Alpine Wrap by Moon Eldridge

Alpine Wrap

Knitting
July 2020
DK (11 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in colorwork patt.
US 7 - 4.5 mm
1476 yards (1350 m)
64" long and 18½" wide.
English
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Curl up with the Alpine Wrap during chilly autumn nights around the campfire. The 100% Peruvian wool yarn makes this an extra-warm, extra-durable wrap. It is worked flat from end to end with a narrow seed-stitch border.

Difficulty Intermediate

Yarn Weight 3

Finished Size 64” long and 18½“ wide.

Yarn Cloudborn Fibers Highland DK (100% Peruvian highland wool; 164 yd 150 m/1¾ oz 50 g): #18-020 Caribbean (blue-green; MC), 4 skeins; #18-005 Charcoal Heather (dark gray; CC1) and #18-104 Grey Heather (light gray; CC2), 2 skeins each; #18-001 Antique White (CC3), 1 skein. Yarn distributed by Bluprint.

Needles Size 7 (4.5 mm): 24” circular (cir). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions Tapestry needle.

Gauge 25 sts and 26 rows = 4” in colorwork patt.

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NOTES

  • This wrap is worked back and forth in rows from end to end.

  • A circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of stitches.

  • The charts are worked using the stranded method. Always pick up the background color over the pattern color and pick up the pattern color from under the background color. Keep floats loose. For floats longer than four stitches, tack stranded yarn on wrong side of work.

  • Break the yarn when the color won’t be used for more than three rows.

  • To work the main color (MC) border on rows which do not use MC in the charted section, work three border stitches with MC, then break MC. At the end of the row, join MC and work three border stitches.

  • When working Charts B and D, the odd-numbered rows will alternate between being right-side rows and being wrong side rows. On the first, third, fifth, and seventh times worked, odd rows are right-side rows. On the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth times worked, odd rows are wrong-side rows.

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