Light Summer Poncho [FREE Knitting Pattern]

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This unique light Summer Poncho is for your everyday style and coziness. This will be a versatile addition to your wardrobe that can be easily paired with your favorite jeans, skirts, or shorts. The lightweight and breathable fabric makes it perfect for those hot summer days when you need a little extra coverage without sacrificing comfort.

You can get the pattern for this unique poncho on the Garn Studio website.

Light Summer Poncho – A Trendy And Cool-Looking Poncho

This free knitting pattern is ideal for Level 4 - Intermediate Level Knitters

Designed by the talented Drops Design, this piece is worked with a lace pattern. It’s an ideal project for intermediate-skilled knitters to work on.

Moreover, this pattern is available in three sizes. They measure about 30 3/4-34 1/4-37 3/4. That’s about 78-87-96 cm if you prefer to use the metric system.

To make this pattern you will need the DROPS Kid-SilkYarn. It is a gorgeous and luxuriously soft lace-weight yarn made from 75% Mohair, and 25% Silk fibers. It’s the perfect yarn for Garments, Accessories, and home projects.

Furthermore, you will need a US size 6 Circular knitting needle. That’s about 4 mm if you prefer to use the metric system.

Techniques

You will be using the k2tog knitting decrease when you do this project. The k2tog or knit two together is a basic right slanting decrease that is quite common throughout knitting patterns.

If you’re not familiar with the k2tog decrease, we have an illustrated, step-by-step tutorial for it that you’ll surely find helpful. You can find this tutorial here: Learn How to Make a Basic Right-Slanting Decrease (K2tog).

You will be slipping stitches when working on this pattern. To slip a stitch means to pass the stitch from one needle to another without working it.

If you like to learn how to do the sl or slip stitches, you can check out our fully illustrated tutorial for this technique here: Slipping Stitches Knitwise or Purlwise.