Pelerine Cloak.   Godey's Ladies Book Jan 1863 page 84        

This cloak is worked in Afghan stitch, with needle No. 3.  The upper part is of blue, and the points of chinchilla zephyr.

Set up for the centre 321 stitches, and work 7 rows.  In the 8th row begin the narrowing, which will be 8 times in the row;  work the 8th row as follows:  work 39 stitches, take 2 together, work 33, take 2 together, repeat this twice.  You will have 4 narrowings each side of the cloak.  Work for the middle 29 stitches, narrow 1:  you will have to keep these 29 stitches all the way up and narrow on each side of them to go toward the fronts.  Work 2 rows plain, narrow, so the plain part between the narrowing will be one stitch less. Narrow every 2d row all the way up, and at the same places. After you have done 52 rows there will be 22 rows of narrowing.

In the 53rd row you must narrow on the 8th stitch, and between, twice in the middle part, work 9, narrow, work 7, narrow, work 9 narrow. This narrowing keep on the same as the 3 on each side, 5 times in every 2d row and 4 times in every row.  When you begin the narrowing in the middle of the back you will have to narrow 1 stitch on beginning and end of the row.  When you have 62 rows work the 63rd as follows:  two stitches together, 4 stitches plain, 2 together, 5 plain, narrow, 5 plain, narrow, 5 plain, narrow, 3 plain, narrow, 7 plain, narrow; these 7 stitches are the inside of the row, the other side must be repeated.

64th row.  Take the 3 first stitches together, 1 plain, 2 together, 4 plain, 2 together, 4 plain, 2 together, 4 plain, 2 together, 2 plain, 2 together, 7 plain; this is the middle; repeat for the other side.

65th row.  Leave 8 stitches of the last row and begin to work on the 9th, work plain, and leave 8 at the end of the row, the same as at the beginning.

67th row.  Leave 5 stitches of last row, and work plain, leaving 5 stitches at the end of the row.  This is the last row.  Finish the neck the same as you would an Afghan stripe.

For the points of the cloak, take chinee worsted, and use No. 3 needle, but work very loosely.  The points are worked crosswise.  Set up 9 stitches; the 1st row widen on the left side by picking up the chain between the 2d and last stitch; do this every row up to 19 stitches, then narrow on the same side 1 stitch every row down to 9 stitches, then begin the widening again; work in this way until you have 21 points.  It will take 3 for the neck, 3 up the fronts for each side, and 12 for the rest of the cloak.  Sew the points all round, and join the pointed side on with 1 stitch of black and one of white.  On the corner the pointed edge must be fulled in a little, so it will set evenly.  The little bars in the narrow part of the points are made of 6 threads of worsted, braided, or they can be done in crochet, 1 stitch of black and one of white.  There are two buttons and two buttonholes to fasten the cloak in front.