Gransnet forums

Style & beauty

Poncho's do you wear one, I think I may purchase one and see

(38 Posts)
GrannyGravy13 Wed 12-Oct-22 18:04:14

Oh muse your post has just reminded me that I have also got a polo knock one. It’s cream cable stitch.

Admission I have a thick tweed one, with lining and a fake fur collar.

#toomanyclothes

Philippa111 Wed 12-Oct-22 18:03:06

GrannyGravy13. Very impressed that you have managed to keep moths away from your cashmere for 6 years!!

I have just bought a silk cashmere mix fine poncho with a big loose polo neck. I love it and just pop it on over outfits... mostly dresses.

Very flattering!

muse Wed 12-Oct-22 17:53:33

I have three - all plain colours. Two are fairly lightweight ones for spring or autumn days when slightly chilly. One of these is crocheted. Very much the fashion at the moment my 17 yr old DGD1 tells me Kamiso. I was watching her crochet a top for her mum the other weekend.

The other has a huge polo neck and in a cable pattern. A little like that one Grannynannywanny. Love the button detail.

MiniMoon Wed 12-Oct-22 17:43:36

I crocheted a poncho with some left over yarn a couple of years ago. It's proved to be very useful to throw on as an extra layer.

bikergran Wed 12-Oct-22 17:34:52

Granny I love the collar and button details on the poncho, lovely.

tanith Wed 12-Oct-22 17:13:48

I have one, I do still use it in an evening if it’s a bit chilly. I knitted one of my GDs when she was 5 she loved it.

Kamiso Wed 12-Oct-22 16:30:24

I have a poncho type garment bought years ago. I usually wear it on chilly evenings and put a woollen blanket over my knees.

My girls had crocheted ponchos last time they were in fashion.

Grannynannywanny Wed 12-Oct-22 16:25:14

I recently took a photo of this lovely poncho to send to my Irish cousin and give her a trip down memory lane. We each had one very similar to this when we were teenagers and thought we were the bee’s knees wearing them. I wish I still had it for wearing indoors.

bikergran Wed 12-Oct-22 16:22:13

Sounds lovely GrannyG .I might have seen them on Skipton Market .

BridgetPark Wed 12-Oct-22 16:21:20

My dear friend, who is a great knitter, knitted one for each of my granddaughters, and they loved them. Then she knitted me one, and it is so lovely and warm, I throw it on in the evening, or slightly cooler afternoons, and its great, as your hands are still free to do crosswords or typing, whilst keeping nice and toasty. She is now knitting some for extended family, they have really caught on. Can be very colourful as well

lovebeigecardigans1955 Wed 12-Oct-22 16:21:18

Not in a million years would I wear a poncho or a cape. I know it's very much looking on the dark side, but you can be attacked and held down by a big wide garment like that and a little person like me needs all the help I can get in such a situation.

GrannyGravy13 Wed 12-Oct-22 16:16:46

I have had a grey cashmere one from The White Company for over six years, I love it it’s ideal for spring/autumn instead of a jacket.

bikergran Wed 12-Oct-22 16:08:52

I have seen few nice Ponchos around on my travels (cannnot remember where now) hmm

But they do look handy to throw on.