This wrap is knitted lengthways from end to end, using two strands of Exquisite Lace, a gleaming wool-silk yarn from West Yorkshire Spinners.

“For lace projects like this, I always recommend using a ‘lifeline’,” says Sylvia Heidinger. “I would place it as soon as you have finished a 32-row repeat - that way you always know where you are. Worst case, you have to unravel back to your lifeline rather than start all over again. To place a lifeline, use a darning needle and contrasting piece of yarn and thread it through all the stitches of the last row that has been worked. Continue as normal.”