Materials:
Size 11 US (8 mm) 35” circular CPY Bamboo needle
Size H CPY Bamboo crochet hook
10 Pony Beads 

2 balls Mikado Ribbon Strawberry Pink #2608 (Color A)
1 ball each: Mikado Ribbon 7304 Rose Quartz Mix (Color B)
Summer Net 3209 Ivory (Color C)
Summer Net 3169 Strawberry (Color D)
Choo-Choo 1777 Grape Soda (Color E)
Choo-Choo 2740 Berry Juice (Color F)

Instructions:
Poncho is worked over the following color sequence:
Color B – CO plus 10 rows
Color C – 4 rows
Color E – 8 rows
Color F – 2 rows
Color D – 4 rows
Color A – 4 rows
Color B – 8 rows
Color C – 6 rows
Color F – 2 rows
Color E – 4 rows
Color A – 6 rows
Color D – 5 rows
Color F – 2 rows
Color C – 1 row
Color B – 5 rows
Color A – 7 rows

Make 2

With Color C, CO 3.
Row 1: k3
Row 2: k1, (p1, k1, p1) in next st, k1 – 5 sts
Row 3: k1, p1, yo, p1, yo, p1, k1 – 7 sts
Row 4: k1, p1, yo, k3, yo, p1, k1 – 9 sts
Row 5: k1, p1, yo, p5, yo, p1, k1 – 11 sts
Row 6: k1, p1,yo, k7, yo, p1, k1 – 13 sts

Cont as established, knitting or purling two more sts between the yo’s on every row.

On the 4th row of the last Color B stripe, add beads in the following sequence:
Keeping to pat, k23, *bead, k9; rep from * until you have 10 beads, k rem sts while keeping to pat.

Add beads as follows:
String beads on yarn before beginning. When you come to the st where you will add the bead:
• Bring yarn to front of work.
• Slip st on left needle as if to purl.
• Draw up bead and snug up against slipped st, now on the right needle.
• Bring yarn to back of work.
• K next st on left needle tightly.

For the last 7 rows with Color A, work 3 rows as established – 149 sts

Keeping to pat, work 57 sts. Turn. Keeping to pat, work 3 more rows over these sts only. BO. Cut yarn.

Attach yarn at neck edge. BO 34 sts. Keeping to pat, work 4 rows over rem sts. BO.

Finishing:
To make X-laced seam:
With RS tog, beg at neck edge with Color B work overcast X’s over 3 sts, 1 st apart. Work 6 X’s, ¾” in length. Seam remainder of shoulders tog.  Repeat for other shoulder.

For the pink-lilac version here, the shoulders have been seamed together.

With A, work 1 rnd of sc around neck.

With A, work 2 rnds of sc around outside edges, working 3 sc in the four points.

Weave in ends on WS.

Retail shops in the USA should contact CPY Wholesale for information on purchasing Crystal Palace Yarns.

or write to:
Crystal Palace Yarns, 160 23rd Ave, Richmond, CA 94804
phone: 510-237-9988,  fax: 510-237-9809

Last revision of this page February 04, 2007