I made this southwestern style poncho for my mom for Christmas this year. She is only 4’11” and wears a size large. This will be oversized for her, and should fit someone of a taller stature, too, but not taller than about 5’2”. I’ll provide instructions to make it larger below, or you can use bigger yarn and hook as well!

This new pattern is more a record of what actions I have performed to make this blanket, and hopefully adequate to reproduce it yourself should you wish. I did not use testers or tech editors. It is free. I understand how lean these days can be. If you think this pattern sucks, or have questions or comments, suggestions, or whatever else, my email is TexasCrochetDesigns@gmail.com

My gauge was 18 st and 19 rows in a 4” x 4” square, using a 3mm hook and Knitpicks Brava Sport yarn in the colors Currant, Coral, Solstice Heather, Tidepool, Hunter, and Fig (1.75 skeins each). Total yards used was 3,570 (3,265 meters), or 1,050 grams. The final size was 40” x 57” (1.016m x 1.448m) not including the fringe. Each of the two panels were 20” tall by 57” long, not including the fringe.

You might need to search for and watch an overlay mosaic crochet tutorial on YouTube first if you’ve never used that technique before. This pattern could easily be done by an adventurous beginner, as long as you know the anatomy of stitches and the types of stitches listed below.

My apologies go out to the more visually inclined as I will not be providing charts along with the written pattern. In the making of this blanket, I did not draw up many of the figures in it, and therefore don’t have them for you to reference, either.