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Vintage Crocheted Shell
& Pineapple Cape #373
This
is an elegant variation on the cape theme in a delightful openwork combination
of shell stitch & pineapple design; with a shell stitch collar. Attractive & suitable for many occasions,
it can be made up very quickly.
SIZES:
Directions
are for sizes Small, Medium & Large.
Changes
for sizes Medium & Large will be shown in brackets.
MATERIALS:
4
[5, 5] Fingering Yarn, 3 Ply, 2 oz balls;
or
4
[5, 5] Mercerized Cotton, 250 yd balls
#5
Steel Crochet Hook
GAUGE:
8
dc = 1”;
3
dc rows = 1”
FINISHED
MEASUREMENTS:
Neck
to hem: 14” [15”, 16“]
Width
of hem: 60” [64”, 64“ 68“]
ABBREVIATIONS:
BEG = Begin
BET = Between
BET = Between
CH = Chain
CONT = Continue
CONT = Continue
DC = Double Crochet
DEC = Decrease
DEC = Decrease
HK = Hook
INC = Increase
INC = Increase
LP = Loop
MEAS = Measure
MEAS = Measure
REM =
Remain
REP = Repeat
REP = Repeat
SC = Single Crochet
SK = Skip
SK = Skip
SL = Slip
SP = Space
SP = Space
ST = Stitch
TOG = Together
TOG = Together
CAPE:
1ST
ROW: Ch 64 [this chain is back section
of neck line; should meas about 9”], 1 dc in 4th st from hk, ch 2, 2
dc in same st as last dc, * sk next 3 sts of ch, work shell of [2 dc, ch 2,
& 2 dc] all in next st; rep from * across ch: 16 shells in row.
2ND
ROW: Ch 3, turn, work [1 dc, ch 2, &
2 dc] in first dc on last row [this will inc shell at beg of row], sk dc, shell
of [2 dc, ch 2 & 2 dc] in [ch 2] lp of same shell, * shell of [2 dc, ch 2
& 2 dc] in [ch 2] lp of next shell; rep from * across, end with sk next dc
on end shell, shell in top st of turning ch of last row: 18 shells on row.
3RD
ROW: Same as last row: 20 shells in row.
4TH
ROW: Ch 3, turn [1 dc, ch 2, & 2 dc]
in first dc of last row, sk dc, shell in next [ch 2] lp, * shell in [ch 2] lp
of each of next 2 shells, sk next dc on same shell, shell in next dc [this
forms inc], rep from * across row, end with shell in [ch 2] lp of end shell, sk
dc, shell in top st of turning ch: 31
shells in row.
Now
rep 2nd row twice more [3 times, 4 times]: 35 [37, 39] shells in row.
7TH
ROW [OR 8TH ROW FOR MED SIZE, OR 9TH ROW FOR LARGE
SIZE]: Ch 1, turn, work shell in first
shell as follows: sl st in each of first
2 dc, sl st in next [ch 2] lp, ch 3, [1 dc, ch 2 & 2 dc] in same ch lp as
last ch lp as last sl st, * shell of [2 dc, ch 2 & 2 dc] in ch lp of next
shell; rep from * across.
8TH
ROW [OR 9TH ROW FOR MEDIUM SIZE OR 10TH ROW FOR LARGE
SIZE]: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell
[as for last row], * ch 1, [always working shells in ch lp of shells below]
work shell in next shell; rep from * across row.
Rep last row twice more.
NEXT
ROW: Same as last row but ch 3 [instead
of ch 1] bet shells.
Rep last row twice more.
NEXT
ROW: Same as last row but ch 5 bet
shells.
Rep last row twice [3 times, 4 times] more.
PINEAPPLE
DESIGN: 1ST ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, * ch 5, 5
dc in [ch 2] lp of next shell, ch 5, shell in next shell; rep from * across
row.
