This fall & hol­i­day was the sea­son of capes! I made lots of them!  (I will post more pho­tos of capes on the blog soon.)

Here is one of the adults capes, which I made for my sis­ter. She chose the Bur­dastyle pat­tern (8/2014 #124) and tan (almost cham­pagne) wool cashmere.

It’s a tai­lored cape, so I used bespoke tai­lor­ing tech­niques for the lapels.

The com­bi­na­tion of soft, thick, and (some­what) stretchy wool, made it dif­fi­cult to sew the pock­ets and pock­et flaps.  The hand pock­ets did not come out as well as I hoped they would.

Because of this, I decid­ed not to do the chest pock­et. (And I think jack­ets look more fem­i­nine when there are no chest pockets.)

The coat is ful­ly lined with Eng­lish ray­on. (The Eng­lish ray­on is beau­ti­ful! It makes the cape drape and move nice­ly over the body.)

Over­all, I love the cape! It real­ly fits my sis­ter’s wardrobe and style. (I want to make one for myself!!)