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Seventies/Eighties Poncho III

Pattern ID: Patons 1494
Wool brand: Husky Chunky
Yarn quantity: Girls: 10 (50g) balls plus 1 each of two contrasts; Womans: 21 balls plus 3 each of two contrasts.
Sizes: Girls to fit chest 28-32 inches; womans to fit chest 32-36 inches

Wool weight: Chunky
Needle size: 10mm or 6½mm needles

Tension (10x10cm): 14sts x 18½ rows ;
[10sts x 14 rows with yarn used double on 10mm needles]

Price: SOLD

Description: Chunky knitted ponchos in 2 sizes with a kind of Starsky and Hutch cardigan thing going on - and integrated bell sleeves [Aztec/Western themes were popular in the late 1970s/80s].