Please share my blog with friends & family to assist in the animal rescue effort.
You can follow me on Facebook at Miss Julia's Vintage Patterns.
Vintage 1916 Lovely
Yoke Cape #551
Quick & easy to
crochet this charming cape…easy to make into a longer cape...smart &
stylish lines…a season-spanning, wardrobe favorite to wear yourself or gift!
MATERIALS:
Woolco
Shetland Floss, 8 skeins White & 4 skeins Color
#4
Crochet Hook
½
yd Ribbon
YOKE: With color [doubled], ch 100. Work back in sc.
NEXT
ROW: 21 Sc, 3 sc in next st [inc], 1 sc
in each of next 4 sts; inc in next st, as before; 1 sc in each of next 50 sts;
inc in next st; 1 sc in each of next 4 sts; inc in next st; 1 sc in each of
next 21 sts.
Cont
working back & forth with sc [always take st from back to form a rib], inc
in middle of 3 extra sts, every row, until there are 36 sts bet widening of
shoulders. This completes yoke.
CAPE: Using white [single], ch 3, & trc in each
of first 4 sts; into 5th make shell of 4 trc with ch in center; 4
single trc; 1 shell; 4 trc; 1 shell; cont same across row.
2ND
ROW: Same as 1st row, but
work trc around those in prev row, make shell as usual, putting sts into center
of shell of prev row.
Work
14 rows even in white.
Working
6 sts in each shell, make 1 row of color, 2 rows of white, 2 rows of color, 1
row of white, 3 rows of color.
Finish
with shell & picot edge of white around cape, & row of trc around yoke
for ribbon.
ENJOY!
HANDY ABBREVIATIONS:
* repeat
the instructions following the single asterisk as directed
* * repeat
instructions between asterisks as many times as directed or repeat from a given set
of instructions
” inch(es)
Alt alternate
Approx approximately
Beg begin/beginning
Bet between
Bl back loop(s)
Bo bobble
Bp back post
Bpdc back post double crochet
Bpsc back
post single crochet
Bptr back
post treble/triple crochet
Ca color
A
Cb color
B
Cc contrasting color
Ch chain stitch
Ch refers to chain or space previously
made:
e.g ch-1 space
ch-sp chain space
Cl cluster
Cm centimeter(s)
Compl complete
Cont continue
Dc double crochet
Dc2tog double crochet 2 stitches together
Dec decrease/decreases/decreasing
Dtr/Dtrc double
treble/triple crochet
fl front loop(s)
Foll follow/follows/following
Fp front post
Fpdc front post double crochet
Fpsc front post single crochet
Fptr front post treble/triple crochet
G gram
Hdc half double crochet
Hk hook
Inc increase/increases/increasing
Incl inclusive
K knit
lp(s) loop(s)
M meter(s)
M mesh
Mc main
color
Meas measure
Mm millimeter(s)
O over (yarn over)
Oz ounce(s)
P picot or purl
Pat(s)
or patt pattern(s)
Pc st or Pc popcorn stitch
Pm place
marker
Prev previous
PSSO pass slip stitch over
Rem remain/remaining
Rep repeat(s)
Rnd(s) round(s)
Rs right side
Sc single crochet
Sc2tog single crochet 2 stitches together
Sdc short
double crochet (half double crochet)
Sk skip
Sl st slip stitch
Sp(s) space(s)
St(s) stitch(es)
Tch or t-ch turning
chain
Tbl through
back loop
Tog together
Tr or
Trc treble/triple
crochet
Trtrc
or T Trc triple treble/triple crochet
Ws wrong side
YB yarn back
Yd(s) yard(s)
YF yarn forward
Yo yarn over
Yoh yarn
over hook
