le poncho pattern filles heureuses

The document is a beginner-friendly machine knitting pattern for a poncho named “le poncho” by the brand “filles heureuses”. The design features a delicate, lace-like hole detail and is constructed simply by knitting a single long panel, folding it, and seaming it together. The images show a lightweight, breezy garment worn draped over the shoulders.

Materials Required

• Machine: An LK150 or a similar flatbed knitting machine.

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• Yarn: Main color yarn in lace, fingering, or DK weight. The pattern references using Circulo’s Anne cotton yarn in white and Cléa cotton yarn in blue. Waste yarn in a different color is also needed for the cast-on and bind-off edges.

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• Tools: A row counter, a transfer tool, and a latch tool.

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Construction Process

• Cast On: The pattern starts by casting on 124 stitches using waste yarn for 8 rows at tension 5.5. After resetting the row counter, you switch to the main color yarn for one row at tension 5.5.

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• Body: The main body is knit at tension 3. To create the decorative lace texture, a “hole detail” is added by moving one stitch over to the left every 2 stitches across the row, starting 3 stitches in from the right. This detail can be repeated every 20, 30, or 40 rows depending on personal preference. The suggested total length for the panel is 400 rows.

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• Bind Off: For row 399, the tension is switched back to 5.5 before knitting the final main color row. Next, 3 to 8 rows of waste yarn are added before taking the work off the machine. The piece is steamed or wet-blocked, and then a loop-through-loop bind-off is performed using a latch tool or tapestry needle on the main yarn stitches. Once secured, the waste yarn is unraveled and removed.

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• Assembly: The finished panel is folded in half widthwise, which the pattern describes as “hamburger style”. The side is then sewed together using a mattress stitch, leaving the last 5 stitches unseamed for easier handling. The seam goes approximately 2/3 of the way up the side to leave a comfortable opening for the neck.

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