Crochet Pattern: Knot Stitch Capelet
By Rachel – 23 Comments| The knot stitch capelet is great to wear when it’s breezy outside. This capelet is also great for practicing your knot stitches. It is made with a simple round of single crochet and double crochet at the top, followed by rounds and rounds of knot stitches. This gives the capelet a very light, elegant lacey look. One size fits most and it can easily be adjusted if needed. |  |
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Finished Size: 13” (33 cm) wide at neck, 9” (13 cm) long
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Materials: 1 Skein Medium Weight Yarn Crochet Hook F (3.75 mm) |
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The loop on the knot stitch is approximately 3/4″ long. How to crochet knot stitch?
Crochet Pattern: Capelet
Round 1: Ch 150 (or multiple of 3), ch 1, sl st in first ch forming loop, place marker
Round 2: sc in each ch around
Round 3: sl st in next sc, ch 2, dc in each sc around, sl st on top of ch-2
Round 4: (make 2 knots, skip 2 dc, sl st in next dc) around
Round 5 – 13: (make 2 knots, skip 1 knot, sl st in next knot) around
Finish off.
Crochet Tips:
- To change the size of the neck hole, simply alter the number of chains made in round 1.
- To change the length of the capelet, repeat the last round of pattern until the capelet is the desired length.
- To crochet a less dense capelet, use a larger hook and vice versa for a denser capelet.
- For a thicker capelet, make 2 layers of knot stitches by repeating round 5 – 13 then sewing the bottom of the capelet to the top of round 4.
Have a question about this pattern? Leave it as a comment!
Hi Rachel,
Like your site very much. This is a great pattern. Thank you for showing how to do a knot stitch w/ pictures. Also the key pattern makes a nice applique. Thank you…….Sherry
My pleasure Sherry! It was fun taking all those pics. I think it will come in hand for everyone and also myself since I always forget how to do things lol
Rachel, I think this knot stitch pattern is very pretty. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your patterns!
Thanks sleepyknitter!! It’s my pleasure
When you do a long chain such as in this pattern, how do you ‘control’ the stitching so you dont end up with a long coiling twisting mess!?
Hi Tash!
I actually never had a problem with the chain getting tangled, but I bet others may be having the same problem as you. If you make your stitches as evenly as possible and not too tight it shouldn’t coil. But if it does, I would suggest rolling the chain up in a neat little bundle as the chain gets longer and longer so that it doesn’t get all knotted and crazy.
I hope that helps!
thanks Rachel, but I think I didnt describe it well enough. Whats happened is that as I crocheted the first two rows, by the time I got to the part where you slip stitch into the first sc, my remaining few chains were twisted, i.e. not a nice neat straight chain. Not sure if I’m describing this well enough.
I’m not sure if I didnt join my chain properly and that’s where the initial ‘twist’ was or if, while I was doing the row of sc’s I started picking up the ‘wrong’ end of each chain.
If this makes any sense at all (lol)
please let me know what I can do to avoid this in future.
… and I really hope I dont sound as dumb as I feel right now
OoOOooO that’s what you mean! Ya, I used to have that problem too! What used to get me was that I would join the initial chain together and it would be twisted. So just make sure before you join it that it’s not twisted up. I do it by sliding my finger along the chain to straighten it out. Then I join it and then I double check it and then triple check it, lol! It’s easier to see if it’s twisted if you have a large flat space to lay it down on. Each time you join, just double check that it’s not twisted. The longer it gets, the harder it should be to twist it
I hope that was a little more helpful then that the last time
hey Rachel
Thanks! Yep, you got my meaning this time
I thought that I HAD run my finger down the chain to make sure it was straight, but next time, I’ll double and triple check to be sure! This is the first time I’ve made such a large ring.
thanks again… I’m on my first row of knot stitches… i may just finish this capelet some day lol
woohoo! let me know how it goes Tash! or if you run into anything else I can help you with
[...] knots stitches any length that you desire. To see what smaller knot stitches look like check out my knot stitch capelet that I made a while ago. The series of knots give a beautiful lacey and light look. If you don’t [...]
Thanks so much for the pattern. I finally know how to do the knot stitch now. One quick question, you put 1 skein of medium weight yarn. What size skein? Or how many ounces. Thanks I want to make a few of these as gifts and want to know how much yarn I need for each.
thanks
liz
I believe I used approximately 300 yards.
Hi Rachel,
This is a beautiful pattern! Just wondering if increases for the knot stitches are built into the pattern?
Thanks
Hi Fiona, there aren’t any increases in the knot stitches. Round 4 makes the knot stitches spread out in such a way that you won’t need to increase later.
In round 2- sc in each ch around. What does that mean? I am new at crocheting and some of the terminology I don’t understand. I appreciate your help.
Hi Marge, it means to make one single crochet into each chain you made. “around” refers to you working around in a circular fashion, since you made a loop in round 1.
aaaaaha thank you very much I will proberbly be talking to you again going to try to make your beautiful capulet. Going to try and make it longer too. We will see
Thank you for this pattern. unfortunately for me I can not figure the untold information.
On round 4 u ask to sk 2 dc and sl st into next. Is the sl st just that then I begin a knot on the nxt stich or is my sl st the beginning of my knot? I ask this because as I streatch to reach beyond the 2 st skip to sl st, my work turns out very clumpy.
My second question is about round 4. Where do I begin my new knot, in the double loop or on the top of the knot,from the previous row?
Hi Amalia, on round 4, you first begin by making 2 knot stitches like to tutorial shows you (the link to the tutorial is above the pattern if you need it). Then after you completed the 2 knot stitches, you will skip 2 double crochets, and make a slip stitch in the next double crochet.
when it says 2 knots do you mean in same stitch i am wanting to so the shawl
i love to try new patterns and i hope to make this shawl or capelet for my daughters party.
Hi Debra, when it says “make 2 knots” they are one after the other, not really in the same stitch. Take a look at the How to Crochet: Knot Stitch tutorial, and repeat steps 2 – 4 to create one knot and again to create the second knot. It sort of looks like a chain of knot stitches.