DIY Crocheted Cape
- 1). Make a foundation chain of 101 stitches. Work five rows in single crochet. Chain 2 and turn.
- 2). Work 4 half-double crochet to establish the front placket. Alternate single and double crochet across the next 25 stitches. Make 5 half-double crochet to establish the shoulder. Alternate single and double crochet for another 30 stitches across the back. Make 5 half-double crochet, 25 stitches in the alternating pattern, and the last five stitches in half-double crochet. Chain 2 and turn.
- 3). Work 10 rows to the shoulder line: Keep the first and last five stitches in each row in half-double crochet. In the pattern sections, work double crochet where the preceding row had a single crochet, and single crochet where the preceding row had a double crochet. Increase three stitches in each of the half-double-crochet panels along the shoulder by working two stitches in the first, middle and last stitches of the panel.
- 4). Work the length of the cape, maintaining the front plackets and pattern panels, but increase just one stitch in the middle of each side panel of half-double crochet.
- 5). Work the last five rows even in single crochet to match the neckline.
- 6). Sew the three buttons to one front edge, as close as possible to the edge. Place the first button just below the single-crochet neckline and leave 2 inches between buttons.
- 7). Line up the two front plackets. Attach yarn to the buttonhole side at a spot even with one edge of each button in turn and make a chain 2 inches long. Slip stitch the end of the chain to the same placket edge, even with the other side of that button.
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