DESCRIPTION
This gradient colorblock cape makes use of 30 different miniskeins that have been organized into six color groups based on the rainbow. It can be worn with the buttons in the front, with them running down the back, or even with them going down either arm. Any way you decide to wear it, you would fit right in on the set of Downton Abbey.

SIZE
One size

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Top Circumference: 19¾” 49.5 cm
Bottom Circumference: 147½” 368.5 cm
Height: 21½” 53.5 cm

YARN
Canon Hand Dyes Charles Merino Sock: 80% superwash merino wool, 20% nylon; 395 yds 361 m per skein.
Main Color (MC): Mr. Mason; 3 skeins.
Colors (in order of use): Downton Abbey Kit (30 miniskeins); 1 kit.
Red Group: (Lady Edith Crawley, Lady Shackleton, Harold Levinson, Kemal Pamuk, Lady Mary Crawley).
Orange Group: (Daisy, Mrs. Patmore, Mr. Mason, Gwen, Mr. Bates).
Yellow Group: (Countess Cora, Earl of Grantham, Molesley, Anna, Sir Richard Carlisle).
Green Group: (Lady Sybil Crawley, O’Brien, Tom Branson, William Mason, Thomas Barrow).
Blue Group: (Lavinia Swire, Martha Levinson, Matthew Crawley, Mrs. Hughes, Jack Ross).
Violet Group: (Dr. Clarkson, Mr. Carson, Lady Rose MacClare, Isobel Crawley, Dowager Countess).

NEEDLES
US #2½ 3.00 mm, or size needed to obtain gauge; 60” 150 cm circular needles.

NOTIONS
17 stitch markers
Blunt tapestry needle
Blocking pins, if desired
6 buttons, ½” 13 mm in diameter
Sewing kit

GAUGE
24 sts and 44 rows = 4” 10 cm in garter stitch, after blocking.

CONSTRUCTION NOTES
This garment is worked from the top down. When working with miniskein groups, follow pattern and switch colors as needed, working from lightest to darkest shade with each respective group. When switching colors, bring the new color up and under the old color. Button/buttonhole bands are worked at the end by picking up stitches along the side edges.

REQUIRED SKILLS
Basic knitting skills
Intarsia knitting
Knitting flat
Picking up and knitting stitches
Written instructions