Traveling Vines Cape or Skirt by Brooke Nico

Traveling Vines Cape or Skirt

Knitting
March 2014
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 2 - 2.75 mm
788 - 1380 yards (721 - 1262 m)
XS (S-M, L, XL-XXL)
English

This delightful garment can be worn as a cape or a skirt. It is knit side-to-side, using easy short-row wedges. The upper section is cleverly knit in ribs of stockinette and reverse stockinette hiding the wraps. Estonian and Shetland motifs combine to form the delicate lace elements.

Finished measurements:
Circumference at upper edge--24 (30, 36, 42)“/61 (76, 91.5, 106.5)cm
Circumference at lower edge--72 (89, 106, 123)”/183 (226, 269, 312.5)cm
Length (measured to lower scallop edge)--18”/45.5cm

Color #00085

Also requires 12 buttons (3/4”/19mm diameter)
Sewing needle & thread
1.5 yds/1.4m of 1/2”/12mm-wide silk ribbon