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Woman in the white Rósn cape, zipped to the neck — cables, moss-stitch edges and a yoke in white and grey heather. The wide belt and the dress are not part of the pattern
The same Rósn pattern in its blue version — sold as a separate kit (shown in its original sapphire blue; that kit has space blue in its place). The top and jeans are not part of the pattern
Álafosslopi 0051 White — 6 balls in the Rósn kit
Álafosslopi 0057 Grey Heather — 2 balls in the Rósn kit

Rósn — White Cabled Yoke Cape Knitting Kit

Sale price$96.90

Zip-front cape with cables and a colourwork yoke · white with grey heather Álafosslopi · sizes S–L

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  • 8 balls of Álafosslopi in 2 colours
  • Lopi 28, no. 7 — Védís Jónsdóttir
  • Sizes S–L · 166–184 cm round the hem
  • All the yarn for the cape in one parcel — 8 balls of Álafosslopi, enough for the largest size, plus the English pattern (PDF)
  • Álafosslopi on 6 mm needles — 13 stitches to 10 cm
  • Three sizes, S to L — 166–184 cm (65¼–72½″) round the hem
  • White with grey heather in the yoke — the white version in the pattern
Woman in the white Rósn cape, zipped to the neck — cables, moss-stitch edges and a yoke in white and grey heather. The wide belt and the dress are not part of the pattern
Rósn — White Cabled Yoke Cape Knitting Kit Sale price$96.90

Why you'll love it

  • Cables and a yokeFive cables run up the cape to a round, stranded yoke.
  • Arm slitsTwo 15 cm slits on the fronts, edged in moss stitch, let the arms through.
  • Two-way zipIt closes from hem to collar with a zip that opens from either end (the zip is not included).
  • Two coloursWhite with a grey heather yoke; the blue version is also sold as a kit.
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Rósn — your questions, answered

Which size should I knit?
Three sizes — S, M and L. The pattern gives only two measurements: 166, 175 and 184 cm round the lower edge, and 54, 56 and 58 cm from the hem to the neckline. There is no chest measurement — the cape hangs loose from the yoke. You can make it longer or shorter: the pattern says to knit the cape to 35 (37) 39 cm “or as long as preferred” before the yoke.
Will I have yarn left over?
The kit holds the amount for L: 6 balls of white and 2 of grey heather — 8 balls. S uses 5 white and 1 grey heather, M 5 white and 2 grey heather. The pattern calls grey heather (0057) simply “grey”. White does the work of two chart colours and the inside of the collar, so there is not much white to spare (our estimate) — keep to the pattern’s gauge.
The chart is printed in blue — how do I knit the white cape?
Follow the White column of the key: knit the blue and dark navy squares (A and B) in white, and the pink, yellow, orange and green squares (C to F) in grey heather. The light grey squares are not a colour — they mean “no stitch”, where stitches have been decreased. Squares with a circle are purled (the key calls them “p st”), in the colour the square stands for. The collar is white inside and out.
Which zip do I need?
A two-way separating zip — the pattern says “zipper with 2 slides” but gives no length. By our calculation it is roughly 58 (60) 62 cm: the 54 (56) 58 cm from hem to neckline, plus the outer half of the folded collar, which the zip runs up to. Measure your finished, dried cape before you buy it. The zip is not included.
Do I have to cut my knitting?
Only at the yoke. The cape is knitted back and forth up to the yoke, so the front is already open there. For the yoke, 2 purl stitches are cast on at the front and the work is joined in the round. At the end you sew twice through each of those stitches by machine with small straight stitches, cut between the sewn rows and sew in the zip with matching thread.
Is the belt in the photo included?
No — the wide belt and the dress under the cape are not part of the pattern. The kit is for the cape.
Is anything unclear in the pattern?
A few things. The side decreases (“dec on both sides of cable … total 12 times”) are, by our reading, made only beside the two side cables, 4 stitches each time (216 − 168 = 48 = 12 × 4); the pattern gives no spacing — by our calculation about every 5 rows, kept on right-side rows (for example alternately every 4th and 6th row), as the decreases are written for the right side. By our reading (the pattern says only “from right cable”), the arm slits sit 8 (10) 12 stitches beyond the two front cables, on the side away from the zip. The cable charts say “rnd”, but the cape is knitted in rows, so on wrong-side rows knit the purl stitches and purl the knit stitches. Round 1 of the yoke chart is printed “171 (183) 159 sts”; for L read 195, as in the text. And while the slits are worked, each row is knitted with three separate balls of the main colour — one for each section between the slits — so wind off two small balls.
Is the blue cape in the photos the same pattern?
Yes — the blue version, with a five-colour yoke, is sold as a separate kit. Its main colour, sapphire blue, is no longer made, so that kit has space blue in its place.
What does the kit with needles include?
6 mm (US 10) circular needles in 40 and 80 cm; a 5 mm (US 8) circular needle in 80 cm; a 4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle in 40 cm — ADDI, as named in the pattern. The pattern gives the longer 6 mm circular as 60–80 cm; the kit has 80 cm, as the cape is up to 240 stitches wide. The zip and the cable needle are not included.

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