2ND
ROW: Ch 1, shell in first shell, * ch 5,
sk next [ch 5] lp, 2 dc in next dc, work [1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc]
twice, ch 5, sk ch lp, shell in next shell; rep from * across row.
3RD
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 5, sk ch lp, 1 sc in next dc, work [ch 4 & 1 sc] in each of next 7 dc,
ch 5, sk ch lp, shell in next shell; rep from * across row.
4TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 5, sk ch lp, 1 sc in next [ch 4] lp, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in each of next 6 ch
lps, ch 5, sk next ch lp, shell in next shell; rep from * across row.
5TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 5, sk next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in each of next 5 ch
lps, ch 5, sk next ch lp, work [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2 & 2 dc] all in next
shell; rep from * across but end with ch 5, shell in end shell.
6TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 5, sk next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in each of 4 ch lps,
ch 5, sk next [ch 5] lp, shell in next [ch 2] lp, ch 3, shell in next [ch 2]
lp, rep from * across but end as last row.
7TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell,
ch 5, sk next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in each of 3 ch lps,
ch 5, sk next ch lp, shell in next shell, ch 3, 5 dc in center st of [ch 3] lp,
ch 3, shell in next shell; rep from * across row, end as last row.
8TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 5, sk ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in 2 ch lps, ch 5, shell
in next shell, ch 4, sk next [ch 3] lp, 2 dc in next dc, [1 dc in next dc, 2 dc
in next dc] twice, ch 4, sk next ch lp, 2 shell in next shell; rep from *
across row, end as last row.
9TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 5, sk ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, ch 4, 1 sc in next sc, ch 5, shell in next
shell, ch 5, sk next ch lp, 1 sc in next dc, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in each of 7 dc,
ch 5, shell in next shell; rep from * across, end as last row.
10TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 5, sk next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, ch 5, shell in next shell, ch 5, sk
next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in each of 6 ch lps, ch 5, sk
ch lp, shell in next shell; rep from * across, end as last row.
11TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
sk 2 ch lps, shell in next shell, ch 5, sk next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch
4 & 1 sc] in each of next 5 ch lps, ch 5, sk next ch lp, shell in next
shell; rep from * across, end with sk 2 ch lps, shell in end shell.
12TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 3, shell in next shell, ch 5, sk next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch 4 &
1 sc] in 4 ch lps, ch 5, shell in next shell; rep from * across, end with ch 3,
shell in end shell.
13TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 3, 5 dc in center st of next [ch 3] lp, ch 3, shell in next shell, ch 5, sk
next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in 3 ch lps, ch 5, shell in
next shell; rep from * across, end with ch 3, 5 dc in center st of [ch 3] lp,
ch 3, shell in end shell.
14TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 4, sk next ch lp, 2 dc in next dc, work [1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc]
twice, ch 4, shell in next shell, ch 5, sk next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch
4 & 1 sc] in 2 ch lps, ch 5, shell in shell; rep from * across, end with ch
4, shell in end shell.
15TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 5, sk next ch lp, 1 sc in next dc, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in each of 7 dc, ch 5,
shell in shell, ch 5, sk ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, ch 4, 1 sc in next ch lp,
ch 5, sk ch lp, shell in shell; rep from * across, end with ch 5, shell in end
shell.
16TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 5, sk next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in 6 ch lps, ch 5,
shell in next shell, ch 5, sk ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, ch 5, shell in next
shell; rep from * across, end as last row.
17TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, *
ch 5, sk next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in 5 ch lps, ch 5,
work [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2, & 2 dc] all in next shell, sk 2 ch lps, 2 dc
in next shell, ch 1, turn, sk last 4 dc made, sl st in next [ch 2] lp, ch 1,
turn, work [2 dc, ch 2 & 2 dc] all in same shells as last dc; rep from *
across but end last rep with ch 5, shell in end shell.
1ST
SCALLOP: 1ST SHORT ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell, ch 5, sk
next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in 4 ch lps, ch 5, sk ch lp,
shell in next shell; do not work over rem
sts.
