Welcome to the Crochet With Us Fall Poncho CAL Part 10!

For Part 9 please visit Rhondda’s post: Crochet With Us – Fall Poncho CAL – Part 9, at Oombawka Design Crochet

If you haven’t started the CAL yet or don’t know anything about it, you can find a lot of helpful information in the Introduction Post. In the Introduction post, you will find information about the yarn options, hook sizes, finished project sizes, yarn yardages, and updated links to all parts of the CAL. After each part is published online, the link will be added to the Introduction Post, on a post by post basis.

Here’s how to participate in this CAL:

• Add this CAL to your Ravelry Queue
• Join the Crochet With Us! Ravelry group for assistance with the CAL and to share your progress
• Join the Crochet With Us Group on Facebook for assistance with the CAL – it is a lovely group filled with helpful and caring Crocheters who are happy to help each other.
• Share your progress on Instagram using #CWUPonchoCAL2015

Yarn Colors and Hook:

This post will show the poncho using Knit Picks Gloss DK and a 5.0 mm (H) hook. Colors used are as follows:

Row 1-5: Seaspray
Row 6-9: Cream
Row 10-15: Robot
Row 16-23: Seaspray
Row 24-29: Cream
Row 30-33: Robot
Row 34-37: Seaspray
Row 38-41: Cream
Row 42-45: Robot
Row 46-49: Seaspray
Row 50-55: Cream
Row 56-63: Robot
Row 64-69: Seaspray
Row 70-73: Cream
Row 74-75: Robot

Neckline: Seaspray
Edging: Robot

Option 1: Worsted Weight (Red Heart Soft) – 6.0 mm (J). Instructions are for Child Size 6.
Option 2: DK Weight (Knit Picks Gloss) – 5.0 mm (H). Instructions are for Child Size 4.

Abbreviations:

beg – beginning
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
sl st – slip stitch
st(s) – stitch(es)
sk – skip
* – Repeat the instructions between the asterisks the number of times indicated. This repeat will contain multiple instructions.

Instructions:

Now that you’ve completed your rectangles, assembled them, and added your neckline, it is now time to add your trim and fringe(optional)!

Edging:

Start by joining the yarn for your edging in the first stitch of your last row with a slip stitch (this stitch is the bottom “point” of your poncho)

Work 2 sc into this stitch

Sc evenly around the entire poncho, going up the side of the rectangle and working around the other rectangle. Make sure to work 3 sc into each corner to keep it square.

When you get back to the beginning, work one more sc into beginning st (where you started with the 2 sc)

Join in the beginning sc with a sl st.

*Ch 1, sc around the entire poncho, working 3 sc into the corners, join with a sl st in beginning sc.** Repeat from * to ** until you have the desired width of your edging. I completed 2 round of sc for my edging. If your poncho is looking a bit wonky like mine,  really recommend blocking it. It helps tremendously with the shape.

Fringe:

Cut 9 strands of yarn to approximately 12″ in length

Fold strands in half

Decide where you want to place your fringe

Insert hook into the stitch where you want to place your fringe

Gather your yarn strands onto the hook and pull partially through the stitch so that there is a loop.

Pull the tail ends through the loop

Tighten the fringe by pulling on the tail ends to tighten the loop around the strands. Trim the fringe so that it is even.

And that’s it! Just add the fringe around where you want it to be and you are all done!

Rhondda and I would like to thank you for participating in our very first CAL! We hope that you have enjoyed it as much as we have and hope that you join us for future CALs. Rhondda and I will be putting together a special giveaway for this CAL so make sure to stay tuned for that! And as always, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us!