Anyway, because I was so excited for Halloween, I offered to make my nephew a Batman cape for Christmas because obviously, Batman is the coolest superhero ever and my 4-year-old nephew is always pretending to be Batman. So here is what I came up with:
Supplies:
Size H hook.
Black and yellow yarn
Piece of black felt ($.23 at Walmart)
Collar
Ch 55.
Row 1: Sc in second ch from hook. Sc in remaining chains.
(54 sc)
Row 2: Ch 3, turn. (counts as first dc) Dc in each sc
across.
Row 3: Ch 1, turn. Sc in each dc across.
Row 4: Ch 3, turn. Dc in next 30 sc.
Row 5: Ch 3, turn.*2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc. Repeat from
* across. (46 dc)
Row 6: Ch 3, turn. *2 dc in next dc, dc in next 2 dc. Repeat
from * across.
Row 7: Ch 3, turn. *2 dc in next dc, dc in next 3 dc. Repeat
from * across.
Row 8: Ch 3, turn. Dc in each dc across.
Rows 9-35: Repeat row 8.
Finish off.
Yellow oval (pattern modified from
bustingstitches.blogspot.com)
Ch 3. 9 dc in 3rd ch from hook. Sl st in top of
ch-3.
Ch 3. 2 dc in next 3 dc. 3 dc in next dc. 2 dc in next 4 dc.
3 dc in next dc. Dc in last dc. Sl st in top of ch-3.
Ch 3. 2 dc in next 7 dc. 3 dc in next dc. 2 dc in next 10
dc. 3 dc in next dc. 2 dc in next 2 dc. Dc in last dc. Sl st in top of ch-3.
Ch 3. 1 dc in next 15 dc. 3 dc in next dc. 1 dc in next 22
dc. 3 dc in next dc. 1 dc in remaining dc. Sl st to ch-3. Fasten off.
Cut out and attach felt bat symbol onto the yellow oval.
I sewed mine on with black thread.
Attach yellow oval to back of cape. Attach a button on the top of collar, and voila! An awesome Batman cape, ready for action!