MATERIALS
Caron International's Simply Soft color #9742 Grey Heather (MC): 2 skeins;
Caron International's Pizazz color #0006 Southwest (CC): 2 balls;
#8 hand knitting needle (OR SIZE TO ACHIEVE GAUGE)
tapestry needle or bodkin
H crochet hook
13" wide piece of cardboard.
GAUGE
With MC in pat st: 17 sts & 24 rows = 4"
STITCH
stockinette stitch (st st): Row 1 (right side): knit. Row 2: purl. Repeat Rows 1
& 2 for pat st.
Note: Poncho is knitted in one piece, woven, then seamed and fringed.
INSTRUCTIONS:
With MC, cast on 70 sts. Work in pat st until piece measures 48" ending with WS row.
Knit 13 sts. *Drop next st from needle. Knit 13 sts.* Rep bet *’s 3 more times: 4 sts
dropped. Bind off across, making a very large bound-off stitch where the stitch has
been dropped. Unravel the dropped stitches to the cast-on row.
FINISHING
With CC, cut eight 60" long strips and press flat using a warm (not hot) steam iron.
Thread the tapestry needle or bodkin with one of the strips of CC and weave through
the dropped-stitch sections as follows (note: the rows in the dropped-stitch sections will be referred to as "rungs"): skip 4 rungs, insert needle and go over and under 4 rungs at a time. Thread through CC so there is approx 6" extending on both ends of the knitting. Repeat the threading but alternating going under and over 4 rungs.
Work 1 row sc followed by 1 row backwards crochet along one edge. Fold piece in half so it now measures 16" x 24". Place a marker 12" from the fold on the unfinished
edge. Sew the seam from the open edge to the marker.
Make fringe: Press 15 yards of CC flat. Wind CC around cardboard 42 times & cut
along one edge. Wind MC around cardboard 80 times & cut along one edge. There
will be Starting at one open end, hold 2 str CC tog and make 1 fringe at end. *Hold 4
strands of MC tog and make 1 fringe approx 3/4" from CC fringe. Repeat the CC and
MC fringe before reaching the woven stitch. Make 1 fringe of CC and attach it around the woven CC, incorporating the woven CC into the fringe.* Repeat bet *’s across, ending with one CC fringe.
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