Beige Poncho with Square Motifs
You’ll need:
600g of beige Sportic yarn (70% polyacryl, 30% wool; 75m/50g);
Long circle knitting needles 6.
Size: one size.
Used Patterns
Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls, in circle row – knit sts;
Wrong-side pattern: in RS row – purls, in WS row – knit sts, in circle row – purls;
Big pearled pattern: 1st row: 1 knit st, 1 purl by turn;
2nd and 4th rows: due to the ornament;
3rd row: 1 purl, 1 knit st by turn.
Repeat 1st-4th rows.
Cross pattern: 2 row of stockinette stitch, 2 rows of wrong-side pattern by turn.
Relief motif (18 sts wide): due to the scheme, on which only RS rows are stated, make WS rows due to the ornament or as stated, yarn overs – as purls. Repeat 1st-34th rows x once.
Patterns order A (18 sts wide): 34 rows of big pearled pattern, 34 rows of relief motif, 34 rows of big pearled pattern, 34 rows of relief motif, 34 rows of cross pattern.
Patterns order B (18 sts wide): 34 rows of cross pattern, 34 rows of big pearled pattern, 34 rows of cross pattern, 34 rows of big pearled pattern, 34 rows of relief motif.
Patterns order c (18 sts wide): 34 rows of relief motif, 34 rows of cross pattern, 34 rows of relief motif, 34 rows of cross pattern and 34 rows of big pearled pattern.
Stitches control: 14 sts x 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Front/Back
Cast on 92 sts and knit in the following way: 1 selvage st, 18 sts of patterns order A, 18 sts of patterns order B, 18 sts of patterns order C, 18 sts of patterns order A, 18 sts of patterns order C, 1 selvage st. In 39,5 cm = 102 rows from the set-up row, bind off 36 sts from the left side for V-shaped neck-hole = 56 sts. In 65,5 cm = 170 rows from the set-up row, bind off all the sts.
Assembly
Make shoulder seams, cast on 154 sts along the neck-hole line and work with cross pattern, but at first, make 2 circle rows of wrong-side pattern and make 3 sts of front and back together as broaching in the center (slip knit2tog, 1 knit st, draw it through the slipped sts). At 4 cm height of the placket = 10 circle rows, bind off the rest 114 sts as knit sts.