Free Knitting Pattern: Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® Alaska Poncho and Hat: Woman's Version

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Alaska Poncho and Hat: Woman's Version
Lion Brand^® Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®
Pattern Number: 40518-W

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Also available in a man's version

SKILL LEVEL: Easy

SIZE: One Size
Length 16½ inches [42 cm]
HatCircumference 21½ inches [54.5cm]

CORRECTIONS: None

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640-149 Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick Yarn: Charcoal

8 balls

$55.92

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640-153 Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick Yarn: Black

2 balls

$13.98

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640-100 Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick Yarn: White

3 balls

$14.97

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Large-Eye Blunt Needles (Set of 6)

$3.59

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Additional Materials
• Size 10.5 [6.5 mm] 36-inch [90 cm] circular needles
• Size 10.5 [6.5 mm] 16-inch [40 cm] circular needles

Note: Hat uses 2 balls charcoal, 1 ball black, 1 of white

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Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®

Fisherman	Sky Blue	Navy	Raspberry	Denim	Taupe	Oatmeal	Barley

Green Heather	Grass	Lemongrass	Pumpkin	Citron	Spice	Cranberry	Claret

Fig	Charcoal	Black	Cilantro	Pine	Butterscotch	Denim Twist	Wheat

Wood	Lumberjack Red

Alaska Poncho and Hat: Woman's Version
Lion Brand^® Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®

GAUGE:

10 sts + 16 rows = 4 inches [10 cm] in St st (k on RS, p on WS). BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. If it takes you less stitches and rows to make a 4 in. [10 cm] square, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.

STITCH EXPLANATION:

ssk (slip, slip, knit) Slip next 2 sts as if to knit, one at a time, to right needle; insert left needle into fronts of these 2 sts and k them tog.

CHARTS

Chart 1 (Multiple of 4 sts + 2 extra)
Row 1 (RS)- With B, knit.
Row 2- With B, k1, p to last st, k1.
Row 3- With A, knit.
Row 4 - With A, k1, p to last st, k1.
Row 5- With A, knit.
Row 6- With C, k1, p to last st, k1.
Row 7- With A, knit.
Row 8- With A, k1, *with A, p1, with B, p2, with A, p1, rep from * to last st, with A, k1.
Row 9- With A, k1, *with A, k1, with B, k2, with A, k1, rep from * to last st, with A, k1.
Row 10- With A, k1, p to last st, k1.
Row 11- With C, knit.
Row 12- With A, k1, p to last st, k1.
Row 13- With A, knit.
Row 14- With A, k1, p to last st, k1.
Row 15- With B, knit.
Row 16- With B, k1, p to last st, k1.

Chart 2 (Multiple of 4 sts + 2 extra)
Row 1 (RS)- With A, knit.
Row 2- With A, k1, p to last st, k1.
Row 3- With A, k1, *with A, k1, with C, k2, with A, k1, rep from * to last st, with A, k1.
Row 4- With A, k1,*with A, p1, with C, p2, with A, p1, rep from * to last st, with A, k1.
Row 5- With A, knit.
Row 6- With A, k1, p to the last st, k1.
Row 7- With C, knit.
Row 8- With C, k1, *with B, p1, with C, p3, rep from * to last st, with C, k1.
Row 9- With C, k1, *with B, k1, with C, k1, with B, k1, with C, k1, rep from * to last st, with C, k1.
Row 10- With C, k1, *with C, p2, with B, p1, with C, p1, rep from * to last st, with C, k1.
Row 11- With C, knit.
Row 12- With A, k1, p to last st, k1.
Row 13- With A, knit.
Row 14- With A, k1, * with A, p1, with C, p2, with A, p1, rep from * to last st, with A, k1.
Row 15- With A, k1, *with A, k1, with C, k2, with A, k1, rep from * to last st, with A, k1.
Row 16- With A, k1, p to last st, k1.

PONCHO
With A and longer needle, cast on 106 sts. Knit 4 rows. Work Chart 2 for next 16 rows. With A, work in St st for 16 rows. Work Chart 1 for next 16 rows. With A, work in St st for 16 rows. (Piece should measure approximately 16½-17" [42-43 cm].)
Next Row (RS) Work Row 1 of Chart 2 across 50 sts, k2tog, k 1, join 2nd ball of yarn, k 1, ssk, work in pattern across remaining 50 sts – 52 sts each side.
Continuing with chart and working both sides at same time, dec 1 st at each neck edge every RS row 10 more times – 42 sts each side. AT SAME TIME, with A, work 16 more rows in St st, and then Rows 1-8 of Chart 1. Bind off loosely.

FINISHING

Sew bound-off edges together. With shorter needle, RS facing, and A, pick up and knit 56 sts around entire neck edge. Join and work K 1, P 1 Rib in the round until neck measures 8½ inches [21.5 cm]. Bind off loosely. Weave in ends.

HAT

With longer needle and A, cast on 54 (62) sts. Work 2 rows in K 1, P 1 Rib. Work Rows 1-16 of Chart 2. Knit 1 row. (This is the row where brim will fold to outside.) Work in St st for 4 (5) inches [10 (12.5) cm], ending with a WS row. Work Rows 1-10 of Chart 1, dec 2 sts evenly across Row 10 – 52 (60) sts.

Next Row (Row 11 of Chart 1) *K 2, k2tog; repeat from * across – 39 (45) sts.

Work Row 12 of chart.

Next Row (Row 13 of Chart 1) *K 1, k2tog; repeat from * across – 26 (30) sts.

Work Row 14 of chart.

Next Row (Row 15 of Chart 1) K2tog across row – 13 (15) sts.

Next Row (Row 16 of Chart 1) *P2tog; repeat from * to last st, p 1 – 7 (8) sts.

Break yarn, thread through remaining sts, and pull to gather. Sew seam. Weave in ends.

ABBREVIATIONS / REFERENCES Click for explanation and illustration
beg = begin(s)(ning)	dec = decreas(e)(s)(ing)
k = knit	k2tog = knit 2 together
p = purl	p2tog = purl 2 together
RS = right side	St st = Stockinette stitch
st(s) = stitch(es)	tog = together
WS = wrong side

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Every effort has been made to have the knitting and crochet instructions accurate and complete. We cannot be responsible for variance of individual knitters and crocheters, human errors, or typographical mistakes.

*Wool-Ease^® Thick & Quick^® (Article #640) is the super bulky member of the Wool-Ease family. It has the feel, warmth and softness of wool with the easy care of acrylic. It is packaged in 6 oz/170g, 106 yd/97m skeins. Solids, Heathers, Twists: 80% acrylic, 20% wool; Wheat: 86% acrylic, 10% wool, 4% rayon


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