How to Crochet a Poncho

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Crocheting your first poncho is a rewarding accomplishment. Use patience and the easiest stitches to create a cherishable handmade wearable you'll be proud of. Top it off with fringes, a braided string and decorative crocheted motifs.

Steps

  1. Pick the colours of your poncho. Choose your colour scheme based on nature, your favourite colours or a colour wheel. You can experiment by mixing textures and yarn materials to create a unique look, or make it uniform in texture and colour for a neat appearance. Crochet yarn materials to choose from include:
    • Wool: lamb, merino, virgin, Shetland and Icelandic
    • Fleece: Cashmere, mohair and Angora
    • Silk
    • Cotton
    • Rayon
    • Novelty: Ribbon, chenille, faux fur and railroad ribbon
  2. Size your poncho. Make a gauge square with treble/triple crochet stitches. Determine by measuring your gauge, the width that's required to circle around you at the bottom.
  3. Crochet a foundation chain. Stitch to how wide you've determined your poncho needs to be. Sl st (slip stitch) into the first chain.
  4. Stitch using Tr (treble/triple crochet) around the foundation chain. Tr throughout the entire poncho to the height that you want it to be. Ch 2 (chain 2) after every tr. Decrease until you reach the desired length and width at the top. Sc (single crochet) around the top.
  5. Cut yarn to add a fringe to the poncho. Cut six strands of yarn. Measure six strings of yarn 1 1/2 arm lengths long.
  6. Align them together. Then tie a knot leaving a fringe at the end.
  7. Braid the yarn. Separate the six strings of yarn into sections of two. Braid these together until you match the length of the fringe in the beginning of the strings. Tie a knot to match the same fringe length as the knot in the top.
  8. Weave the braided yarn through the top ch2 stitches. Starting in the middle of the top of the poncho, pull the braided string gently through each ch2 that's between the tr stitches.
  9. Wash the poncho by hand.
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