Knit a Tiered Poncho for Those Summer Nights

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Tiered Poncho

Materials:

·         24” US Size 10, 6.0 mm Circular Needles

·         2 Skeins Swans Island: Ikat Collection Firefly, 525 yds, 100 g, Color: Firefly Prussian Blue

-          (Approx. 620 yds of fingering weight yarn.)

·         Stitch Marker

·         Optional – 9 more Stitch Markers

·         Darning Needle

Gauge:

·         18 Stitches x 23 Rows = 4” x 4” in Stockinette Stitch (Unblocked)

·         14 Stitches x 19 Rows = 4” x 4” in Stockinette Stitch (Blocked)

Finished Sized:

·         ~30” around the neck

·         ~141” around the bottom edge

·         ~18” from neck to bottom edge

Notes:

·         Charted stitches outlined in red denote stitch sequences that are repeated in certain situations.  Check the written instructions for the correct count.

·         Stitch counts are written in (in blue italics).

·         Your finished size will matter on the tension that you knit with and the way that you block the final piece.

Instructions:

Cast on 80 stitches and join in the round without twisting.  Place stitch marker to denote the beginning of the round.

Round 1 and all odd rounds through round 69: Knit around

Chart 1: Repeat each line ten times in the round

Row 2: (yo, k7, yo, k1) x 10 (100 stitches)

Row 4: (yo, ssk, k6, yo, k2) x 10 (110 stitches)

Row 6: (k1, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, k2) x 10 (120 stitches)

Row 8: (k1, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, k3) x 10 (130 stitches)

Row 10: (k1, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, k2, m1, k2) x 10 (150 stitches)

Row 12: (k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, m1) x 10 (160 stitches)

Chart 2: Repeat the first eight stitches twice in each line. Repeat each line ten times in the round.

Row 14: ([k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1] x 2, m1) x 10 (170 stitches)

Row 16: ([k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1] x 2, k1, m1) x 10 (180 stitches)

Row 18: ([k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1] x 2, k2, yo) x 10 (190 stitches)

Row 20: ([k3, yo, cdd, yo, k2] x 2, k3, yo) x 10 (200 stitches)

Row 22: ([k3, yo, cdd, yo, k2] x 2, k3, yo, k1) x 10 (210 stitches)

Row 24: ([k3, yo, cdd, yo, k2] x 2, k3, yo, ssk, yo) x 10 (220 stitches)

Row 26: ([yo, ssk, k2, yo, ssk, k2] x 2, yo, ssk, k2, yo, k2) x 10 (230 stitches)

Row 28: ([yo, ssk, k2, yo, ssk, k2] x 2, yo, ssk, k2, yo, k3) x 10 (240 stitches)

Chart 3: Repeat the first eight stitches three times in each line. Repeat each line ten times in the round.

Round 30: ([k1, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo] x 3, m1) x 10 (250 stitches)

Round 32: ([k1, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo] x 3, k1, yo) x 10 (260 stitches)

Round 34: ([k1, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo] x 3, k1, yo, k1) x 10 (270 stitches)

Round 36: ([k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1] x 3, k2, yo, k1) x 10 (280 stitches)

Round 38: ([k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1] x 3, k2, yo, k2) x 10 (290 stitches)

Round 40: ([yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1] x 3, yo, ssk, yo, k3) x 10 (300 stitches)

Round 42: ([yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1] x 3, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k2, m1) x 10 (310 stitches)

For the last m1 of round 42, knit through the back loop of the first yo while keeping the yo on the left needle, slip stitch marker.  Knit through the yo normally for the first stitch of round 43.

Round 44: ([k1, yo, ssk, yo, cdd, yo, k2tog, yo] x 3, k1, yo, ssk, yo, cdd, yo, k1, yo) x 10 (320 stitches)

Round 46: ([k1, yo, ssk, yo, cdd, yo, k2tog, yo] x 3, k1, yo, ssk, yo, cdd, yo, k1, yo, k1) x 10 (330 stitches)

Chart 4: Repeat the first eight stitches four times in each line. Repeat each line ten times in the round.

