Toddler Poncho

Since car seats aren’t particularly friendly to coats, I decided that my youngest should probably have some ponchos for colder weather. When she outgrew her first one, I was a bit more confident in my design abilities and created this one for her.

Terms to Know

• ch: chain
• tch: turning chain
• sc: single crochet
• slst: slip stitch
• hdc: half double crochet
• inc: increase
• iris: 2dc, ch1, 2dc all into the same st
• dc: double crochet
• sk: skip
• ch-sp: chain space
• st: stitch
• FO: finish off
• ()*#: Repeat instructions within parentheses the number of times indicated
• (): number of stitches in the row

Materials

• yarn (880yd)
• G/4.00mm hook
• yarn needle
• ribbon (approx. 2ft)

Collar

R1: ch6 (6)

R2: 5sc, tch (5)

**all BLO from here**

R3: 5sc, tch (5)

R4: sc, ch3, sk3, sc, tch (5)

R5-9: 5sc, tch (5 rows, 25 st)

R10-69: Repeat R4-9 10 times

R70: sc, ch3, sk3, sc, tch (5)

R71-72: 5sc, tch (2 rows, 20st)

R73: turn project and crochet down the side, placing one st in each row: 72sc, tch (72)

Body

**work in the round, joining each row with a slst**

R1: (5hdc, inc)*12 (84)

R2: (6hdc, inc)*12 (96)

R3: (7hdc, inc)*12 (108)

R4: (8hdc, inc)*12(120)

R5: (iris, sk3)x30

R6: slst to ch-sp, ch2, (iris in ch-sp)*30 (150)

R7: (iris in next 4 ch-sp, 2 iris in same ch-sp)* 6 (180)

R8-9: (iris in ch-sp)*36 (2 rows, 360st)

R10: 180hdc (180)

R11: (14hdc, inc)*12 (192)

R12: (15hdc, inc)*12 (204)

R13: (16hdc, inc)*12 (216)

R14: (iris, sk3)*54 (270)

R15: slst to ch-sp, ch2, 54 iris in ch-sp (270)

R16: (iris in next 8 ch-sp, 2 iris in same ch-sp)* 6) (300)

R17-20: 60 iris in ch-sp (4 rows, 1200st)

R21: 300hdc (300)

R22: (24hdc, inc)*12 (312)

R22: (25hdc, inc)*12 (324)

R24: 26hdc, inc)*12 (336)

R25: (iris, sk3)*84 (420)

R26: slst to ch-sp, ch2, 84 iris in ch-sp (420)

R27: (iris in next 13 ch-sp, 2 iris in same ch-sp)*6 (450)

R28:-29: 90 irish in ch-sp (2 rows, 900st)

R30: (iris in next 14 ch-sp, 2 iris in same ch-sp)*6 (480)

R31: 96 iris in ch-sp (480)

R32: 480hdc (480)

R33: (39hdc, inc)*12 (492)

R34: (40hdc, inc)*12 (504)

R35: 504hdc (504)

R36: slst to ch-sp, ch2, (iris, sk3)*126 (504)

R37: (iris in next 20 ch-sp, 2 iris in same ch-sp)*6 (660)

R38-39: 132 iris in ch-sp (2 rows, 1320st)

R40: (iris in next 21 ch-sp, 2 iris in same ch-sp)*6 (690)

R41-42: 138 iris in ch-sp (2 rows, 1380)

FO

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