​Turquoise Crochet Cape

You’ll need:

2 skeins of turquoise yarn (70% mohair, 30% silk; 210m/25g);

Crochet hook 3.

Size: S (M/L).

Length of neck-hole edge: about 80 cm;

Length of work: about 23 cm

Stitches control: 6 x 2 double crochet and 1 chain st between them (17 sts) = 9 cm.

Used Patterns

Element A: (3 double crochets with 1 chain st between them) x twice in one and the same st.

Element B: (4 double crochets with 2 chain sts between them) x twice in one and the same st.

Instructions

Make 112 (126) chain sts and circle them in the ring with slip st. Make 2 rows of half-crochets (the length of circle is about 71 (80) cm). After that, work with relief pattern.

1^st row: * 3 chain sts, skip 1 st, 1 half crochet in the next st*; repeat from * to * = 56 (63) arches of chain sts;

2^nd row: 4 chain sts, * 1 element A behind the 1^st arch of chain sts, ** 1 chain st, 2 double crochets behind the next arch of chain sts**; repeat from ** to ** x 5 times, finish with 1 chain st*; repeat from * to *x 8 (9) times. Finish the row with slip st in the 3^rd out of 4 chain sts in the beginning of the row (all the following rows are finished this way);

3^rd, 4^th and 5^th rows: 4 chain sts, * 1 element A behind chain st of the corresponding element of the previous row, ** 1 chain st, 2 double crochets in 2 double crochets of the previous row**; repeat from * to ** x 6 times, finish with 1 chain st*; repeat from * to * x 8 (9) times;

6^th row: 4 chain sts, * 1 element A behind chain st of the corresponding element of the previous row, ** 1 chain st, 1 double crochet in 1 double crochet of the previous row, 1 double crochet in the space before the next double crochet, 1 double crochet in the last double crochet = 3 double crochets in 2 double crochets of the previous row**; repeat from ** to ** x 6 times, finish with 1 chain st. Repeat from * to * = 8 (9) times;

7^th-12^th rows: as the 6^th row;

13^th row: 4 chain sts, * 1 element B behind chain st of the corresponding element of the previous row, ** 1 chain st, 3 double crochets in 3 double crochets of the previous row**; repeat from ** to ** x 6 times, 1 chain st. Repeat from * to * = 8 (9) times;

14^th-20^th rows: as the 13^th row;

21^st row: 1 half crochet in every st.