Okimi

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.

Gauge: 21 sts and 26 rows in St st using 4 mm/US 6 needle measures 10 cm square after blocking.

Notes: 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”, 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 shorten the poncho remove length before the armhole opening.