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Smocking Stitch Wrap
Our gorgeous Smocking Stitch Wrap knitting pattern, designed by Aubrey Baumgartner, pairs a fascinating stitch pattern with a yarn that brings richness and elegance, our brand new wool-cotton beauty, Plein Air!
Choosing the right yarn for a design is one of knitting’s greatest pleasures. When they work, you know it! And Plein Air works, starting with its tidy spin, which ensures that the details of this extraordinary stitch pattern are distinctive and visible. “Smocking stitch” is basically a 2×2 ribbing that you gather into little bundles, creating a field of textural shifts that Plein Air’s smooth surface is excellent at illuminating.
Sixty-seven percent merino wool and 33% organically grown cotton, the wool content of Plein Air further enhances the stitch pattern by providing elasticity to give your stitches body and dimension. The cotton gives a lovely sheen that plays off the fabric and also creates a supple fabric that puddles and flows around your shoulders.
Plein Air’s light worsted/dk weight means this Smocking Stitch Wrap is just the right level of warmth, too: It’s neither bulky nor skimpy. It’s exactly what you’ll want when the movie theater is too cold or the sky is showing signs of snow or your morning coffee on the front stoop is a chilly one!
Plein Air’s color adds the final flourish to the Smocking Stitch Wrap. The slightly different way merino wool and cotton take dye creates rich, heathered colors that add complexity to the lights and shadows of the stitch pattern. Look at how the deep Teal Verdigris creates such depth and beauty… Aubrey’s pattern is truly remarkable, and it has found its perfect match in beautiful Plein Air!
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Pattern designed and written by Aubrey Baumgartner for Purl Soho. Aubrey is a New York based knitwear designer originally from Greenwood, Indiana. Geometry and bold colors drive her designs, and she draws inspiration from her love of nature, architecture, and history. Aubrey is a wife and mother to three children and loves being outdoors, singing, gardening, and doing arts and crafts with her kiddos. She hopes to one day pass her passion for knitting on to them! See more from Aubrey on her Instagram!
Story written by Mary Auxier for Purl Soho.
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Materials
- 8 skeins of Purl Soho’s Plein Air, 67% merino wool and 33% organically grown cotton. Each skein is 218 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 1,725 total yards required. We used the color Teal Verdigris.
- US 5 (3.75 mm), 24-inch circular needles
- A straight cable stitch holder or spare double pointed needle, US 5 or smaller
GAUGE
28½ stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in 2 x 2 rib
SIZE
Finished Dimensions: 18½ inches wide x 76 inches long
NOTES
STITCH MULTIPLE
This pattern works over a multiple of 16 + 20 stitches.
SLIP STITCHES
Slip all stitches purlwise.
SMOCKING STITCH (SS)
Move yarn to back of work, slip next 10 stitches to cable stitch holder or double pointed needle, wrap yarn counter-clockwise around these 10 stitches 3 times, cinching stitches together lightly, finishing with yarn at back of work. With right needle, [(k2, p2) 2 times, k2] from cable stitch holder or double pointed needle.
PATTERN
RIBBING
Cast on 132 stitches. We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.
Row 1 (right side): Slip 1 (see Notes) with yarn in back (wyib), *k2, p2, repeat from * to last 3 stitches, k3.
Row 2 (wrong side): Slip 1 with yarn in front (wyif), *p2, k2, repeat from * to last 3 stitches, p3.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until piece measures 8 inches from cast-on edge, ending with Row 2.
Now follow either the Written or Chart Instructions, both below.
SMOCKING STITCH PATTERN: WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS
Row 1 (right side): Slip 1 wyib, k2, p2, k2, [p6, (k2, p2) 2 times, k2] 7 times, p6, k2, p2, k3.
Row 2 (wrong side): Slip 1 wyif, p2, k2, p2, [k6, (p2, k2) 2 times, p2] 7 times, k6, p2, k2, p3.
Rows 3–8: Repeat Rows 1 and 2 three more times.
Row 9: Slip 1 wyib, k2, p2, [Smocking Stitch (SS), see Notes), p6] 7 times, SS, p2, k3.
Row 10: Slip 1 wyif, p2, k2, [(p2, k2) 2 times, p2, k6] 7 times, [p2, k2] 3 times, p3.
Row 11: Slip 1 wyib, k2, p2, [(k2, p2) 2 times, k2, p6] 7 times, [k2, p2] 3 times, k3.
Row 12–15: Repeat Rows 10 and 11 two more times.
Row 16: Repeat Row 10.
Row 17: Slip 1 wyib, k2, p2, k2, [p6, SS] 7 times, p6, k2, p2, k3.
Work Rows 2–17 twenty-eight more times, then work rows 2–16 one more time. Work measures approximately 68 inches from cast-on edge.
Go on to Ribbing section below.
SMOCKING STITCH PATTERN: CHART
NOTE: New to reading charts? Unravel the mysteries with our Reading A Chart Tutorial!
Starting in the bottom right corner of the Chart below, work right-side (odd number) rows from right to left and wrong-side (even number) rows from left to right.
Work Rows 1-17, then repeat Rows 2–17 twenty-eight more times, then work rows 2–16 one more time. [Work measures approximately 68 inches from cast-on edge.]
KEY
CHART
NOTE: Want to see it bigger? Download this chart (and key) as a PDF!
RIBBING
Row 1 (right side): Slip 1 wyib, *k2, p2, repeat from * to last 3 stitches, k3.
Row 2 (wrong side): Slip 1 wyif, *p2, k2, repeat from * to last 3 stitches, p3.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until Ribbing measures just under 8 inches, ending with Row 1.
With wrong side facing you, bind off all stitches knitwise.
FINISHING
Weave in all ends, and gently wet block to finished dimensions.
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LEARN ABOUT PLEIN AIR + ALL OUR BEAUTIFUL YARNS
Plein Air is just right for this project, combining the best of both the animal and plant worlds with a beautiful mix of 67% merino wool and 33% organically grown cotton. A not-too-thick, not-too-thin light worsted/DK-weight yarn, Plein Air is wonderful in your hands with a lofty feel and soft touch… A very endearing yarn!
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