Pretty Poppy Poncho
August has arrived and, with it, hopes of cooler days to come! Soon it will be the middle of September and My Sister Knits has the perfect transitional poncho, ideal for those eagerly anticipated cooler evenings!
Poppy Poncho!
The Poppy Poncho, currently on display in the shop, is ideal for late-summer knitting. It has a soothing six-row pattern that repeats throughout the poncho. Fingering weight yarn is used, making it a lightweight project. By the time it’s finished, the weather should be perfect for it! There are many excellent summer knitting projects and this is one of them!
Shibui Lunar and Silk Cloud combinations.
The design has five rows that are either knit or purl and one row of a ‘knit two together, yarn over’ pattern. The shop sample has two yarns held together throughout, Shibui Lunar and Silk Cloud. These are two lace weight yarns that roughly equal fingering weight when combined. When knitting with two yarns held together, treat them as one strand of yarn, that’s all there is to it!
As you’re creating your Poppy Poncho, you may think that it won’t be large enough. Never fear, when blocked it relaxes and stretches out quite a bit! As always, we suggest a gauge swatch!
There is a small bit of seaming involved. You do not need to use an ‘official’ seaming technique. All you need to do is stitch the sides together however you like, leaving a 12 inch opening. Do this at the very end, after blocking.
Here is a small sample of the Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Light colors that we have in stock.
If you’d rather use a single strand of yarn, we think that Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Light or Biches and Buches Le Petit Lambswool would be two good choices for a lovely, light-as-a-feather poncho. The gauge for Poppy is loose, therefore almost any fingering weight yarn will work nicely. A speckled or variegated yarn can also be used! Be aware that some of the lace design will be camouflaged but if you find a yarn you’re in love with, go for it!
Biches and Buches Le Petit Lambswool, again just a small sample of the available colors!
If you use a superwash yarn. your finished project will be heavier which may or may not be a consideration for you. You’ll usually be able to tell by looking at the label. If it says the yarn can be machine washed or if there is an ‘sw’ next to the words ‘wool’ or ‘merino’, then it’s a superwashed yarn. Here is an interesting article that explains what superwash yarn is in detail!
We love this delicate, lacy garment and hope you will, too!
Happy knitting,
