Fontainebleau
THIS RICHLY textured cape will be just the thing for keeping your shoulders warm on chilly days! The design from yarn company Bergère de France has a neat collar and is fastened with two buttons. The thick cables are worked in Bergère’s chunky Alaska 100 yarn; this is available in a palette of pastels and warm shades, and offers a soft fabric and excellent stitch definition.
BACK
Using 7mm needles, cast on 116 sts.
Beg with Row 1, work Chart to end, working rows 11-22 twice for Size 2 only and noting the decreases hidden in the cables on rows 33, 41, 49 and 55 and further decreases on rows 63, 65, and 67 and 69.
Once row 70 ( 82) of Chart is complete, work on the rem 20 sts as foll:
Size 1 only
Next row (RS dec): P2tog, K1, K2tog, K2, P1, K1, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K2, P1, K2, P1. 16 (-) sts.
Size 2 only
Next row (RS dec): P2tog, *K1, K2tog; rep from * to last 3 sts, K2, P1.
-( 14) sts.
Beg with a WS row, work 5 rows as the stitches present themselves (K the knit sts, P the purl sts).
Leave sts on a holder.
RIGHT FRONT AND RIGHT SLEEVE
Using 7mm needles, cast on 117 ( 155) sts.
Row 1 (RS): K2, beg on st 2 and ending on st 21, work Row 1 of Chart to end.
Row 2: Beg on st 21 and ending on st 2, work Row 2 of Chart to last 2 sts, K2.
The last 2 rows set Chart placement and garter st edging.
Cont to work Chart as set to end, working rows 11-22 twice for Size 2 only and noting the decreases hidden in the cables on rows 33, 41, 49 and 55 and further decreases on rows 63, 65, 67 and 69.
Once Row 70 ( 82) is complete, work on the rem 21 ( 27) sts as foll :
Next row (RS dec): K2, P1, (K1, K2tog ) 3 ( 5) times, (K2, P1) 3 times.
18 ( 22) sts.
Next row: ( K1, P2) 3 times, P6 ( 10), K3. Next row: K2, P1, K6 ( 10), (K2, P1) 3 times. Rep last 2 rows once more, then the first of these rows again.
Leave sts on a holder.
LEFT FRONT AND LEFT SLEEVE
Using 7mm needles, cast on 117 ( 155) sts.
Row 1 (RS): Beg on st 1 and ending on st 20, work Row 1 of Chart to last 2 sts, K2.
Row 2: K2, beg on st 20 and ending on st 1, work Row 2 of Chart to end.
The last 2 rows set Chart placement and garter st edging.
Cont to work Chart as set to end, working rows 11-22 twice for Size 2 only and noting the decreases hidden in the cables on rows 33, 41, 49 and 55 and further decreases on rows 63, 65, 67 and 69.
Once Row 70 ( 82) is complete, work on the rem 21 ( 27) sts as foll:
Next row (RS dec): (P1, K2) 3 times, (K2tog, K1) 3 ( 5) times, P1, K2.
18 ( 22) sts.
Next row: K3, P6 ( 10), (P2, K1) 3 times. Next row: (P1, K2) 3 times, K6 ( 10), P1, K2. Rep last 2 rows once more then the first of these rows again.
Leave sts on a holder.
COLLAR
Slip the 18 ( 22) sts left on hold from Left Front, the 16 ( 14) sts from Back, and the 18 ( 22) sts from Right Front onto a needle, ready to work with RS facing.
52 ( 58) sts.
Size 1 only
Next row (RS dec): K3, P1, (K1, P1) 6 times, skpo, P2tog, (K1, P1) twice, K1, P2tog,
(K1, P1) twice, K1, P2tog, K2tog, (P1, K1) 6 times, P1, K3.
47 (-) sts.
Size 2 only
Next row (RS dec): K3, (P1, K1) 8 times, P1, K2tog, P2tog, (K1, P1) twice, K2tog, (P1, K1) twice, P2tog, K2tog, (P1, K1) 8 times, P1, K3. -( 53) sts.
Both sizes
Next row (WS): K3, (K1, P1) to last 4 sts, K4.