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Stay-Put Wrap – finished

August 26, 2010 by Alexandra - 6 Comments

It’s official! We’re moving to Cold Country aka Minot, ND! Yes, I did say North Dakota, and yes, contrary to popular opinion, they do have summers up there so hold off those condolences šŸ™‚ because it was our first choice. That said, it gets much colder than any place I’ve ever been and we will be moving in January-February so please do keep your fingers crossed that I don’t turn into an alexsicle.

Anyway, we found out on August 2 and I immediately went to the local yarn shop and picked up this beautiful eggplant-colored heavenly soft merino to make something warm. I finished it today.

Front view:

SPW view 4

Side view:

SPW view 2
A few notes:

08/02/10
Gauge swatch shows I have more stitches per inch. Turns out the largest size has the right numbers to make the second smallest size so I cast on 68 stitches and go to town.
After 8 rows I rip… because I just realized the wrap direction is wrong for me. I never wear wraps/shawls/ruanas with the long end over my right shoulder. Always over the left.
And so I cast on again, this time making a mirror image (cable at the end of RS rows, not the beginning).

08/06/10
So far so good, easy knitting. The 12-row repeat is an easy daily commitment, doable even after a long hectic shift at work. Today I made another adjustment: not a fan of binding off only to cast on again and then having to pick up the stitches for sleeves, I just used a piece of waste yarn to hold those stitches live.

08/12/10
The ā€œwrapā€ part of the wrap is done. I blocked it last night, then started on the first sleeve today. It’s slow going because there aren’t quite enough stitches to move easily around the circular needle, and I don’t have a smaller one. I may have to resort to Magic Loop.

08/21/10
The left sleeve is done. I’ll start the other one tomorrow.

08/26/10
The wrap is finished! Ends darned in, the whole thing is ready to be worn.

Closeup of the back view:

SPW back view closeup

All in all, this was an easy project and I love the result. There are people who don’t like to do this much seed stitch but it never bothered me a bit. Seed stitch allows me to settle into a nice rhythm and helps me relax.

You can also see this project on Ravelry.

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  1. Gail

    August 27, 2010 at 4:35 am

    Beautiful wrap. I love the deep navy colour.

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  2. Dana

    August 28, 2010 at 3:11 am

    That wrap is gorgeous! Good luck in Minot – I went to college in Moorhead, MN, twin city of Fargo, ND. I know of what you speak!

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  3. Jenny

    August 28, 2010 at 7:20 pm

    Very pretty! I’m glad you’re excited about where you are going. I just moved to FL! Goodbye, Germany

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  4. Isabelle

    August 31, 2010 at 10:40 am

    Your wrap is absolutely wonderful! Your knitting is beautiful.I wish you all the best for this new life in ND.

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  5. Kat

    September 1, 2010 at 1:14 am

    Beautiful! Wow–ND!! I’ve seen the wind chills on weather.com šŸ˜‰ .

    Reply
  6. Sylvie

    October 3, 2010 at 6:16 pm

    do you have the patron.?

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I’m Alexandra; Alex for short. I streamline and right-size everything from wardrobe to social commitments in order to craft a peaceful happy life. I’m always working on a sewing or polymer project and have recently bought my first cutting machine. Follow along on my adventures and let me know what you think.

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