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Baby Carrying Cape

Pattern ID: Bestway 3523
Wool brand: Templeton's Ayr Double Knitting Wool
Yarn quantity: 13 (1oz balls)
Size: Cape length 21 inches; Hood all round face 12 inches.

Wool weight: Double Knitting
Needle size: 4½mm, 4mm and 3¾mm
Tension (10x10cm): 22sts x 26 rows over pattern

Price: £3.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: A pretty cape and separate hood in double knitting - thus quicker to knit. The pattern is inaccurately described as "feather and fan", when actually seems to be "old shell", or "old shale".