Constructive Weave by Belinda Harris-Reid

Constructive Weave

Knitting
January 2024
both are used in this pattern
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
875 - 1750 yards (800 - 1600 m)
FINISHED SIZE when washed and blocked: long - length 420cm, width 48cm, short - length 110cm, width 48cm
English
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CONSTRUCT WEAVE is worked in one piece. Four different yarn colours are used to create this fabulously long and swooshy wrap. A traditional and quite meditative pattern; herringbone (named because of its visual similarity to the bone structure of a herring fish) will keep you interested. Two herringbone beginning and end sections frame the central slipped-stitches section. The herringbone technique creates a beautiful, ‘broken’ zig-zag design.

This is a great project to begin your knitting journey but also interesting enough for the more experienced knitter to enjoy. The pattern is size-adaptable so can be knitted wider or longer (two versions; longer and shorter instructions are given – 4 x 4ply and 2 x 4ply). Light and easy to wear.

I suggest you dry flat. Do not pull too rigorously, wet thoroughly, lie out on a towel to dry naturally.

Blocking is the process of wetting your final piece of knitting to set the finished size and even-out the stitches. You can use any surface to block your garments, just be sure that your knitted piece lies flat and fully dries so that its shape sets. I advise using blocking wires to keep side-edges + top and bottom edges straight.

YOU WILL NEED
A – 1 x Warm Merry O, 312m/100g, 50% superwash merino, 50% silk (hand-dyed slate grey)
B - 1 x Warm Moonshine (natural grey), 400m/100g, 70% alpaca, 20% silk, 10% cashmere
C – 1 x Warm Cobblestone, 312m/100g, 60% superwash merino, 20% silk, 20% yak
D – 1 x Warm Merry O, content as above (undyed)
4mm needles (straight or circular)

TENSION/GAUGE
20sts and 24 rows to 10cm over stocking stitch

FINISHED SIZE when washed and blocked: long - length 420cm, width 48cm, short - length 110cm, width 48cm

ABBREVIATIONS
k: knit | R: row | st/sts: stitch/stitches
RS/WS: right-side/wrong-side
sl1pwyib: slip next st purlwise, with yarn in back
sl1pwyif: slip next st purlwise, with yarn in front