Tamiko

Tamiko many beauties in Japanese – is a cape adorned with cables divided in two by a ribbed neckband. Knitted in one piece with shaping for the neck and tidy double knitted edges to make it hang straight. Wear it as you like; hanging loose across your shoulders as a cape or hanging down along your body as a poncho or thrown across one shoulder like a shawl. Make the matching cowl to wear like a collar. Tamiko is knitted in the gorgeous Baby Yak Medium from mYak.

Pattern: Cape/Poncho/Shawl pattern includes a Cowl: 18 cm wide and 58 cm circumference: Add 258 m of yarn.

Gauge: 19 sts and 26 rows/rounds in St st using 4.5 mm/US 7 needle measures 10 cm/4 square after blocking.

Notes: The cape is worked sideways with shaping for the neck opening, at the center of the cape. To adjust the width of cape add or deduct multiples of 4 stitches; 2 before neck shaping and 2 after. To adjust the length of cape add or deduct 1 Cable repeat before and after neck shaping.