Color Cascade Poncho: vintage crochet pattern

Materials

• Medium (CYC #4) worsted-weight yarn — the original was Sayelle or knitting worsted: 5 skeins of 4 oz (113 g) Moss and 1 skein each of Burnt Orange and Lemon. Assumption: a 4 oz (113 g) skein of worsted-weight yarn holds about 200–230 yd (183–210 m) — check your label.
• Crochet hook (original: plastic crochet hook size J)
• Tapestry needle
• Hook: Start with 6 mm (US J-10) and change size to match the gauge

Abbreviations (US terms)

ch

chain

sc

single crochet

hdc

half double crochet

sl st

slip stitch

sk

skip

st

stitch

sts

stitches

rep

repeat

yo

yarn over

beg

beginning

BLO

back loop only

Notes before you start

• Source: "Color Cascade — Poncho", In Fashions: for Him, for Her, in Knits, in Crochets (Star Book No. 230), American Thread Company. Public domain in the USA.
• As printed — materials: AMERICAN THREAD; DAWN “SAYELLE”® or “DAWN” KNITTING WORSTED; 5—4 oz. skeins Moss or Olive Green; 1—4 oz. skein each Burnt Orange and Lemon or Tangerine and Amber; Plastic Crochet Hook Size J OR ANY SIZE HOOK WHICH WILL RESULT IN STITCH GAUGE BELOW. Gauge: 7 s c = 2 inches.
• Modernisation note: Original is written in US crochet terms; kept as US terms (sc = single crochet, dc = double crochet).
• Modernisation note: Spaced abbreviations (s c, d c, sl st, y o) written as sc, dc, sl st, yo; "trc" written as tr and "d trc" as dtr; "1st" written as "first"; "st of ch" written as "ch" where the stitch is a chain.
• Modernisation note: "Cut yarn" written as "fasten off"; "attach" (yarn) written as "join".
• Modernisation note: Long printed paragraphs split into one row, round or step per line; stitch order unchanged.
• Modernisation note: "Short double crochet" (s d c / sdc) written as hdc: the booklet's own abbreviation list gives "Short Double Crochet s d c OR Half Double Crochet h d c", and the printed stitch definition is a half double crochet.
• Modernisation note: Row 1 label added (printed without a number). "Cut Burnt Orange" / "cut Lemon" written as "fasten off".
• Modernisation note: The stitches worked "4 rows below" are long (spike) single crochets; the printed wording is kept.
• Modernisation note: Neck edge: the printed labels "2nd ROW" and "3rd ROUND" are kept as printed.
• Modernisation note: originalExcerpt starts after the opening words "With Moss ch 50, s c in 2nd st from hook", which are separated from the rest by a page number in the source text. The section width in finishedSize is our calculation from the printed gauge; no measurements are printed. Vintage sizing and ease differ from today's — compare the printed finished measurements with your own before choosing a size.
• Modernisation note: Metric conversions added.

Section (make 2) — Border

1. Row 1: With Moss ch 50, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each remaining ch. Ch 1 to turn all rows.
2. Rows 2, 3 and 4: 1 sc in each sc, drop Moss, pick up Burnt Orange. (When changing colors, always complete last half of st with new color.)
3. Row 5: 1 sc in first sc, *sc in corresponding sc 4 rows below, sk 1 sc, 1 sc in next 5 sc; rep from * across row.
4. Row 6: 1 sc in each of next 4 sc, *sc in corresponding sc 4 rows below, sk 1 sc, 1 sc in each of next 5 sc; rep from * across row, ending sc in corresponding sc 4 rows below, sk 1 sc, sc in last 2 sc.
5. Row 7: 1 sc in each of next 3 sc, *sc in next sc 4 rows below, sk 1 sc, 1 sc in each of the next 5 sc; rep from * across, ending 1 sc in next sc 4 rows below, sk 1 sc, 1 sc in remaining 3 sc, drop Burnt Orange, pick up Lemon.
6. Row 8: 1 sc in next 2 sc, *sc in next sc 4 rows below, sk 1 sc, 1 sc in each of the next 5 sc; rep from * across, ending in pattern as established.
7. Row 9: 1 sc in each of the next 5 sc, *sc in next sc 4 rows below, sk 1 sc, 1 sc in each of the next 5 sc; rep from * across, ending in pattern.
8. Row 10: Sc in sc 4 rows below, sk 1 sc, 1 sc in each of the next 5 sc; rep from beg across row, ending last repeat 1 sc in remaining 6 sc, drop Lemon, pick up Moss.
9. Rows 11, 12 and 13: Rep Rows 5, 6 and 7, drop Moss, pick up Burnt Orange.
10. Rows 14, 15 and 16: Rep Rows 8, 9 and 10, fasten off Burnt Orange.
11. Rows 17, 18 and 19: With Lemon rep Rows 5, 6 and 7, fasten off Lemon.
12. Rows 20, 21 and 22: Pick up Moss, rep Rows 8, 9 and 10, discontinue pattern, ch 2, turn.