Poncho
Clothes for Men
Inventory number
2025.6.30.2.CM.CT.C1970.EUDescription
Hippy style poncho (probably made of blanket), handknitted in the "Granny square" technique of woolen orange, white, yellow, green, blue, fuchsia and red crochet squares with black borders.The earliest known example of a traditional "Granny square", designed by Mrs. Phelps (no first name given), was published in the April 5, 1885, edition of Prairie Farmer. She wrote: "I have been trying a new crocheted pattern for an Afghan, which is on the principle of the crazy work so popular now". Much as American crazy quilts of that time pieced together squares of crazy work with embroidery, the “Crazy Afghan” pieced together squares of crochet with stitching. The term “Granny square” was a later invention. The pattern was called a “Granny Afghan” in the 1930s, as seen in the December 1933 edition of The New Movie Magazine. (The readers were probably the granddaughters of the women who’d originally crocheted them). The earliest use of “Granny square” found to date was in the November 24, 1953, edition of The Daily Times-News from Burlington, North Carolina. The "Granny square" experienced a surge in popularity during the 1970s, becoming a prominent symbol of the era's fashion and craft trends.
Accompanied by ivory cotton shirt with floral embroidery "Tony creaciones"; dark green crimplene flared trousers labelled “TO Tumba Original”; round sunglasses in a grey plastic frame.
Material
Wool threadOrigin
1970s Western EuropeRelated objects
Men's trousersGuayabera shirt