City Basket Poncho 1 – All colors

CITY basketball poncho 1 is designed by Ingunn Birkeland for Pickles!

The poncho is worked in the garter stitch technique and consists of 4 squares (modules) that are knitted together at an angle. It may look complicated, but it’s really quite easy once you’ve knitted a few squares and understood the system. This is one of those knits that is hard to put down, because you just have to see how it turns out with one more square!

The yarn package contains all the colors used in the original. We have made it possible to omit certain colors in the yarn packages if you already have the color from before, so you can use yarn from the warehouse but still get Ingunn’s original curated color expression.

  • SIZE Onesize. For larger or smaller; add or subtract the same number of stitches in both directions. If necessary, calculate a new size based on the measurement from the neckline to how far down the arms you want the poncho to fall.
  • GARMENT DIMENSIONS WITHOUT WINDBAND AND EDGE Note that the measurements are approximate since there is a lot of stretch due to the technique being worked in both directions. Arm length (from neckline to bottom of arm): 60 cm
  • YARN Pure wool, 100% wool (100 g = 380 m), Pickles Summer wool, 50% lambswool and 45% organic cotton (50 g = 175 m), Pickles Soft fuzz, 53% alpaca and 47% wool (50 g = 195 m), Pickles Soft Merino, 100% merino (50 g = 125 m), Pickles
  • CA YARN QUANTITY Peppermint (Light mint green), Soft merino: 3 skeins Snøskred (White), Pure wool: 3 skeins One skein of each of the other colors.
  • ABOUT THE COLORS AND YARN QUALITIES IN COMBINATION Colors with strong contrasts will make a less neat transition between the squares where they are knitted together, while colors in the same denomination (strength) will have nice, smooth transitions. The colors in this pattern have been carefully test-knitted and placed where they are to ensure the best possible transitions between them. Note that other combinations may result in uneven transitions, but you can test this out in a test patch. Black and white, for example, can be difficult to get right. In addition to color/color contrast, there are some yarns that work better in the transitions. Soft fuzz is very opaque and fine, while soft merino is challenging because it has so much resilience, which is why there are only two colors with this quality in the pattern. Pure Wool and Summer Wool both work well.
  • INSTRUCTIVE NEEDLE NUMBERS For garter stitch: circular needles no. 3 minimum 60 cm long (shorter needles can also be used) For purl neckline: circular needle no. 2 (possibly 2.5) 60-80 cm long For bottom edge: circular needle no. 3 minimum 150 cm long
  • EQUIPMENT X number of large and medium-sized safety pins, e.g. 5 packs of large safety pins from Pickles.
  • KNITTING STRENGTH (measured in Pure Wool) 24 sts and 38 rows stockinette stitch on needle size 3 = approx. 10 x 10 cm Since it is knitted in two directions, the knitting tension is only stated in stitches. Several types of yarn are used, but since it is mostly Pure Wool, it is this quality that is measured. The technique creates a lot of elasticity, and the knitting tension and measurements may vary from person to person.

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