Our Open Air Wrap is a familiar favorite, but it undergoes a splendid reinvention when paired with our gorgeous new Tussock!

Open Air Wrap In Tussock | Purl Soho

This wrap may look as diaphanous as floating mist, but don’t be fooled…It’s really a halo of soft and cozy warmth. Tussock is 60% super fine kid mohair and 40% silk, a blend that insulates with a feather-light touch and a lovely luster.

Open Air Wrap In Tussock | Purl Soho

You’ll quickly master the Open Air Wrap’s super-simple one-row repeat of open lacework. Yup, just repeat one row and watch it grow into a fabric that’s part fine filigree, part fluffy down.

Open Air Wrap In Tussock | Purl Soho

Choose from 17 beautiful colors of Tussock. We used three skeins of Bright Verdigris, a crisp reflection of the icy season, but you may want to pick a few of your favorites, because this version of our Open Air Wrap is especially fun to share… A real wow-you-made-this? kind of gift!

Yarn lovers, if you adore the yarn used in this project, you’ll love exploring all of our other yarn collections! Discover over 45 thoughtfully designed yarns in nearly every natural fiber and in every spectacular color you can imagine. Only available here at Purl Soho’s online yarn store, where every skein is created with care and your creativity in mind!

Open Air Wrap In Tussock | Purl Soho

Designed by Purl Soho designer, Whitney Van Nes.

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Materials

Open Air Wrap In Tussock | Purl Soho
  • 3 skeins of Purl Soho’s Tussock, 60% super fine kid mohair and 40% silk. Each skein of this fingering-weight yarn is 328 yards/ 25 grams; approximately 984 yards required. We used Bright Verdigris.
  • US 4 (3.5 mm), straight or circular needles

Gauge

21 stitches = 4 inches unblocked

17 ½ stitches = 4 inches blocked

Size

Dimensions, Unblocked: 18½ inches wide x 72 inches long

Finished Dimensions, Blocked: 22½ inches wide x 75 inches long

Pattern

For the free pattern, please visit our original Open Air Wrap story.

Open Air Wrap In Tussock | Purl Soho

LEARN ABOUT TUSSOCK + ALL OUR BEAUTIFUL YARNS

Tussock is impossible to replace! Spun and dyed in Japan, it is 60% super fine kid mohair, the softest quality there is, plus 40% silk, which is much more than most mohair-silk blends and makes for a super lustrous yarn. Technically a fine lace-weight, Tussock’s mohair blooms so beautifully that we prefer to use it as a fingering-weight yarn, either alone on US 3-6 needles or alongside other yarns for plumping up a companion or deepening its complexity. Choose from 26 gorgeous colors, inspired by juicy, ripe berries and mimosas in bloom, lapping waters and zippy wildflowers… Pure joy!

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