Moonlight Wrap: Free Scarf Knitting Pattern

Введение

Moonlight Wrap

Pandemics and romance may be like oil and water, but there’s never really a time to forego feelings of love or the metaphors that express it. We’re knitting some romance into our lives with our Moonlight Wrap. Like a warm beam of light sparkling over a blue sea, it makes us feel like holding hands!

The mystery of the Moonlight Wrap unveils itself on closer inspection. In simple linen stitch, you alternate colors every two rows for subtle shifts that really do flow like light.

All this color play? Sounds like a job for Linen Quill! A blend of fine highland wool, alpaca, and linen, Linen Quill comes in 55(!!) colors, plenty to create your idea of romance!

Yarn lovers, if you adore the yarn used in this project, you’ll love exploring all of our other yarn collections! Discover over 55 thoughtfully designed yarns in nearly every natural fiber and in every spectacular color you can imagine. Only available here at Purl Soho’s online yarn store, where every skein is created with care and your creativity in mind!

Pattern designed and written by Purl Soho founder and co-owner, Joelle Hoverson.

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Materials

Purl Soho’s Linen Quill, 50% fine highland wool, 35% alpaca, and 15% linen. Each skein of this fingering weight yarn is approximately 439 yards/ 100 grams.
- Color A: 1 (2) skein(s); approximately 370 (739) yards required. We used Blue Blue.
- Color B: 1 (1) skein; approximately 220 (439) yards required. We used Blue Pansy.
- Color C: 1 (1) skein; approximately 75 (150) yards required. We used Pale Oats.
- Color D: 1 (1) skein; approximately 87 (174) yards required. We used Cobalt Blue.
US 7 (4.5 mm), straight or 24- or 32-inch circular needles

More inspiration? Here some additional palettes to consider… If one suits your fancy, just go to the Linen Quill page and choose a skein of each color listed (or two skeins of Color A if you’re making the Wrap size)!

Color A (1 or 2 skeins): Peach Stone; Color B (1 skein): Twig Brown; Color C (1 skein): Pale Oats; Color D (1 skein): Rose Granite

Color A (1 or 2 skeins): Purple Smoke; Color B (1 skein): Stonewall Gray; Color C (1 skein): Wheat Flour; Color D (1 skein): Crocus Bud

Color A (1 or 2 skeins): Bougainvillea Pink; Color B (1 skein): Wild Violet; Color C (1 skein): Wheat Flour; Color D (1 skein): Pink Pop

Color A: Bright Flamingo (1 or 2 skeins); Color B (1 skein): Red Poppy; Color C (1 skein): Peony Pink; Color D (1 skein): Super Orange

Color A (1 or 2 skeins): Calendula Orange; Color B (1 skein): Mustard Seed; Color C (1 skein): Wheat Flour; Color D (1 skein): Dandelion Yellow

Color A (1 or 2 skeins): Clover Green; Color B (1 skein): Shiso Green; Color C (1 skein): Heirloom White; Color D (1 skein): Fresh Pickle

Color A (1 or 2 skeins): True Turquoise; Color B (1 skein): Mountain Bluebird; Color C (1 skein): Heirloom White; Color D (1 skein): Vintage Celadon

Color A (1 or 2 skeins): Stillwater Blue; Color B (1 skein): Kettle Black; Color C (1 skein): Heirloom White; Color D (1 skein): Gray Denim

Gauge

28 stitches = 4 inches in stitch pattern

Sizes

Scarf (Wrap)

Unblocked Dimensions: 9 x 72 (18 x 74) inches

Finished Dimensions: 9 x 76 (18 x 76) inches

Note: The sample shown here is the wrap size.

Notes

Stitch Multiple

This pattern is worked over an odd number of stitches.

Pattern

Stripe 1

With Color A, cast on 63 (125) stitches. We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.

Join Color B.

Row 1 (right side): With Color B, k1, *slip 1 with yarn in front (wyif), k1, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 2 (wrong side): With Color B, slip 1 wyif, p1, *slip 1 with yarn in back (wyib), p1, repeat from * to last stitch, slip 1 wyif.

Row 3: With Color A, k1, *slip 1 wyif, k1, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 4: With Color A, slip 1 wyif, p1, *slip 1 wyib, p1, repeat from * to last stitch, slip 1 wyif.

Repeat Rows 1-4 until piece measures 46 inches from cast-on edge, ending with Row 4.

Cut Color B.

Stripe 2

Join Color C.

Row 1 (right side): With Color C, k1, *slip 1 wyif, k1, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 2 (wrong side): With Color C, slip 1 wyif, p1, *slip 1 wyib, p1, repeat from * to last stitch, slip 1 wyif.

Row 3: With Color A, k1, *slip 1 wyif, k1, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 4: With Color A, slip 1 wyif, p1, *slip 1 wyib, p1, repeat from * to last stitch, slip 1 wyif.

Repeat Rows 1-4 until Stripe 2 measures 12 inches, ending with Row 2.

Cut Color A.

Stripe 3

Join Color D.

Row 1 (right side): With Color D, k1, *slip 1 wyif, k1, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 2 (wrong side): With Color D, slip 1 wyif, p1, *slip 1 wyib, p1, repeat from * to last stitch, slip 1 wyif.

Row 3: With Color C, k1, *slip 1 wyif, k1, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 4: With Color C, slip 1 wyif, p1, *slip 1 wyib, p1, repeat from * to last stitch, slip 1 wyif.

Repeat Rows 1-4 until Stripe 3 measures 2 inches, ending with Row 2.

Cut Color C.

Stripe 4

Join Color A.

Row 1 (right side): With Color A, k1, *slip 1 wyif, k1, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 2 (wrong side): With Color A, slip 1 wyif, p1, *slip 1 wyib, p1, repeat from * to last stitch, slip 1 wyif.

Row 3: With Color D, k1, *slip 1 wyif, k1, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 4: With Color D, slip 1 wyif, p1, *slip 1 wyib, p1, repeat from * to last stitch, slip 1 wyif.

Repeat Rows 1-4 until Stripe 4 measures 14 inches, ending with Row 4.

Cut Color A.

With Color D, bind off loosely in stitch pattern.

Weave in ends and wet block.

Learn About Linen Quill + All Our Beautiful Yarns

We designed this project to highlight the uniquely beautiful qualities of our Linen Quill, a wonderful fingering-weight yarn that is a blend of 50% wool, 35% alpaca, and 15% linen. It feels amazing in your hands, and in 70 jaw-droppingly gorgeous colors, Linen Quill is the candy store of yarn! Want to play with lots of those amazing colors? Check out our Linen Quill Minis, available in 40- and 20- color bundles, and be sure to read our article, Linen Quill: A Closer Look At Our Most-Loved Yarn, to learn all about what makes it so special.

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