2013 Project: Poncho for myself

I never had a poncho before, odd isn't it? :)
I thought it would be nice if I could make something for myself, something I can wear inside the appartment during my online classes (I took German & Japanese class by skype).

There are hundreds maybe thousands of tutos about how to make a poncho. Some of them are quite complicated to follow. I think some people find it not too easy to transfer their knowledge to others, some has bad video quality (unfocus images or the video moved a lot). These problems made me decided to find a simple tuto to follow, as simple as possible so the quality of images will not be a problem.

As usual I don't follow 100% the tutos.
Normally I just learn to understand the construction and when I have understood what needs to be done to built my project then I start working on my own.

Project started: around 18th Nov 2013

Here's the poncho on me:

I worked all with double crochet by crochet #5,5.
To create this poncho I used 10 skeins of Phildar Goyesca (blue), 5 skeins of Schachenmayr Aventisto Cotton (grey). The clear blue line comes from a leftover skein from my other project here http://pekerjaantangan.blogspot.fr/2014/01/round-medium-pursebag.html

I bought 10 skeins of Phildar Goyesca in a bag from an old lady in a "vide-grenier" (I keep on using this word because I don't know what is the exact translation in English). The yarn is in a very good condition and the color is wonderful as you can see here:

The grey yarn from Schachenmayr Aventisto Cotton is also a wonderful yarn, a very lovely texture to work with. I bought the Schachenmayr yarn from German's ebay (seller name redacer65). The link is available on below of this page. The price is interesting & the delivery is good. If you want to buy this yarn and you live in Europe you can consider buying from her/him. Here is picture of the yarn:

I can't say it took me 2 weeks to finish the project because at some point I ran out of grey yarn and I was waiting my order to arrive. In between times I also was working on the 2013 Christmas Gifts for Hubby & his family, you can check the project here:
http://pekerjaantangan.blogspot.fr/2014/01/2013-christmas-gift-for-hubby.html
http://pekerjaantangan.blogspot.fr/2014/01/2013-christmas-gift-for-my-in-laws.html

Happy Crocheting!

Useful link:
Tuto for Poncho from Bobwilson123:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOxqkpYoz8Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yXDDX5hLwg
Redacer65's ebay (Schachenmayr Aventisto Cotton):
http://www.ebay.de/itm/50-gr-Aventisto-Cotton-von-Schachenmayr-Sonderpreis-/221282032446?ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:FR:3160