This poncho was designed with chilly days in mind, to be worn around the house keeping you super-cosy as you go about your day. Worked top-down in the round, the main body of the poncho is worked in garter stitch. It features 4 simple cable panels. This design is very flexible – there are tips at the end of the pattern including suggestions for making a cowl instead, and altering the neck style.

Skills required: Cast on, working in the round using dpns and circular needle, knit, purl, yarn over, simple cable stitches, p2tog, p2tog tbl, cast off.

Suitable for advanced beginner/intermediate knitters.

SIZING
To choose your size, measure your shoulder width (from one shoulder tip straight across your back neck to the other shoulder tip).

• Neck circumference (unstretched): 16(18,20)“/40.5(46,51)cm
• To fit shoulder width up to: 15.5(17,18.5)“/39.5(43,47)cm
• Actual shoulder width of garment: 16(17.5,19)“/40.5(44.5,48.5)cm

TENSION/GAUGE
4”/10cm = 15 sts and 30 rows over garter stitch on 5.5mm needles

YARN
You will need approximately 435(514,580)yds/399(470,530)m of chunky/bulky weight yarn.
For the purple poncho (size 1), I used 3 x 100g skeins of Coara Rope yarn (70% BFL/30% Shetland; 145yds/133m per 100g) from Shilasdair Yarns.

NEEDLES AND NOTIONS

• 5.5mm circular needle (or size to give correct tension)
• Set of five 5mm dpns (or 1 size smaller than larger needles)
• Cable needle
• 9 stitch markers