Pattern available from LoveCrafts
Coming soon to Etsy

Kirsche is an oversized poncho that is worked from the bottom front hem around the shoulders and then down to the back bottom hem. The sides are held together by two buttons that are placed in the ribbing.

Kirsche can be worn with or without the matching cowl. Instructions for both patterns are included in this design. This design goes well with leggings or jeans, just throw it on over anything, when you’re headed out on a chilly autumn day.

The recommended yarn is Merino DK from Rohrspatz & Wollmeise. The model shown is worked in the colorway “Dunkle Kirsche”.

Kirsche ist ein übergroßer Poncho, der in einem Stück vom vorderen Saum über die Schulter bis zum hinterem Saum gestrickt wird. Die Seiten werden durch zwei Knöpfe zusammen gehalten, die am Rippenmuster angebracht werden.

Dieser Poncho kann entweder mit oder ohne den passenden Loopschal getragen werden. Dieses Strickstück passt gut zu Jeans oder Leggings. Man kann ihn einfach an einem kühlen Tag über den Kopf ziehen.

Das eingesetzte Garn ist Merino DK von Rohrspatz & Wollmeise in der Farbe “Dunkle Kirsche”.

DIFFICULTY
Advanced Beginner to Intermediate
Required skills: provisional cast on, working cable pattern stitches, picking up stitches from a finished edge, working button holes

GAUGE
20 stitches x 32 rows over 4 inches (10 cm) in stockinette stitch on size US 6 (4.0 mm) needles, measured on a washed and blocked swatch.
24 stitches x 32 rows over 4 inches (10 cm) in zig zag stitch.

NEEDLES
US Size 6 (4.0 mm) for body (or size needed to get gauge);
US Size 4 (3.5 mm) for ribbing;
A crochet hook for the provisional cast on.

MATERIALS
Buttons - 2 or more large buttons to close the side seams
Yarn - Yardage depends on the yarn you decide to use. Estimated requirements using Merino DK from Rohrspatz & Wollmeise yarns; 468 yards / 428 meters per 200 gram skein:
Poncho: 4 (4, 5, 5, 6) skeins or about 1700 (1800, 2100, 2300, 2475) yds / 1550 (1650, 1920, 2100, 2250) meters.
Cowl: 1 skein or about 425 yds / 390 meters.

LANGUAGES
This pattern is available in both English and German.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Poncho Width: 32.5 (34, 36.5, 39, 41.5) inches or 82.5 (86.5, 93, 99, 105.5) cm
Poncho Length (shoulder to hem): 27 (28, 29, 30, 30) inches or 68.5 (71, 73.5, 76, 76) cm
Cowl Circumference: 24 inches or 61 cm
Cowl Length: 18 inches or 46 cm

Please contact me if you need any help with this or any of my patterns.