Always Forward Poncho

ALWAYS FORWARD PONCHO is designed in collaboration with Cesium Yarn as a milestone and comfort knit. 2025 marks the year that Cat celebrates 10 years cancer-free. This multi-functional fingering weight piece is designed as a nod to a long journey. The steps are built on each other, never repeating, yet relating to their past. The knitter is comforted in both making and wearing this piece, which offers styling as a poncho, cape, shrug, shawl, or small blanket. We each face individual challenges in our lives. Our crafting can help us get through a difficult time and help us heal. And, no matter how we wish things could be different, we can only ever move forward. There’s no rewind button in life.

YARN

Cesium Yarn Merino Sock, 75% Superwash Merino, 25% Nylon, 463 yd / 423 m per 100 g, or similar fingering weight yarn, 3 skeins. www.cesiumyarn.com



Sample shown in colorway Ripple, 1185 yd / 1084 m

(256 g) with 12 buttons (0.8” / 2 cm) by Twin Mountain Handcrafts in Neptune Glitter acrylic.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

25.5” wide x 62” long / 65 cm wide x 157.5 cm long

GAUGE & NEEDLES

20 stitches & 30 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette worked flat, blocked

Gauge is not critical but will impact finished size and yarn requirements.

US 5 / 3.75 mm circular needle, min. length 32” / 80 cm or size needed to get gauge

TOOLS

6 locking clip stitch markers to mark progress, indicate RS of work and mark button placement

12 buttons (approximately 0.8” / 2 cm or desired size), sewing needle with coordinating thread (project yarn may also be used to sew buttons)

This is a written pattern with a schematic and photo and video tutorials.

See this poncho in action here: https://youtu.be/06YFyQUz3jU

Share your finished work on Instagram with #AlwaysForwardPoncho

Yarn support: Cesium Yarn www.cesiumyarn.com

Tech editing: Bronwyn Hahn

Test knitting: Jessica G., Judy M., Lisa M., Tiffany N., LesLee T., & Susie W.