Tamiko – many beauties in Japanese - is a cape adorned with cables divided in two by a ribbed neckband. Knitted in one piece with shaping for the neck and tidy double knitted edges to make it hang straight. Wear it as you like; hanging loose across your shoulders as a cape or hanging down along your body as a poncho or thrown across one shoulder like a shawl. Make the matching cowl to wear like a collar. Tamiko is knitted in the gorgeous Baby Yak Medium from mYak.

Sizes: Cape and Cowl: One size

Finished measurements
Cape: 80 cm/31.5” wide and 203.5 cm/80” long
Cowl: 18 cm/7” wide and 58 cm/22.75” circumference

Yarn: mYak, Baby Yak Medium (100% Baby Yak, 117 m/128 yds, 50 g).
Sample is knitted in Grape:
Cape: 15 skeins; 1662 m/1816 yds.
Cowl: 3 skeins; 258 m/282 yds.
https://myak.it/shop/yarns/baby-yak-medium/

Alternative Yarns:
The Fibre Co. Cumbria (60% Merino Wool, 30% Masham Wool, 10% Mohair, 100 g, 218 m/236 yds)
https://thefibreco.com/products/cumbria
Hillesvåg Ullvarefabrikk, Varde pelsullgarn (100% Pelt Wool, 100 g, 200 m/219 yds)
https://ull.no/produktkategori/garn/varde-pelsullgarn/
Berroco Ultra Alpaca (50% Alpaca, 50% Wool, 100 g, 198 m/217 yds)
https://berroco.com/yarns/berroco-ultra-alpaca/
Or another Worsted yarn.

Needles: 4 mm/US 6 straight needle for cape ribbing.
4 mm/US 6 circular needle (60 cm/24”) for cape neckband.
4.5 mm/US 7 straight needle for cape main part.
4 mm/US 6 circular needle (80 cm/32”) for cowl (magic loop).
4.5 mm/US 7 circular needle (80 cm/32”) for cowl (magic loop).
Adjust needle size as needed to match gauge.

Notions: Stitch markers (removable), cable needle, stitch holders, waste yarn and yarn needle.

Gauge: 19 sts and 26 rows/rounds in St st using 4.5 mm/US 7 needle measures 10 cm/4” square after blocking.

Notes: The cape is worked sideways with shaping for the neck opening, at the center of the cape. To adjust the width of cape add or deduct multiples of 4 stitches; 2 before neck shaping and 2 after. To adjust the length of cape add or deduct 1 Cable repeat before and after neck shaping. Each cable measures about 10.5 cm/4.25” in each side, hence a 21.5 cm/8.5” change. The cowl is worked in the round, as a tube (with cable on the outside and ribbing on the inside) and then the ends are seamed together.