Slip Float Wrap by Dear Pru

Slip Float Wrap

Knitting
August 2022
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in stranded colourwork section once blocked
US 3 - 3.25 mm
656 - 875 yards (600 - 800 m)
one size
English
This pattern is available for AU$11.00 AUD buy it now

The Slip Float Wrap juxtaposes two popular colourwork techniques, stranded and mosaic, in an innovative shawl construction.
✔Stranded colourwork
✔Mosaic knitting
✔Steeking

Materials
3.25mm 80cm circular knitting needles
Yarn A: 1 x 100g West Yorkshire Spinners Exquisite 4ply (80% Falkland Wool/
20% Mulberry Silk; 400m) in Bordeaux or equivalent
Yarn B: 1 x 100g West Yorkshire Spinners Exquisite 4ply (80% Falkland Wool/
20% Mulberry Silk; 400m) in Chantilly or equivalent
Notions: stitch marker, scissors, tapestry needle

Gauge
Hard pass on swatching for shawls! It’ll all block out… but if you really must know it’s:
32 sts x 40 rows = 10cm x 10cm for stranded colourwork section once blocked
32 sts x 56 rows = 10cm x 10cm for mosaic colourwork section once blocked

About the Designer:

Dear Pru
Pru Raymond is a qualified educator and creative who has been knitting since childhood. Knitting is her daily mindfulness practice, a creative outlet and an act of craftivism. She looks forward to her knitting workshops as a space for people to expand social and neural connections through creating.

Photography: © Jacie Davis Photography