Babies Cape in Bergere de France Merinos 2,5 - 60376-03 - Downloadable PDF

Babies Cape Knitting Pattern in Bergere de France Merinos 2,5 – Pattern 60376-03

This downloadable PDF knitting pattern from Bergere de France provides full instructions for creating a beautifully detailed baby cape (burnous) in four sizes: 0 months, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months. The design combines classic texture work with elegant cable detailing, making it a charming and practical garment for newborns and young infants. The finished cape features a separable zip fastening at the front, giving it a neat, structured finish that is easy to put on and take off.

What Is Being Made

The pattern produces a baby cape or burnous — a cosy, wrap-style outerwear garment designed to keep infants warm. The cape includes shaped armholes, a neckline, and a central cable panel flanked by stocking stitch sections. A fine white separable zip is sewn in at the front opening, with the zip length varying by size: 40 cm for 0 and 1 month sizes, 45 cm for 3 months, and 50 cm for the 6 month size.

Yarn and Materials

• Yarn: Bergere de France Merinos 2,5 in Gris Bébé (shade 20057) — a 4-ply weight yarn, as indicated by the product attributes
• Quantity: 2 balls for 0 and 1 month sizes; 3 balls for 3 and 6 month sizes
• Needles: 3 mm knitting needles, plus a cable needle (aiguille à torsades) for working the cable stitches
• Accessories: One fine white separable zip fastener — length dependent on size (referenced as Bergere de France refs 67941, 67944, and 50003)

Techniques Used

• Casting on and binding off for the main body and armhole shaping
• Armhole shaping by casting off 4 stitches on each side at the appropriate row height
• Neckline shaping worked at specified row counts for each size
• Decreasing using a combination of k2tog (knit 2 together) and skpo (slip, knit, pass slipped stitch over), worked 2 stitches in from the edge for a neat, internal decrease line
• Increasing — 10 increases are distributed evenly across the first row of the cable panel section
• Cable knitting using a cable needle, with both right-leaning and left-leaning crosses worked over 6 stitches and over 3 stitches combined with a purl stitch
• Seaming and zip insertion to finish the front opening

Stitches Used

• Garter stitch (point mousse) — worked for the first 2 cm (8 rows) as a neat lower border
• Stocking stitch / stockinette (jersey endroit) — used for the side panels flanking the central cable section; the number of stitches in this section varies by size (12, 15, 18, or 21 stitches per side)
• Cable stitch panel (point torsadé) — a 56-stitch wide cable panel worked from a chart, measuring approximately 16 cm wide; this is the centrepiece of the design
• 6-stitch right cable (6 m. CàD — Croisée à droite) — slip 3 stitches to cable needle and hold at back, knit 3, then knit the 3 held stitches
• 6-stitch left cable (6 m. CàG — Croisée à gauche) — slip 3 stitches to cable needle and hold at front, knit 3, then knit the 3 held stitches
• 3-stitch right cable over a purl stitch (3 m. CàD sur 1 m. envers) — slip 1