Round 48: ([k1, yo, ssk, yo, cdd, yo, k2tog, yo] x 4, k1, yo) x 10 (340 stitches)

Round 50: ([k2, yo, ssk, yo, k3tog, yo, k1] x 4, k2, yo) x 10 (350 stitches)

Round 52: ([k2, yo, ssk, yo, k3tog, yo, k1] x 4, k2, yo, k1) x 10 (360 stitches)

Round 54: ([yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1] x 4, yo, ssk, yo, k2) x 10 (370 stitches)

Round 56: ([yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1] x 4, yo, ssk, yo, k3) x 10 (380 stitches)

Round 58: ([k1, yo, ssk, yo, cdd, yo, k2tog, yo] x 4, k1, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, k1) x 10 (390 stitches)

Round 60: ([k1, yo, ssk, yo, cdd, yo, k2tog, yo] x 4, k1, yo, ssk, yo, cdd, yo, k1, yo) x 10 (400 stitches)

Round 62: ([k1, yo, ssk, yo, cdd, yo, k2tog, yo] x 4, k1, yo, ssk, yo, cdd, yo, k1, yo, k1) x 10 (410 stitches)

Round 64: ([ k2, yo, ssk, yo, k3tog, yo, k1] x 4, k2, yo, ssk, yo, k2tog, yo, k3) x 10 (420 stitches)

Round 66: ([k2, yo, ssk, yo, k3tog, yo, k1] x 4, k2, yo, ssk, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo) x 10 (430 stitches)

Chart 5: Repeat the first eight stitches five times in each line. Repeat each line ten times in the round.

Round 68: ([k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1] x 5, k2, yo, k1) x 10 (440 stitches)

Edging

Cast on 8 stitches onto your working needle using an invisible cast on.

Purl 7 stitches, purl last cast on stitch with last shawl stitch through the back loop (p2tog tbl)

(From now on, at the end of each even numbered row the last stitch of the edge will be p2tog tbl with the next shawl stitch.)

Chart 6: Edgeing chart.  Repeat rows 1 through 10 until you have travelled all around the base of the ponch.

Row 1 (rs): slip wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, k2tog, yo, k2

Row 2 (ws): yo, p2tog, p2, yo, p1, yo, p2tog, p2tog tbl

Row 3 (rs): slip wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, (k1, p1, k1, p1, k1) into the yo from the previous row, k2tog, yo, k2

Row 4 (ws): yo, p2tog, p8, yo, p2tog, p2tog tbl

Row 5 (rs): slip wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, ssk, k1, k2tog, k2tog, yo, k2

Row 6 (ws): yo, p2tog, p2, p3, p1, yo, p2tog, p2tog tbl

Row 7 (rs): slip wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, cdd, k2tog, yo, k2

Row 8 (ws): yo, p2tog, p2, p1, p1, yo, p2tog, p2tog tbl

Row 9 (rs): slip wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo, k2

Row 10 (ws): yo, p2tog, p1, p2tog, p1, yo, p2tog tbl

Repeat rows 1 through 10 until you have travelled around the base of the poncho.

After you have completed the edging, bind off the remaining 8 stitches or sew them to the beginning 8 stitches.

Break yarn.

Neckline

(This neckline uses a technique called Elizabeth’s Applied I-cord.  I believe that it’s named after Elizabeth Zimmermann.)

Pick up 80 stitches along the original cast on edge.

Cast on 2 additional stitches.

Transfer the 2 cast on stitches to the left hand needle.

k1 (the first cast on stitch), k2tog tbl (the second cast on stitch and the first picked up stitch)

(Transfer the two knit stitches back to the left hand needle, k1, k2tog tbl) repeat around collar

When there are only 2 stitches remaining, break yarn, and weave these stitches to the beginning of the collar.

Finishing

Weave in ends.

Wet block the poncho and allow it to dry.