DROPS Design: Pattern no cm-129 Yarn group B ------------------------------------------------------- SIZES: S/M - L/XL - XXL/XXXL MATERIALS: DROPS COTTON MERINO from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group B) 550-600-650 g color 28, powder CROCHET GAUGE: 18 double crochets in width and 9 rows in height = 10 cm x 10 cm = 4” x 4”. CROCHET HOOK: DROPS CROCHET HOOK SIZE 4 MM = US 6. Hook size is only a guide. If you get too many stitches on 10 cm = 4”, change to a larger hook size. If you get too few stitches on 10 cm = 4”, change to a smaller hook size.

EXPLANATIONS FOR THE PATTERN: ------------------------------------------------------- CHAIN STITCH: If you work outermost on the hook the chain stitch will often be too tight; 1 chain stitch should be as long as 1 double crochet is wide. CROCHET INFORMATION: At the beginning of a round of double crochets, work 3 chain stitches. These chain stitches do not replace the first double crochet but are in addition. The round finishes with 1 slip stitch in the 3rd chain stitch at the beginning of the round. PATTERN: See diagrams A.1 to A.4. INCREASE TIP: Increase 1 double crochet by working 2 double crochets in one stitch.

START THE PIECE HERE: ------------------------------------------------------- PONCHO ¬– SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE: The piece is worked in the round, top down. First you increase mid-front, mid back and on each shoulder. Then just mid-front and mid-back. NECK: Work 137-137-153 chain stitches – read CHAIN STITCH with hook size 4 MM = US 6 and Cotton Merino. Form them into a ring with 1 slip stitch in the first chain stitch. Work 3 chain stitches – read CROCHET INFORMATION, then 1 double crochet in each of the 136-136-152 chain stitches. Insert a marker thread at the beginning of the round. Allow the thread to follow your work onwards – it marks the beginning of the round. Now work pattern as follows: A.1a over the first 32-32-36 stitches (= 8-8-9 repeats of 4 stitches), A.1b over the next 2 stitches (= mid-back), A.1a over the next 32-32-36 stitches (= 8-8-9 repeats of 4 stitches), A.1b over the next 2 stitches (= right shoulder), A.1a over the next 32-32-36 stitches (= 8-8-9 repeats of 4 stitches), A.1b over the next 2 stitches (= mid-front), A.1a over the next 32-32-36 stitches (= 8-8-9 repeats of 4 stitches), A.1b over the next 2 stitches (= left shoulder), REMEMBER THE CROCHET GAUGE! When A.1a and A.1b have been completed, continue with A.2a over A.1a and A.2b over A.1b. When you have completed round 5 in the diagrams, the increases on the shoulders are finished. On the next round (= round 6 in the diagrams) continue the pattern, but over the second and fourth increase (i.e. on the shoulders) work 3 double crochets around the chain-space in the middle of the shoulder = 121-121-129 double crochets on each side between the increases mid-front and mid-back. Continue working until A.2a and A.2b are finished (= 33-33-35 chain-spaces between the chain-spaces mid-front and mid-back).

Now continue as follows: Work A.3a until there is 1 chain-space left before the increase mid-back, A.3b over the next 3 chain-spaces, A.3a until there is 1 chain-space left before the increase mid-front, A.3b over the next 3 chain-spaces and A.3a to the end of the round. When the diagrams are finished, there are 152-152-160 double crochets on each side of the increases mid-front and mid-back. Now repeat rows 3 and 4 in the diagrams 1 more time, at the same time on row 4 increase 6 double crochets on the round – 3 double crochets on each side of the increases mid-front and mid back – read INCREASE TIP = 163-163-171 double crochets on each side of the increases mid-front and mid back. Now work 1 slip stitch in each of the first 3 stitches on the round; this is so the pattern will fit on the round. Continue from round 7 (marked in the diagrams) as follows: Work A.2a until there are 14 double crochets left before the increase mid-back, A.2b (= increase), A.2a until there are 14 double crochets left before the increase mid-front, A.2b (= increase), A.2a to the end of the round. Continue like this. When the 3 rounds of chain-spaces have been worked, repeat the last round in the diagrams until you have a total of 6 rounds of chain-spaces = 48-48-49 chain-spaces between the increases mid-front and mid-back.

Then continue as follows: Work A.4a until there is 1 chain-space left before the increase mid-back, A.4b over the next 3 chain-spaces (= increase), A.4a until there is 1 chain-space left before the increase mid-front, A.4b over the next 3 chain-spaces (= increase), A.4a to the end of the round. When the diagrams have been completed, there are 221-221-229 double crochets on each side of the increases mid-front and mid back. The piece measures approx. 40 cm = 15 3/4" along the increase mid-back in all sizes. Now work 1 slip stitch in each of the first 2 stitches; this is so the pattern will fit on the round. Continue as follows: Work A.2a until there are 3 double crochets left before the increase mid-back, A.2b (= increase), A.2a until there are 3 double crochets left before the increase mid-front, A.2b (= increase), A.2a to the end of the round. When the diagrams have been completed, there are 64-64-66 chain-spaces between the increases mid-front and mid-back. Continue as follows: Work A.3a until there is 1 chain-space left before the increase mid-back, A.3b (= increase), A.3a until there is 1 chain-space left before the increase mid-front, A.3b (= increase), A.3a to the end of the round. Finish the different sizes as follows:

Sizes S/M and L/XL: When round 3 in the diagrams has been worked the poncho is finished. Cut and fasten the strand. Size XXL/XXXL: When the diagrams have been completed, work round 3 one more time. Finish the round with 1 slip stitch. Cut and fasten the strand. NECK: Work 1 double crochet in each chain stitch around the neck – remember CROCHET INFORMATION. Cut and fasten the strand. Diagram All measurements in charts are in cm. symbols = 1 chain stitch - if you work outermost on the hook the chain stitch will often be too tight; 1 chain stitch should be as long as 1 double crochet is wide. symbols = 3 chain stitches symbols = 4 chain stitches symbols = 1 double crochet in stitch below symbols = 1 double crochet around chain-space