Bulky thick and thin wool yarn; size 10.5 metal cable needle; stockinette stitch
I love making capelets and have made many, this being the most recent example. I still use the formula set out in a book called The Knitting Experience by Sally Melville. I think she called it a circle scarf. I is a versatile formula and I intentionally call it a formula rather than a pattern.
When I use it I work out a gauge with the yarn then cast on the bottom, knit for seven inches and then decrease. I knit four more inches then decrease again, which will be right about at the shoulders. I knit four more inches and then create whatever kind of neckline I'd like the capelet to have. I like this length, which generally falls right around the elbows, because it provides warmth and yet it doesn't get in the way like a full length cape or poncho might.
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