Well, after twenty-five hours of knitting, I decided to block the Kid Mohair Wrap -- still on the needles -- and see what I've got.
This is eighteen repeats of the "crossed eyelet" stitch, which the pattern says is what is in the accompanying photo. If I added the knot-stitch border at the end now, my finished wrap would be only 53 inches long, so I can only assume that the "2 balls" in the pattern is a mistake for "3", as going by this test-blocking three balls of Kidsilk Haze will make it almost exactly 60 inches, the target length in the pattern.
Note that I could not reasonably get a 30-inch wide piece, so this is about 27 inches. Pulling it harder would of course make the length even less. It is obviously pretty fiercely blocked in the pattern's photo --
But now 60 inches seems a bit stingy for a wrap to me. If I use the fourth ball, it would be around 80 inches, which is probably too much. Is 70-75 inches a good length for a wrap? I've been going through the dresser drawers, pulling out scarves and stoles and even bath towels, and draping them around my shoulders, and still can't decide. Any advice?
Looks like you get yourself into the same knottey, complicated pattern questions as me! We must be related?
Posted by: Berva Smith | January 16, 2014 at 08:49 AM