​Red Crochet Poncho

You’ll need:

400g of red Merino Extrafine (100% sheep wool; 125m/50g);

Crochet hooks 4 and 4,5;

Circular knitting needles 4,5.

Instructions

For upper stripe of flower motifs connect 24 flower motifs (12 x 2 motifs size) and circle it in the ring.

For lower stripe, connect 36 flower motifs (18 x 2 motifs size) and circle it in the ring. Make 120 double crochets along the upper edge of upper stripe (= 10 double crochets for each motif) = base circle row for net pattern. Work with the crochet hook 4, start with 3 chain sts increase instead os the 1^st double crochet and finish with 1 slip st in the 3^rd chain st increase. Then, work with net pattern, make 5 chain sts for each arch in the 1^st-4^th circle row, make 4 chain sts for each arch in the 5^th-7^th circle rows. Finish your work for neck-hole after the 7^th circle row. Make 215 double crochets along the lower edge of upper stripe (= 18 double crochets for 11 motifs and 17 double crochets for 1 motif). Then, work with net pattern, make 5 chain sts for each arch in the 1^st-6^th circle row, make 6 chain sts for each arch in the 7^th-8^th circle rows. Leave all the sts after the 8^th circle row. Make 215 double crochets (= 12 double crochets for 17 motifs and 11 double crochets for 1 motif). Connect the lower flower stripe with the last row of net pattern in the next row in the following way: 1 chain st instead of the 1^st single crochet, * 3 chain sts, 1 single crochet in the arch of net pattern, 3 chain sts, 1 single crochet in the next 5^th double crochet of the circle row of double crochets*; repeat from * to *, finish with 3 chain sts, 1 single crochet in the last arch of net pattern, 3 chain sts, 1 slip st in chain st increase. Make fringe of picots along the lower edge of lower stripe, make 272 single crochets in the 1^st circle row (= 15 single crochets for 16 motifs and 16 single crochets for 2 motifs).

Assembly

Cast on 132 sts along the neck-hole with circular knitting needles and make collar with rib in circle rows. At 21 cm height of the collar, bind off all the sts due to the pattern.

Make flower and sew it to the poncho.