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STST Wrap: It’s all about the stockinette stitch!

Use your favorite colors to make this stockinette lover’s dream a beautiful reality. This versatile wrap will be in nonstop use as it takes you from a coffee date with friends to a night out on the town.

Why you will love to make and wear the STST Wrap:

• Lots of soothing stockinette stitch for comfort knitting, travel, watching tv, or chatting with friends.

• Finally, something that will show off that entire beautiful advent/countdown mini-skein set you’ve been hoarding!

• The detailed pattern is easy to follow and ideal for beginners.

• It’s the perfect lightweight layer to take to an over-air-conditioned restaurant or an outdoor event as the sun goes down; it can be black-dress elegant or blue-jeans casual.

• Infinite color options: There are instructions not only for using an advent set but also for using different numbers of colors or a single color. This is stunning with a gradient yarn!

• Styling versatility: STST Wrap can be worn as a long rectangle to encircle yourself with coziness, but it can also be folded in half and partially buttoned, providing a variety of styling options (see pictures): The buttoned portion can be draped over a shoulder, in front, or in back.

This pattern has been tech edited and test knitted to give you a smooth, error-free knitting experience.

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Difficulty: Beginner. Stitches used: knit, purl, yarn over, k2tog.

Size: The wrap, when laid flat, is approximately 18”/ 45 cm wide x 68”/ 170 cm long. When folded in half and buttoned, the buttoned portion is approximately 18”/ 45 cm and the head opening approximately 16”/ 40 cm.

Yarn quantity: To make the wrap as shown in the sample, you will need 24 mini-skeins of fingering/sock yarn, 20 grams each, as in an “advent mini set” or “countdown set.” You will use approximately 14 grams of each mini-skein. The sample was worked with Jilly and Kiddles “Mix Tape Minis” countdown set.

The pattern also includes separate instructions for knitters using a different number of colors, or you can work the whole wrap in a single color.

Regardless of the number of colors used, total yarn usage will be approximately 290 – 330 grams/1275 – 1440 yards/1160 – 1320 meters.

Gauge: 28 sts and 36 rows to 4”/10 cm in stockinette stitch, unblocked. Gauge is not tremendously important, but if your gauge differs, the finished size and yarn usage may vary.

Needles: US 3/ 3.25 mm needle, or size to obtain gauge. This wrap is worked flat.

Notions: 10 buttons, 1/2” size. Yarn needle to weave in ends.

Knitter support: Designer email is included in the pattern in case you have questions.