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My husband has wanted a knitted poncho based on the one Clint Eastwood made famous in “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” for several years. The larger version will be available in early 2014, for now this pattern contains instruction for a baby poncho, “binkie” and beanie.

I used Armenian stranding throughout the pieces. This eliminates floats and gives a rustic look to the work. It also imparts characteristics of a woven fabric and the work will tend not to stretch and “grow”. You should use the colorwork method you are most comfortable with, but you might want to give Armenian stranding a try, there are a number of good video tutorials online.

The yarn used is light worsted weight, giving a light weight, warm finished product. If you are using a heavier yarn or want to use another color work method, adjust gauge accordingly.

The charts are created on my product, KnitStitch Graph Paper, available in pdf form from patternfish.com - http://www.patternfish.com/patterns/7821

Finished sizes – Beanie – adult head sizes, Baby and Binkie – 17 ½” wide by 19” long

GAUGE: Over stockinette stitch, with Armenian Stranding 3.5 st, 3.5 rows per inch

MATERIALS AND TOOLS:
Size 10 ½ knitting needles, I used 24” circular needles
Size J crochet hook
Yarn needle
Baby and Binkie
Paton Classic Wool (Baby mode used Deep Olive & Winter White, Beanie used Heather Moss and Winter White) – Baby will use 6 ounces Deep Olive, 3 ounces of Winter White. Binkie will use 3 ounces of Deep Olive and 1 ½ ounces of Winter White Beanie 2 ½ oz Heather Moss, ¾ oz Winter White
Binkie – backing fabric, if desired