BASIC PONCHO PATTERN
To fit an Adult 21-22" 54-57cm Head size...72sts
If it needs to be bigger add multiples of 8sts, don't make it too tight, you can always fill in a neck line with a few extra rounds or an additional cowl, but you can't take sts out.
NOTE: The yarn is acrylic and i found over time it stretched a little so on looking back don't make it to big either!
Not the best pictures but it gives you an idea of what it looks like on
I have used James C Brett Marble and a 6mm hook
Ch 72, sl st into a circle don't twist it.
ROUND 1: ch2 as first dc, dc in first 2sts, miss a st, ch1, do 1dc in next 3 sts, miss a sts ch1, 1dc in the next 3 sts. repeat to end. [18 granny shells]
Looks a bit like a small ladder
ROUND 2: sl st in each st to the next space, 3dc ch2, 3dc in the frst space ch 1 then 3dc, ch1, in the next 8 spaces, then 3dc, 2ch, 3dc in the 10th space then 3dc, ch1 in the next 8 spaces, sl st to finish.
basically a granny square with 2 corners and a hole in the middle.
ROUND 3: to the number of rounds you want : REPEAT a granny shell in each space, with a ch1 space, and 2granny shells, ch2 between for the points.
This would be your basic granny poncho.
MY VERSION...turned 90deg and wrist warmers added...
I started by adding in some rows of single dc, one in each st then back to granny shells
I am not a lover of 'v' necks on me so I turned it around so the pointed bits were on my shoulders and I had a boat neck wide across the shoulders....nothing more than turning it 90degrees no pattern changes at this point
I kept going until I had 24 rows completed.
ROWS1-5 GRANNY SHELLS
ROWS 6-9 SINGLE DC
ROWS 10-14 GRANNY SHELLS
ROWS 15-21 SINGLE DC
ROWS 22- 24 GRANNY SHELLS
THEN THE WRIST WARMERS WERE ADDED
to the pointed bits.
ROW 1: counting the point as number one, count 6 spaces from the point each side and add a marker.
this MARKER is the space you will stop and start in for the wrist warmers and the main body of the poncho.
DO NOT REMOVE MARKERS UNTIL THE SLEEVES AND THE BODY ARE FINISHED
Starting at the first marked space, do a granny shell in that space and one in the next 4 spaces, (5granny shells)
do one granny shell, ch3, 1granny shell in the point,
then a granny shell in the next 5 spaces, up to the space with the next marker in,
now the fiddly bit.
Bring the two markers side by side and sl st into the first granny shell of the wrist warmer making a complete circle,
ROW 2: TO THE LENGTH REQUIRED
Sl st to the next space and repeat ROW1. (12 granny shells in each row.)
I did 12 rows to fit me but crochet as many rows as you feel you need. This made a length I felt was comfortable to the wrist with a deep pointed turn back cuff.
repeat on the other point for the second wrist warmer.
THE BODY
ROWS 25-29 GRANNY SHELLS
ROWS 30-44 SINGLE DC
Back to finish the body of the poncho
Start at the marker and finishing at the marker, work back and forth with the remaining 29 spaces
(29 spaces for the back, 29 spaces for the front).
Working the back and the front separately and do as many rows as you need to make it a length you require.
I made mine another 20 rows longer.
In total the body of the poncho from neck to hem is 44 rows long...but I am short so you may need to add a few more rows.
sew up the side seams of the body to finish.
I have to say laid out it does look like a very wide jumper and a slightly strange shape, but on.....
it falls well and feels comfortable and snugly
I might add a cowl to it as it gets colder or I might just make one that slips over the head and sits as if it is attached.
UPDATE: I wore it to death and loved it, got lots of compliments when i did wear it, its still hanging in the wardrobe but over the years its stretched so the sleeves are now a little longer than they were lol. Not worn it for ages, but cant part with it
FOUND A COUPLE OF PAPER DOLLS......
Based on drawings l used 20yrs ago when l was designing kids fashions....made with a die cut heart to hide a littl message...and hand drawn and cut outs...memories of a past life
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