Sky Wrap Scarf - Knitter Ditter

Sky Wrap Scarf
This wrap could almost be called “Mistake Wrap.” I was at my LYS one night and
admired the wrap one of the ladies was wearing. I ended up buying the lovely yarn,
Schaefer Laurel in the Susan Sontag colorway. I was given the pattern, which was
handwritten on a post-it note. The repeat was very simple. I started working it right
away, and decided that this couldn’t be the correct pattern. As I remembered, the ribs
were much thicker and what was coming out looked a lot like a mesh shopping bag.
Really, there’s no accounting for the twists and turns of my brain!
What I finally came up with after much frogging and fretting was largely based on a
stitch pattern I found on the internet. The pattern is called Lacey Diagonals. I modified it
to look more like the picture in my mind. I added an extra stitch in the rib to make it as
substantial as I remembered. I didn’t stagger the yarn overs, so the ribs run straight and
the ends are slanted.
This is wide enough to wear as a wrap to keep your shoulders warm or you can wear it
as a scarf. I called it “Sky Wrap” because of the way the color variations look like clouds
in the sky.
Finished Measurements
Width: 11 inches
Length: 74 inches
Materials
Yarn
Schaefer Yarn Laurel, Susan Sontag 400 yards, 227 grams, 1 skein
Recommended needle size
1 US #8/5mm needle
Notions
Yarn needle
Gauge
16.0 to 18.0 sts = 4 inches= 4" in stockinette st
Instructions
Cast on 67 stitches
Pattern:
Row 1 - * K1, SSK, K1, YO * K3
Row 2 - Purl
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until the length of yarn left is 3 or 4 times the width of the wrap.
Bind off and weave in ends.
Here’s a chart in case you like to look at charts.
6 4 2 1
2
3
O
O
O
O
4
5
\
\
\
\
6
7
4
3
1
Knit (K)
- Purl (P)
\ Slip, Slip, Knit (SSK)
O Yarn Over (YO)
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