In this tutorial, I run through all of the techniques used in the Lost in a Dream Hooded Cape, designed by Vanessa Ewing. All of the info you need, including the video, is listed below. Many thanks to Kraemer Yarns for sponsoring this video!
The pattern is available here on the Kraemer website. It is a pattern download, even though the website asks you for shipping info.
You can get a kit for this cape here.
Or you can choose a different color of this yarn (not in a kit) here on the Kraemer website, over 70 colors!
My cape uses Fauna; you’ll also see Tiger, Winter Lake, Puddle, and Jelly in the video.
You can add this pattern to your Ravelry queue here.
The needles I use in the video are interchangeable sets from Knitter’s Pride.
SmartStix
Ginger
And the DPNs I use are Knitter’s Pride Ginger
The buttons I used on my cape are 5/8″ from this shop.
NOTE: I have heard from one knitter that she ordered buttons from this site, was charged, and never received her buttons. She tried to contact the company several times, and eventually the number for the shop was disconnected. Order with caution! Or, you can get similar buttons on Amazon.
My recent Shadow Checkerboard Baby Blanket tutorial uses the same yarn as this cape.
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Staci,
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I love the pattern, which I’m doing in the color Peacock. Two questions though. First, is the model wearing it a bit far back on her neck? The neckline of yours looks more even to me (yes, I see unbuttoned versus buttoned). The bigger question concerns the size of the hood. I wear a very large hat, and would like to be able to wear the hood. How can I make that bigger, or is it really large already? Years of such things being too small may have just made me paranoid.
HI Crys – yes, the model is wearing it unbuttoned and pushed back a little, but there is no difference between that photo and the one I knit, as far as the shaping goes. Regarding the hood – the hood is a bit oversized and drapey as written, but you can add extra repeats of the stitch pattern before starting the decreases, if you like.
S t a c i