Pattern name and designer:
Okimi designed by Linda Marveng

Pattern description:
Okimi, Japanese for see off the coast, is an oversized cabled poncho with armhole openings to make it into a shawl with longer fronts. The poncho has a shallow V-neck and double knitted front bands that continue along the back neck. Okimi is knitted in the luxurious Kathmandu DK 100 from Queensland Collection.

Size:
One Size

Finished measurements:
Bust: 168 cm/66.25 in
Length: 95 cm/37.5 in
Sample is worn with 80 cm/31.5 in positive ease on model.

Yarn: Queensland Collection, Kathmandu DK 100 (85 Wool, 10 Silk, 5 Cashmere, 100 g, 270 m/295 yds).
Sample is knitted in Denim 14: 8 skeins 2042 m/2233 yds.

Pattern construction: The poncho is worked bottom and up flat. It is shaped for a shallow V-neck with an opening for the armholes on the back and the double knitted frontband continues along the back neck. The only seam is along each shoulder. A long circular needle is used due to the high stitch number.

Size adjustment: To increase or reduce the bust width with about 19 cm/7.5 in, change the 3 garter stitches in the Cable mix pattern to 4 or 2 hence adding or removing 20 stitches from the back and 10 stitches from each front. To increase or reduce the bust width with 36 cm/14.25 in, add or remove 2 Cable mix repeats from the back and 1 from each front. To shorten the poncho remove length before the armhole opening.

Photo credit: Gael Audic