Cape Shoalwater is a spit of beach located at the mouth of Willapa (WILL-ah-pah) Bay—between the inland shoals of Washington state and the Pacific Ocean. The rhythms of the colors in the cape evoke the tides and rivers flowing into Willapa Bay which are the life blood of the region.

While appearing difficult, the stitches in this pattern are based on a simple variation of slipped stitch garter. The sample shown here is a small, worn by a model who usually wears a medium. Gauge provided is for cape worked in Sport wgt yarn on US 8 (5.0 mm) needles.

Size Small:
Neck: 20” (51 cm)
Bottom Edge: 58” (145 cm)
Length - 18” (46 cm)
Size Large:
Neck: 24” (61 cm)
Bottom Edge: 60” (152 cm)
Length: 18” (46 cm)

Cape Shoalwater is worked in 3 colors. Amount required to knit:
Main Color: 2(2) skeins 500(540) yds/457(494)m
Contrast 1 : 1(2) skeins 330(357) yds)/457/(494)m
Contrast 2 : 1(1) skein 220(238) yds/201(218)m

Cape Shoalwater is worked from the top down, beginning with a provisional crochet cast-on, the ribbing is worked on US 6(4.0mm) needles. The remainder of the cape is worked on US8(5.0mm) circular needles.

The charts used for this cape are small repeats which allow this to be resized easily.