I want to make a wrap (ie., a rectangular shawl, or a fat scarf) to take with me on our trip to Scotland. I searched Ravelry for patterns, but didn’t really find one that I liked that would work with the yarn in my stash (Reynold’s Andean Alpaca worsted, purchased from Yarn Barn at the sidewalk sale a couple of years ago).
The image in my head is of something lacy and soft, just warm enough if things get a bit nippy, but not made out of laceweight yarn. I made a few lace squares when knitting Hannah’s afghan, and I enjoy making the design using bigger yarn. Feeling brave, or delusional, I flipped through several of Barbara Walker’s stitch dictionaries and designed my own using Jacquie’s knitting chart generator.
The wrap requires 2 charts, one for the edge design and one for the center panel, shown below:
At 91 stitches wide, it may take me until August to finish it. Assuming the pattern works, I’ll post it here when it’s done.
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