Alabama Chanin Walking Cape
I've been interested in the Alabama Chanin Walking Cape ever since I saw it in the store and admired its secret inside pocket. And outside pockets! Last year the AC website offered the pattern as a pdf purchase, and this week I bought it and made it up . . . but in a woven, not a jersey.
I chose a light gray wool woven because 1. I didn't have four yards of jersey to use and 2. I had this free wool. I fully lined the cape with a second layer of the wool, machine stitched it, and (as you see) put rounded pockets on the outside. There's a square inside pocket that's perfect for phone and keys if you are, in fact, walking. Or use the pocket for a tissue if you're going to wear this cape to the movies with your husband to see Lion.
A super-simple project and one I look forward to sewing up in jersey.
4 comments:
Just what Beatrix Potter would wear if she lived today.
I like it! It looks really good in wool...and is probably very cozy.
I think in jersey it would be best with a double layer, don't you? For the drape? But then again, I prefer the sturdiness of my double-layer AC dresses and skirts....except in July, when I like the filmy-ness of the single layer (in a thin jersey, at that!). A walking cape would be quite unnecessary in July, though! I look forward to seeing your jersey incarnation.
Looks like a very useful article.
Lisateresa
My husband and I saw Lion too. It was so good, but hard to watch at the same time.
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