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I fancy knitting a poncho, anyone know of a pattern anywhere?
Tinker · 14/08/2004 19:18
I'm sure I could knit a poncho. Think the crocheted ones look nicer but can't crochet . So...
...does anyone know of a good knitting pattern for one - for me or daughter?
Thank you
kid · 15/08/2004 13:15
www.craftown.com/knit.htm
try that site, there are quite a few knitting patterns including a poncho. I can't knit but have taught myself how to crochet!
carla · 15/08/2004 13:45
Tinker, don't know of any patterns, but if you can knit you can crochet blindfolded. I learnt from a ladybird book! Go girl!
popsycal · 15/08/2004 18:34
I am a closet crocheter - it is so easy!
My mum used to have a poncho pattern in the early 80s - I had a goregeous cream and mint green one with bobbles for tassles
There must be some out there!! Want me to ask my mum if she still has the pattern - odds are that she will still have it
zippy539 · 15/08/2004 19:29
Hi Tinker - I only took up knitting a couple of months ago because I was desperate to knit dd a poncho. Couldn't get a pattern anywhere so made one up and now she has a lop sided fluffy pink thing that dh says looks like a scabby blanket. Oh well. I put an order in for a sirdar (sp?) pattern for kiddies poncho and beret which you could do a search for but am still waiting - maybe you will be luckier. My feeling is that the autumn patterns which are just out will be poncho-tastic so might be worth checking out Pattens, Rowan sites etc. Having knit dd's 'poncho' I found a great pattern for grown up version in the 'stich n' bitch' handbook plus there are adult one's in some of the recent Yaegar (sp?) books (if you do a yaegar pattern search then go to the one with the woman with the beret on the front) - the yarn is horribly expensive but you could substitute it with something cheaper. Happy knitting
zippy539 · 16/08/2004 16:24
just found this
free poncho pattern
Maybe you could adapt this pattern into something you would like?
Tinker · 16/08/2004 16:49
Oh thank you everyone. Yes, I should learn to crochet but it looks tricky.
I shall have a peek at the sites you've all suggested. Actually zippy, spotted the one you've mentioned when I was first looking - looks a bit odd though. Not sure I'm competent enough to adapt it. I can feel a purchase of a Rowan pattern coming on
tamum · 01/09/2004 22:10
Tinker, I may be too late, but I just came across this rather extensive list of free poncho patterns. Not that I wish to stop you buying patterns of course
Cam · 01/09/2004 22:24
Seeing all the ponchos in the shops has taken me back to my youth (gosh all that way I hear you say...) and reminded me that I knitted one for myself. It was practically sweeping the floor (as was the trend then) and very handy for keeping warm at those outdoor pop festivals I used to go to. It was brown (THE colour, I'll have you know). By the way, Tinker, it took ages to knit. So I won't be wearing one this time around but dd has already spotted a pink one she wants!
Demented · 01/09/2004 22:27
When it comes to knitting, crocheting or sewing I have absolutely none at all!
Joking aside I take my hat off to anyone who can make something wearable, it takes me to sew on a button or put iron-on labels onto DS1's clothes .
Dingle · 01/09/2004 22:28
If you're still interested, I do have a basic childs pattern knitted in a really fluffy, textured wool( can't think of the name of it now)
I have been told that it will knit up to a DK tension.
Had been looking myself for a while and now I haven't had chance to start it.
Can copy & post to you, or scan & email if you would like it.
I am a left handed crafty person and I hold my needles funny! Can't grasp crochet at all- must try again one day!
Grizzly · 01/09/2004 23:24
Ponchos? Are you all nuts? Only the very very thin or the very very young or the very very famous look good in a poncho
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zippy539 · 01/09/2004 23:31
hey - maybe we poncho knitters ARE very young, thin and famous...
Beetroot · 01/09/2004 23:32
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Grizzly · 01/09/2004 23:37
As I'm 42, a weight watcher and totally unknown, maybe I'm just jealous. I also couldn't knit or crochet if my life depended on it.
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