2ND
SHORT ROW: Ch1, turn, shell in first
shell, ch 5, sk next ch lp, 1 sc in next ch lp, [ch 4 & 1 sc] in each [ch
4] lp of pineapple, ch 5, sk [ch 5] lp, shell in end shell.
Rep last row twice more.
5TH
SHORT ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first
shell, ch 5, 1 sc in [ch 4] lp, ch 5, shell in shell.
6TH
SHORT ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first
shell, sk 2 ch lps, 2 dc in next shell, ch 1 turn, sl st in next shell, ch 1,
turn, 2 dc in same shell as last dc; break off.
SECOND
& ALL OTHER SCALLOPS: Turn, sk next
4 dc on 17th row, join yarn with sl st in next shell; cont to work
as for 1st Scallop.
EDGING:
1ST
ROW: Working along end of rows, sk all
shell st rows, join yarn with sl st over end of 1st row of pineapple
design, placing sts over either end dc of end ch of rows work [ch 5 & 1 sc]
over each of rem rows to tip of scallop, * ch 5, 1 sc over opposite end of same
top row, [ch 5 & 1 sc] over opposite end of each of next 5 short rows, ch
2, 1 dc in joining sl st bet shells on 17th row, ch 2, 1 sc over 1st
short row on next scallop, [ch 5 & 1 sc] over each of next 5 short rows;
rep from * across scallops, work [ch 5 & 1 sc] over each row along side
edge of cape, ending at opposite end of same row as starting sl st.
2ND
ROW: Ch 5, turn, 1 sc in first [ch 5] lp
on last row, * [ch 5 & 1 sc] in each ch lp to [ch 2] sps bet scallops, work
1 sc in each of next 2 [ch 2] sps, 1 sc in next [ch 5] lp; rep from * across
end with [ch 5 & 1 sc] in each rem ch lp; break off.
COLLAR: 1ST HALF:
1ST
ROW: Ch 4, 1 dc in 4th st
from hk, ch 2, 2 more dc in same st as last dc.
2ND
ROW: Ch 3, turn, work [1 dc, ch 2 &
2 dc] in first dc on last row, sk next 2 dc, [2 dc, ch 2 & 2 dc] in top st
of turning ch.
3RD
ROW: Ch 1, turn, work shell in first
shell as follows: sl st in each of first 2 dc, sl st in [ch 2] lp, ch 3, [1 dc,
ch 2 & 2 dc] in same ch lp as last st st, work shell of [2 dc, ch 2 & 2
dc] in [ch 2] lp of next shell.
4TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, [always working first
shell as for last row] a shell in first shell, shell in sp bet shells, shell in
[ch 2] lp of next shell.
5TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell,
shell in each of rem 2 shells.
6TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell,
shell in first dc of next shell, sk 3 dc, shell in next dc, shell in [ch 2] lp
of end shell.
7TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn shell in first shell,
shell in each of next 3 shells.
8TH
ROW: CH 1, turn, shell in first shell,
shell in next shell, sk next dc on same shell, shell in next dc, shell in each
of 2 shells.
9TH
ROW: Ch 1, turn, shell in first shell,
shell in each of rem 4 shells.
Rep last row 18 [20, 22] more times; break off.
Make
other half of Collar in same way.
Using
darning needle & same material, overcast last row of first half to last row
of other half.
FINISHING:
Fold
Collar in half lengthwise.
Having
joining of two halves at center of neck edge of cape, arrange Collar around
neckline & down front edges along shell st rows [up to beg of edging]
easing in edge of cape to fit.
Front
right side, overcast double edge of Collar to edge of cape.
CORD:
Using
3 strands of yarn held tog, make ch same length as collar, sl st in 2nd
st from hk, sl st in each of rem sts of ch; fasten off.
Sew
this cord over joining on right side, under Collar. This will hold Collar up.
Fold
back collar around neckline.
ENJOY!
