The Design

The Lucky Striped Poncho is a joyful, stripey riff on one of our favorite patterns! Inspired by our beloved Easy Folded Poncho, Kit got playful with random stripes, choosing colors and stripe widths by rolling a pair of dice. Allowing for this wonderful randomness, no two ponchos will ever be the same!

We knit our Lucky Striped Poncho in six colors of Rowan Felted Tweed, but your favorite, woolly, light DK-weight yarn will do wonderfully. (For extra colorful fun, try the ten, rainbow shades of the version we made to celebrate Jimmy Bean’s 20th anniversary!)

This 4-page pattern includes:

• Color photography by Laura Gehring
• Special Techniques:
• “Doing Random”—or how we used dice to determine the striping sequence!
• Sizing schematic
• Instructions for seaming, finishing, and blocking your piece

The Details

FINISHED SIZE
One size: 22 x 50"/56 x 127cm, before folding and seaming.

YARN
6-color version: 6 skeins Rowan Felted Tweed (191 yds/175m each). Shown on cover right in 1 skein each of Colors 170, 216, 145, 159, 153, and 211.
10-color version: 10 skeins Rowan Felted Tweed (191 yds/175m each). Shown on cover left in 1 skein each of Colors 201, 200, 222, 198, 181, 213, 204, 203, 202, and 214.
Or approx. 955 yds/873m of an equivalent DK-weight yarn. Note: If you adjust size, allow approx. 1 yd/m of yarn per knitted square inch.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 6 (4mm) needles (circular or straight), or size to obtain gauge.
Darning needle to finish.
Blocking wires (or lots of T-pins or forked blocking pins).

GAUGE
20 sts = 4"/10cm in stockinette stitch, wet-blocked and steam pressed.