Amelia Poncho Sweater

Skill Level:

Finished Size: 24 mo. 2T-3T. Pattern can easily be adjusted smaller or larger.

Materials:

• Caron Cakes Yarn: 1 cake
• 6.0mm (J) crochet hook
• 6-¾" buttons

Gauge: 4" square = 15 sts x 9 rows


Abbreviations, Notes and Tips:

• HDV: half double V stitch
• Special Stitch: HDV: HDC, Ch 1, HDC all in same stitch.
• Note: Ch stitches at beginning of rows do not count as a stitch.

Instructions:

Foundation: Ch 54.

• Row 1: In third ch from hook, HDV, *skip 2, HDV, repeat from * across (18 HDV sts)
• Row 2-32: Ch 2, HDV in the ch space and in all the ch spaces across (18 HDV sts)
• Row 33: Ch 2, HDV in next 5 ch spaces, Ch 24, skip 8 ch spaces, HDV in last 5 ch spaces
• Row 34: Ch 2, HDV across, working 8 HDV sts into the chain stitches (you will have to go into a ch stitch, not just the space) (18 HDV sts)
• Row 35-65: Ch 2, HDV across (18 HDV sts)
When you reach the end of the last row, ch 1 and SC around the entire piece until you come back to the corner where you started. This creates the SC edging.

To create the ribbed edging (on the long sides of the poncho):


• Ch 7, sc in second ch from hook, *sl st to the sc sc stitch of your edging, sl st into the next st, ch 1, BLO Sc across, ch 1 and durn, BLO SC across, repeat from * un til you finish that side of the poncho.
• SC across the short edge of the poncho (Row 1 or 65), repeat the ribbing when you get to the next corner, SC across the second short edge. Join to the ribbing with sl st and tie off.


To create the neck:


• The ch sts in Row 33 created a head hole in the middle of the poncho. SC around this hole once. Join to your first SC with sl st.
• Ch 11, and repeat the ribbing process described for the ribbed edging (but with 10 SC instead of 6). When you finish the entire neck, seam the ends together by working sl sts through your first and last rows of ribbing.
Adding buttons:
• Place 6 buttons evenly spaced in the bottom third of the poncho. Using a yarn needle, sew through BOTH layers of the poncho. You could also work through just the front layer of the poncho if you want the front and back to be loose.