process I lost weight so had to improvise) plus 4 stitches extra. Therefore decided whether or not you want to put a pleat in as this will affect how many stitches to cast on.
For example
With pleat cast on 200 stitches plus 4 extra
Without pleat cast on 160 stitches plus 4 extra.
The pattern including a double garter edge is as follows:
Slip a Stitch knitwise, Knit 1 stitch (Selvedge)
Knit to the last 2 stitches, Knit last 2 stitches (Selvedge)
Slip a Stitch knitwise, Knit 1 stitch (Selvedge)
Purl to the last 2 stitches, Knit last 2 stitches (Selvedge)
Carry on until you reach the length you require then cast off.
Back Panel
Now you can sew these sections together.
Rectangles sewn together Purl view
Sew Brown Hood rectangle into place
All Photographs Copyright Shani Oates August 2015
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Pagan Pride Nottingham is a great event and gets better every year. I normally wear my dark green pure wool cloak which was custom made by my good friend Sascha Semmler. It has come in very useful in previous years when the heavens opened at the end of the day complete with hailstones.
However this year I decided I would like to make a summer cloak especially for the occasion. Although Lammas colours are traditionally Gold, Red, Orange and Yellow I decided that I would go for greens and browns mimicking the trees and grass of the Nottingham Arboretum.
To make the cloak nice and cool I decided I would use Bamboo Cotton. This was purchased locally at the Award Winning Knit Nottingham Yarn Shop owned and run by the talented Eleanor Burke.
The needles I used were 5mm however since I was making the pattern up as I went along and had to make a lot of adjustments I won't given the amount of cast on stitches. I suggest that once you have selected the yarn you want to use that you cast on roughly 20 stitches to work out your gauge. Remember that for the flat sections to add an extra 2 stitches at the beginning and end of the row for the Selvedges.
For the flat sections I used Stocking Stitch (Knit a row Purl a row). For the sleeves I used Garter Stitch (Knit rows) on a circular needle.
I cast on more stitches than I needed (not intentionally but during the process I lost weight so had to improvise) plus 4 stitches extra. Therefore decided whether or not you want to put a pleat in as this will affect how many stitches to cast on.
For example
With pleat cast on 200 stitches plus 4 extra
Without pleat cast on 160 stitches plus 4 extra.
The pattern including a double garter edge is as follows:
Slip a Stitch knitwise, Knit 1 stitch (Selvedge)
Knit to the last 2 stitches, Knit last 2 stitches (Selvedge)
Slip a Stitch knitwise, Knit 1 stitch (Selvedge)
Purl to the last 2 stitches, Knit last 2 stitches (Selvedge)
Carry on until you reach the length you require then cast off.
Back Panel
Next put the panel with its knit side facing. See diagram below to make the Box Peat. If you are not adding a pleat skip this step.
Back Panel Wrong Side
Armhole Panel
Use the same process as for the back panel until you reach the bottom of the armhole. See diagram below for instructions
Once you have the complete row of stitches carry on as normal until you reach the required length then cast off.
Next make the Front Panel using the same process.
Front Panel
Now you can sew these sections together.
Rectangles sewn together Purl view
Here you have a choice. You can sew the back to the front section and add the edging straight away or you can add a hood or sleeves. I added both. First adding a hood.
The hood is made out rectangles with selvedges. Therefore the process is the same expect the rectangles are shorter.
Sew Brown Hood rectangle into place
Before you go any further sew the Side Panel to the Back as shown below
Side Panel Sewn to Back
Knit and add further rectangles to one side then the other.
Hood Added
Fold and Sew Hood Together
Add the edging
The edging is up to you. As I was short of time I used a very simple border I found on Ravelry.
Edging
The next part is the sleeves. I decided on a tapering effect with three colours (not including the border). This was achieved by casting on a circular knitting needle and joining the first stitch with the last stitch. After a few rows of knit I began to slowly decrease for another few rows. Once I was happy with the effect I began to decrease sharply to match the circumference of my my arm.
When the first yarn (I started with brown) had reached past my elbow and a few inches onto my lower arm I changed colour to grey. A few more inches of this colour until finally changing to green yarn at the wrist. This was embellished by adding more edging again in the grey colour.
Sleeves
Next sew the sleeves on to the cloak. This finishes the cloak though you can add a belt like I did using alternative colours of edging as a pattern.
Finished Item.
All Photographs Copyright Shani Oates August 2015
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