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 This
page has a generator (program) to create a pattern to let you knit a
poncho pattern in your size using your own yarn. It has lots
of options for shaping. It's really 4 poncho shapes in one generator!
Two of the shapes are "officially" two panel ponchos, and two are
"officially" one panel ponchos. (But you knit them all in one piece
with short rows to shape.) You'll see a lot of explanation to
help you decide how to design yours. Scroll down and fiddle with the generator to understand though.
Feb. 15, 2004
Lucia Liljegren
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Charlene
asked what's a "generator"? So, I told her, a web based
program to create a pattern in your own knit gauge and your own
size. I think I made the word up...
Anyway, she replied.. "Well.. I guess I'd like a poncho generator!"
Well... she was the first to use the Poncho II generator. You can
see her poncho, and my poncho and schematics of these ponchos by
clicking Charlene's
Poncho page.
Charlene's question made me realize that I also really, really
needed some ponchos.
The fashion designers have been showing lots of ponchos on the runways,
so I guess they are "in". They are also amazingly practical for travel,
and I'm going to on vacation next week. (I've got to escape freezing
cold Chicago!)
I've written two poncho pattern generators now. The first was hand
knit top down. I made that poncho for my doll. I wanted to gain
confidence with the shoulder shaping and I didn't want to waste
yarn.
Hand knitters will probably like that poncho shape. You
can see that poncho generator here: Poncho
I
So.. my poncho and Charlene's are different from each other, right? Well,
you can create patterns for either one at this web page.
As you can see, one poncho is wider than the other. Charlene's poncho and gray
poncho below are the style I call "medium" on this page. My pink
one is the "wide" version. There are 4 widths all together, and you can choose any on this page.
The gray poncho below is knit from Brown Sheep Nature Spun
fingering yarn, which I bought on
1 lb cones. The poncho took about 6-8 ounces of yarn. The
gauge is
about 7 st/in. The pink poncho is knit from yarn I impulse bought
when I passed a yarn store while on vacation 5 years ago. The
yarn was cheap,
cheap,
yeap!!! And it's very soft, warm, and 100% wool. The yarn
is
amazingly thin; I used 2 strands to obtain a
gauge of 8 st/in. (We all have impluse buy yarn... right?
And we have no clue what gauge it's going to knit up to? That's why we
all
need generators!)
Notice the pink "wide" poncho flares out more than the medium poncho.
This page permits you to generate ponchos with 4 basic flare
types, which I call "slim", "medium", "wide" and "full". Many of
the ponchos on the runway are of the "slim" variety, which is slimmer
than either shown here. I'm going to knit myself one of those in
turquoise tomorrow on Monday, so you'll see a blurry picture of that
poncho soon. I also programmed a really, really full
poncho, which I call full. See how I'm holding my arms to the
side in the pink one? Well, if it were "full", I'd be able to hold them
straight out and the poncho would just drape down. I'm not
planning to make the "full" poncho. However, the full poncho
would be great to wear camping; it would give you lots of room for arm
movement.
Anyway, scroll down, and create your own pattern.
Lucia
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