PAG.

23 CAPE “CANOVA” YARN

WORKING INSTRUCTIONS
First part: start from the top. With knitting needles 6 and the Mirage yarn
worked double cast on 120 sts. and work in garter st. To shape the edge of the
ADRIAFIL YARNS
front dec. leftwise 1 st. every 4 rows 10 times, 1 st. every 2 rows 18 times, 2
sts every 2 rows 16 times, then cross off, every 2 rows, 5 sts 6 times, 10 sts 3
MATERIALS
times (84 cm.).
• 850 g Mirage yarn in cream no. 11 worked
Second part: work to match the first part
double
• 250 g. Gioiello yarn in colour no. 20
MAKE UP AND FINISH
• knitting needles no. 6
With knitting needles no. 10 and the Gioiello yarn pick up the sts along the
• long knitting needles no. 10
bottom edge of the first part of the cape as follows: on back of work pick up 1 st
• tapestry needle
in each st or in each edge rows work 3 rows in knit st, then cross off the stitches.
Work in the same way the border along the shaped edge. Sew tog. the adjacent
SIZE: one
sides of the borders you have just made. Trim in the same way the second part.
Sew tog. the right side edges (unfinished) of the two parts.
PATTERN STITCHES
Knit stitch
Garter stitch (work over all the sts.):
Row 1: work all the sts. in garter st, pointing the right knitting needle in the back
thread of each stitch.
Row 2: purl normally.
Row 3: rep. from row 1

GAUGE
10 x 10 cm worked in garter st with knitting needles 6 and the Mirage yarn
worked double = 11 sts. and 15 rows