Cambria Wrap (bluestocking5)
This wrap was knitted while celebrating (?) my 40th birthday in the Paso Robles/Cambria area in central California. A smaller rectangle would make a nice baby blanket. Yarn: Any fingering weight yarn. I used 4 skeins (850 yds) of Crown Mountain Farms Sock Hop yarn. Amount: 700-85o yds for a wrap (depending the desired length 300-350 yds (ie one skein of sock yarn) for a baby blanket Needles: US7/ 4.5mm circular needles Final size (after blocking): 7 feet x 17 inches [Note: I am tall, thus this is a long wrap.] Gauge: measured over the stitch pattern after blocking: 16 rows/14 stitches over 3 inches. But I am going out on a limb to say that gauge is really not that important in this project. Cast on: 88 stitches (or 6x2 for the border, 6 stitch repeat)
Border: Knit 11 rows in garter stitch, always slipping the first stitch. Row 1: k6, k1, yo [ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, yol repeat 12 times, ssk, k1, k6 Row 2, 4, 6, 8: k6, p76, k6 Row 3: k6, k2, yo [s1 purlwise, k2tog, psso, yo, k3, yol repeat 12 times, k2tog, k6 Row 5: k6, k1, k2tog Iyo, k1, yo, ssk, k1, k2togl repeat 12 times, yo, k1, k6 Row 7: k6, k2tog Lyo, k3, yo, s1 purlwise, k2tog, pssol repeat 12 times, yo, k2tog, k6
Repeat until wrap is desired length. In this rather long example, I repeated the stitch pattern 6o times. 18 repeats would be enough to make a baby blanket. Border: Knit 11 rows in garter stitch, cast off loosely. Finishing: Darn in ends and block using standard techniques.
