This design is the feature pattern celebrating LYS Day 2022 at my LYS, The Little Yarn Shoppe in Saginaw Michigan. The pattern is designed by a local designer (me), for a local yarn shop (The Little Yarn Shoppe), with hand-dyed yarn from a local dyer (Blooms and Ewe). This oversized scarf is knit on the bias with a mix of colors and textures. It’s a surprisingly simple knit in an easy to wear style and size, perfect for the varied Michigan weather. Everything about it is pure Michigan, so it is fittingly called Pure Local.
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DIMENSIONS
Note: Finished measurements may vary depending on how aggressively you block your wrap.
• Approx 19" / 48cm x 85" / 215cm
YARN:
Blooms And Ewe Yakino (70% SW Merino, 20% Yak, 10% Nylon; 218 yd / 199 m per 50g); 1 skein each color.
IMPORTANT: This pattern was a part of a yarn kit. It was designed to use all of the yarn from the kit. If you are substituting with a different yarn, pick a similar fingering weight yarn with 250 yds per skein or more. The yardage requirement represents 15% padding to what this pattern actually used.
Sample one shown in colors: I Like Your Purple Shirt (C1). Let’s Be Frank (C2), Tealing Well (C3), Lisa (C4), Side Part & Skinny Jeans (C5), and Just A Bite (C6).
Sample two shown in colors: Mamma Juice (C1). Tahquamenon (C2), Glamping (C3), Pictured Rocks (C4), Into The Woods (C5), and Copper Harbor (C6).
Sample three (right on cover page) shown in colors:
Dahlia (C1). Twine (C2), Forget Me Not (C3), Twig (C4), Lisianthus (C5), and Pressed (C6).
GAUGE:
Note: Gauge for this is not critical but will affect final size and approx yardage used.
• 22 sts x 40 rows = 4" / 10 cm in garter stitch, blocked
NEEDLES:
Needles listed are suggested. Always take time to swatch.
• Gauge Needle: Size US 5 (3.75 mm) 24" / 60sm (a circular needle long enough to accommodate stitches)— or size necessary to obtain gauge
TOOLS:
Tapestry needle
NOTES:
This wrap is worked on the bias. It begins with an increase section. The stitch count then remains unchanged during the body of the shawl and finishes of with a decrease section.
