Need advice: making a cape

**vmac3205** · 14th August 08, 08:14 AM

I have made a couple of capes for fellow Xmarkers that have turned out well. I use the Butterick 3993 Sherlock Holmes pattern, with modifications.

**ardchoille** · 14th August 08, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by vmac3205

I have made a couple of capes for fellow Xmarkers that have turned out well. I use the Butterick 3993 Sherlock Holmes pattern, with modifications.

Yes, I saw the one Glen has and it's absolutely beautiful. I'm hoping to end up with something of that high quality.

**vmac3205** · 14th August 08, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by ardchoille

Yes, I saw the one Glen has and it's absolutely beautiful. I'm hoping to end up with something of that high quality.

I can make you a deal you can't refuse.

**Carolina Kiltman** · 14th August 08, 10:59 AM

The Inverness style cape is basically a semi-fitted, sleeveless coat (similar to a clergy cassock) but the arm holes are cut much lower so you can get your hands on your sporran. Then there is an upper, or over cape, which can be either fitted at the shoulders, or just a circular piece of fabric which comes down to somewhere around or just below the elbows. Any fabric is OK, so long as it meets your needs. Here in coastal plain Carolinas, wet is worse than cold. A fairly light fabric would work, then spray it with a waterproofing (actually water resistant) solution available at camping outfitters. Check out pictures on some the vendors of Kilts. To my taste, the Inverness is the only over-garment to be worn with a kilt.