I am delighted to release my Okimi pattern in both English and Norwegian on Ravelry. 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.

The new brilliant photos of Rebekah are taken by her husband Gael Audic in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, US, after I handed over the garments in Vancouver. I will write a new blogpost sharing more photos of the gorgeous Rebekah!

I knitted the one size poncho using 4 mm/US 6 needle with a 21 stitches and 26 rows in stockinette stitch measuring 10 cm/4 square gauge. 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. Above is one of the photos Michael took of me at our local beach in Ørje, Norway.

As it is one size with a bust measurement of 168 cm/66.25 in and length of 95 cm/37.5 in, I have added a size adjustment note: 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 increase or reduce the bust width with 36 cm/14.25”, 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.

The yarn is a lovely mix of 85% Wool, 10% Silk, 5% Cashmere on each 100 g skein with 270 m/295 yds and it was generously sponsored by Knitting Fever. The lovely scarf I am wearing is based on a painting by the Norwegian artist Therese Enger.