Midnight – The Poncho

Let the neck fall down as a round collar for everyday, or pull it all the way up when the cold sets in. The popcorn row at the bottom is strong enough to carry the edge on its own – no fringe, no loose ends to style around.

• A calm pattern that still has something to look at – double moss stitch that changes direction all the way down
• To learn knitted popcorns in a finished edge, not just as a swatch
• A high neck that can be folded down or pulled up, depending on how cold it is
• A garment with no sleeves or buttons to worry about
• A pattern you can put down in the middle of a round and pick up again

• Digital knitting pattern (PDF), built for the phone
• Ten steps with tick-off boxes along the way
• Cosy Cues with technical tips throughout the pattern
• Video link for the stretchy cast-on
• Print section and notes page at the back
• The pattern in Norwegian, English, Swedish, Danish and German

Midnight is named after the Coldplay song Midnight, the quiet, electronic one from Ghost Stories (2014) – a long way from stadium rock. The body builds on the same template as the rest of the family, but the pattern has been swapped: two rounds knit over knit and purl over purl, then a shift, then two rounds the opposite way, so the surface changes direction all the way down. At the bottom the edge changes from pattern to garter stitch, with a row of popcorns marking the transition.

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XS – S – M – L – XL. All measurements are of the finished garment, flat.

• Neck width flat: XS 53 · S 56 · M 59 · L 61 · XL 64 cm
• Total length: 86 cm, all sizes
• Width at the bottom flat: XS 187 · S 190 · M 193 · L 196 · XL 199 cm
• Popcorns at the bottom: XS 43 · S 44 · M 45 · L 45 · XL 46

Recommended yarn

Mekka Yarn, multicoloured – or Dolce Mohair (Mondial), heathered. Single strand, needle no. 7.

• You need XS 380 g (8 balls) · S 390 g (8) · M 400 g (8) · L 410 g (9) · XL 420 g (9), of 50 g

You also need

• Circular needle no. 7, 40 and 80 cm
• Darning needle, scissors, tape measure
• 2 stitch markers

14 stitches × 17 rounds = 10 × 10 cm on needle no. 7. If you knit more loosely, go down to no. 6. If you knit more tightly, go up to no. 8.

The poncho is knitted top-down, in one continuous piece without seams. The neck is cast on directly in the round and knitted straight in ordinary ribbing, without increases, until it measures approx. 22 cm. From there the body is increased out from two fixed points, centre front and centre back, in double moss stitch – two rounds knit over knit and purl over purl, then two rounds shifted by one stitch. At the bottom the pattern gathers into one row of knitted popcorns, evenly spaced around the whole round, before a garter stitch edge finishes the garment.

• Knitting double moss stitch and keeping the pattern correct while you increase
• Knitting popcorns in a finished edge
• Knitting garter stitch in the round – and why it is not the same as knitting every stitch all the way
• Increasing a poncho out from two fixed points

Techniques explained in Knittipedia: Garter stitch · Moss stitch · Popcorns

CosyMonday is founded and run by Anne-Turid, a Norwegian knitwear designer trained in fashion at Moteskolen Esmod AS. Every pattern is designed with clean lines, real quality yarn and the details that make a garment your own. When you choose a CosyMonday pattern, you become part of a growing community of knitters who share the same love of good craft and timeless design. Welcome into the universe.