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FINISHED SIZE

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FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Length: 36 inches tip to tip across bottom edge Depth: 10 inches, excluding Trim Neck circumference: 32 inches

MATERIALS

• Rozetti Yarn Lumen Multi light (DK) weight cotton/ viscose yarn (13/4 oz/ 134 yds/50g per ball): 4 balls #205 xenon • Size I/9/5.5mm Tunisian crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle

GAUGE

14 extended Tunisian knit sts = 4 inches and 7 rows = 4 inches after blocking

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work progresses. In Tunisian crochet the first loop on hook counts as first stitch. Chain-1 at beginning of each row is to bring this first stitch up to the height of an extended Tunisian knit stitch. At starting chains, the loop on hook and the first chain skipped count as an extended Tunisian knit stitch.

SPECIAL STITCHES

Extended Tunisian knit stitch (ETKS): Insert hook from front to back between vertical bars of next st, yo, draw up a lp, ch 1. When working last st of

the row, insert hook under both vertical strands, yo, draw up lp, ch 1. Work loops off hook: Ch 1, [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] rep until 1 lp rem on hook. Last lp on hook counts as first lp of next row. Joining work loops off hook: Insert hook in indicated st, yo, draw up lp, [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] rep until 1 lp rem on hook. Last lp on hook counts as first lp of next row.

Clones knot: [Yo, swing hook under ch from front to back, catch yarn and draw up lp to front] 3 times, yo, draw through 7 lps on hook, ch 1 to close knot.

PONCHO NECK EDGE

Band 1 Row 1: Ch 63, sk first ch, [insert hook in back bar of next ch

(see illustration), draw up lp, ch 1] 12 times, leave rem 50 chs unworked; work lps off hook (see Special Stitches). (13 lps) Row 2: Ch 1, ETKS (see Special Stitches) in each st across, work lps off hook. (13 ETKS) Rows 3–27: Rep row 2.

Band 2

Row 1: Ch 1, ETKS in each st across, being careful not to twist ch, bring beg of unworked foundation ch to meet work, [insert hook into next ch, draw up lp, ch 1] across unworked ch and continue across opposite side of ch worked in row 1 of Band 1, work lps off hook. (76 ETKS)

Row 2: Ch 1, ETKS in each st across, work lps off hook. (76 ETKS) Rows 3–6: Rep row 2.

Band 3

Turn work 90 degrees clockwise.

Row 1: Ch 13, sk first ch, [insert hook in back bar of next ch, draw up lp, ch 1] 12 times; working perpendicular to band just completed, sk 1 ETKS, in next ETKS work joining work lps off hook (see Special Stitches). (13 ETKS) Row 2: Ch 1, ETKS in each st across, working perpendicular to Band just completed, sk 1 ETKS, in next ETKS work joining work lps off hook. (13 ETKS) Rows 3–38: Rep row 2.

Band 4

Row 1: Ch 1, ETKS in next 12 sts, working across row ends of Bands 1 and 2, [insert hook in next st, draw up a lp, ch 1] twice in each row end, continue across, working across opposite side of ch worked in Band 3 row 1, [insert hook in next ch, draw up a lp, ch 1] across, work lps off hook. (104 ETKS)

Row 2: Ch 1, ETKS in each st across, work lps off hook. (104 ETKS) Rows 3–6: Rep row 2.

Band 5

Turn work 90 degrees clockwise.

Row 1: Ch 13, sk first ch, [insert hook in back bar of next ch, draw up lp, ch 1] 12 times; working perpendicular to Band just completed, sk 1 ETKS, in next ETKS work joining work lps off hook.

Row 2: Ch 1, ETKS in each st across, working perpendicular to Band just completed, sk 1 ETKS, in next ETKS work joining work lps off hook. (13 ETKS) Rows 3–52: Rep row 2.

Band 6

Row 1: Ch 1, ETKS in next 12 sts, working across row ends of Bands 3 and 4, [insert hook in next st, draw up a lp, ch 1] twice in each row end, continue across, working across opposite side of ch worked in Band 5 row 1, [insert hook in next ch, draw up a lp, ch1] across, work lps off hook. (126 ETKS) Row 2: Ch 1, ETKS in each st across, work lps off hook. (126 ETKS) Rows 3–6: Rep row 2. Row 7: Do not sk first st, sc in each ETKS across. (126 sc)

FINISHING BORDER

Turn work 90 degrees clockwise. Rnd 1: *[Ch 4, Clones knot

(see Special Stitches), sl st in ch at base of Clones knot, ch 3], sk side edge of 2 ETKS, sc in side edge of next ETKS, rep from * across side, ending after [ ] when 3 ETKS side edges rem, sc in sc at corner, turning to work across opposite side, **rep [ ], sk next 5 sc, sc in next sc, rep from ** across, sc in last sc. Fasten off. Block to measurements.