The Knitting Fiend

Yvonne, a site visitor, emailed me seeking help with a pattern for a beautiful cape. She asked:

Today someone at work was wearing this rather stunning cape. She says it was knitted for her ages ago by someone who is now dead, so no hope of getting the pattern there. I tried a trusty Google search for Cape knitting patterns and voila- your site came up. I cannot quite see the texture of your red capelet in the pattern and I wondered if this is the same pattern as on my friend’s cape. I am attaching 4 pictures for you to check out. Do you think this is the same pattern as your cape?

I responded and explained that, unfortunately, it’s not the same pattern as my cape. My cape is knit in stockinette, and shaped with darts, sort of like a raglan. The cape she is seeking seems to be shaped more like a traditional “yoke” sweater. That is, every so many rows, you decrease evenly across the row.

Now, I could easily whip up a generator for a cape shaped using yoke shaping. It’s a traditional shaping that’s been around for ages. However, I don’t think working out the math and coding it will solve her main problem. The key feature of this cape is the stitch pattern which is a type of open work stitch. She sent me a detail of the stitch pattern, but I’m afraid I can’t identify it. So, I’m posting it here and hoping a reader can identify it. If one can, I’ve offerred to write up the generator for Yvonne who would like to knit a black and silver version elegant evening functions!

Does anyone have any idea what this stitch pattern is called and where I might find instructions? Thanks in advance.