Nine-Note Seed Stitch Wrap In Wild Iris: Free Knitting Pattern

Введение

Nine-Note Seed Stitch Wrap in A New Color

As regal Wild Iris joins our family of Nine-Note colors, we return to the rich, flowing color of our Nine-Note Seed Stitch Wrap… A generous swath of fabric that strikes a beautiful chord.

Based on a classic value study, each Nine-Note Bundle contains nine skeins that begin with one carefully chosen color. The range comes from adding equal amounts of white to each new shade, creating a subtle shift that moves from very saturated to very light.

You’re sure to find a favorite among our dozen intensely beautiful palettes, but we’re celebrating the newest member of the band, Wild Iris. A complex brew of powerful and playful, this purple comes from nature’s most surprising moments and appeals to your deepest color-loving self.

Knitting the Nine-Note Bundle is a profoundly enjoyable experience, which comes, in part, from its multistrand structure with a high twist. This means its plied strands are plied strands themselves, and each has a tight twist that gives the resulting yarn a springy, bouncy feel.

Amazing to knit and also to feel against your skin, this yarn starts with the softest merino fiber in the world (its micron count is comparable to cashmere!). Combined with incredibly soft baby alpaca, together, they create a yarn with a supple softness that’s really irresistible.

The lure of Wild Iris, or crisp Apple (above), or any other Nine-Note beauty, you’ll soon be singing the praises of this very special project!

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!

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Materials

Our Nine-Note Bundle includes…

9 skeins of 80% extra fine merino wool and 20% baby alpaca yarn. Each skein is 100 yards/ 50 grams; approximately 900 yards required. We knit our samples in all the colors, including a new one, Wild Iris! (NOTE: This yarn is only available in the Nine-Note Bundle.)
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You will also need…

US 7 (4.5 mm), 24-inch circular needles

GAUGE

17½ stitches and 33 rows = 4 inches in seed stitch, blocked

NOTE: To ensure all your stripes are the same length, be sure to reuse your swatch yarn.

SIZE

Finished Dimensions: Approximately 15 inches wide x 68 inches long

NOTES

STITCH MULTIPLE

This pattern is worked over an odd number of stitches.

COLOR SEQUENCE

You will start with the darkest color in the color sequence, then move on to the color one shade lighter until you have used all nine skeins, from dark to light.

PATTERN

Starting with the darkest color, cast on 65 stitches. We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.

Row 1: *K1, p1, repeat from * to last stitch, k1.

Repeat Row 1 until piece measures about 7½ inches from cast-on edge or until skein nearly runs out.

*Right-Side Row: Join next lighter color in the sequence (see Notes), and work Row 1.

Repeat Row 1 until this stripe measures the same as first stripe, ending with a wrong-side row (i.e. on the same side you finished the first skein so that all tails are along the same selvage).

Repeat from * working through entire sequence of remaining seven skeins.

Bind-Off Row: K1, *p1, pass first stitch over, k1, pass first stitch over, repeat from * to end of row.

Weave in ends and gently block.

LEARN ABOUT NINE-NOTE BUNDLES + ALL OUR BEAUTIFUL YARNS

The gorgeous gradient of our Nine-Note Bundle makes this project sing! A carefully calibrated scale of nine skeins ranging from very pale to very saturated, there is beautiful complexity in every harmonious color. A light worsted/DK-weight yarn, our Nine-Note Bundles are a mix of 80% of the softest extra fine merino wool in the world and 20% incredibly soft baby alpaca… It must be experienced to be believed! For a coordinating color, pick up some Note, the same yarn with double the size per skein and its own unique palette of painterly heathered colors.

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