A Wrap That’s Long on Luxury

I’m kind of impatient when it comes to knitting. I love to do it, of course, but I want things to be off the needles quickly so I can wear and use them.

I also have a pretty short attention span so if things aren’t getting off the needles fast enough, I may abandon them for years.

But I do understand the value of projects that take a long time and how much you will love and use them when they are done.

So I’m sure it would be with the Must Have Wrap from Classic Elite Yarns. This is a beauty worked in an alpaca and bamboo blend in sections of stockinette and linen stitch.

It’s also pretty huge, at almost 18 inches wide and 70 inches long. Worked on size 4 US needles, there’s nothing quick about this project.

But wouldn’t you love to have it? I know I would. It would probably take me years of off-and-on knitting to get it done, but you can bet I’d wear the heck out of it when it was.

Do you like instant gratification projects or are you more of a long-haul knitter? I’d love to know!

[Photo via Classic Elite Yarns.]

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As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells, so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]

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jonquil says
October 29, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Beautiful! I’m definitely a quicker is better person.
Trophy Wife Knits says
October 30, 2013 at 9:03 am
I am like you, I want my knitting to go fast, but alas, I am a slow knitter. I intermix quick projects with projects like this wrap. I even make it a game sometimes by setting a number of rows per day, or only working on it during football season, etc.

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