Dewdrops Wrap
The sun climbing over the horizon, birds alighting from their nests, and drops of dew clinging to the milkweed, it’s all in a morning! Our Dewdrops Wrap is a bright eyed and bushy tailed knit, carpeted in a field of pretty droplets.

This classic lace pattern does the unusual by busting knitting out of its grid into a land of orbs. Probably not your first lace project, but a fun challenge for everyone else, we offer the 24-row repeat as written or charted instructions.

And, burying the lead, how about this color?! One of our new additions to the Tussock palette, bluer-than-blue Lapis Lazuli is like a siren beckoning. It’s one of our five new blues, plus a purple, that brings the Tussock family to thirty-six glorious colors!


Designed for Purl Soho by Jake Canton.
Materials

- 2 (4) skeins of Purl Soho’s Tussock, 60% super fine kid mohair and 40% silk. Each skein is 328 yards / 25 grams; approximately 650 (1,299) total yards required. We used the color Lapis Lazuli.
- US 4 straight or 24-inch circular needles
Gauge
29 stitches and 42 rows = 4 inches in stitch pattern
Size
Finished Dimensions: 9 (19) inches wide x 76 inches long
Notes
Stitch Multiple
This pattern works over a multiple of 12 + 5 stitches.
Decreases
Slip 1, k2tog, psso (slip 1, knit 2 together, pass slip stitch over)
Slip 1 stitch purlwise with yarn in back, knit 2 stitches together, pass slipped stitch over k2tog and off right needle. [2 stitches decreased]
S2kp (slip 2, knit 1, pass slip stitch over)
Slip 2 stitches together knitwise with yarn in back, knit 1, pass slipped stitches over knit stitch and off right needle. [2 stitches decreased]
For more information on these techniques, please visit our Sk2p Tutorial.
Increases
RLI (Right Lifted Increase)
Lift right leg of stitch below next stitch on left needle onto left needle and knit it. [1 stitch increased]
LLI (Left Lifted Increase)
Lift left leg of stitch 2 rows below stitch on right needle onto left needle and knit it through the back loop. [1 stitch increased]
For more information on these techniques, please visit our Lifted Increase Tutorial.
INC2 (increase 2)
K1 into back loop leaving stitch on left needle, k1 into front of same stitch leaving it on left needle, k1 into back loop of same stitch and let it fall off left needle. [2 stitches increased]
Pattern
Cast on 65 (137) stitches. We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.
Set-Up Row (wrong side): Purl to end of row.
Now follow either the Written or Chart Instructions, both below.
Written Instructions
Row 1 (right side): K2, knit 2 together (k2tog), *yarn over (yo), k2tog, yo, p5, yo, slip slip knit (ssk), yo, slip 1, k2tog, psso (see Notes), repeat from * to last 13 stitches, yo, k2tog, yo, p5, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k2.
Row 2 (wrong side): P6, *k5, p7, repeat from * to last 11 stiches, k5, p6.
Row 3: K2, *yo, knit 3 together (k3tog), yo, p7, yo, ssk, repeat from * to last 3 stitches, yo, k2tog, k1.
Row 4: *P5, k7, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, p5.
Row 5: K1, ssk, yo, *ssk, yo, p7, yo, s2kp (see Notes), yo, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, k2.
Row 6: Repeat Row 4.
Row 7: K2, *yo, s2kp, yo, p7, yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 3 stitches, yo, k2tog, k1.
Row 8: Repeat Row 4.
Row 9: K2, RLI (see Notes), k1, *yo, ssk, yo, purl 2 together (p2tog), purl 3 together (p3tog), p2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, INC2 (see Notes), repeat from * to last 14 stitches, yo, ssk, yo, p2tog, p3tog, p2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, LLI (see Notes), k2.
Row 10: P7, *k3tog, p9, repeat from * to last 10 stitches, k3tog, p7.
Row 11: K2, RLI, k1, *[yo, ssk] twice, p1, [k2tog, yo] twice, INC2, repeat from * to last 12 stitches, [yo, ssk] twice, p1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k1, LLI, k2.
Row 12: P8, *k1, p11, repeat from * to last 9 stitches, k1, p8.
Row 13: K2, p3, *yo, ssk, yo, slip 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k2tog, yo, p5, repeat from * to last 12 stitches, yo, ssk, yo, slip 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k2tog, yo, p3, k2.
Row 14: P2, k3, *p7, k5, repeat from * to last 12 stitches, p7, k3, p2.
Row 15: K2, p4, *yo, ssk, yo, k3tog, yo, p7, repeat from * to last 11 stitches, yo, ssk, yo, k3tog, yo, p4, k2.
Row 16: P2, k4, *p5, k7, repeat from * to last 11 stitches, p5, k4, p2.
Row 17: K2, p4, *yo, s2kp, yo, ssk, yo, p7, repeat from * to last 11 stitches, yo, s2kp, yo, ssk, yo, p4, k2.
Row 18: Repeat Row 16.
Row 19: K2, p4, *yo, k2tog, yo, s2kp, yo, p7, repeat from * to last 11 stitches, yo, k2tog, yo, s2kp, yo, p4, k2.
Row 20: Repeat Row 16.
Row 21: K2, p2tog, *p2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, INC2, yo, ssk, yo, p2tog, p3tog, repeat from * to last 13 stitches, p2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, INC2, yo, ssk, yo, p2tog twice, k2.
Row 22: P2, k2tog, *p9, k3tog, repeat from * to last 13 stitches, p9, k2tog, p2.
Row 23: K2, p1, *[k2tog, yo] twice, INC2, [yo, ssk] twice, p1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, k2.
Row 24: P2, k1, *p11, k1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, p2.
Repeat Rows 1-24 until piece measures 70 inches from cast-on edge, ending with Row 24.
With the right side facing you, bind off knitwise.
Weave in the ends and wet block to finish!
Chart Instructions
NOTE: Begin this chart in the bottom right corner. Right-side rows are odd numbered and read right to left. Wrong-side rows are even numbered and read left to right. Work your way up the chart to the top line.


(Want to see it bigger? Click here and view the chart as a PDF!)
Update: Key Modified on September 1, 2020
Key: The symbol for k3tog and slip, k2tog, pass the slipped stitch over, switched with each other.
Repeat Rows 1-24 until piece measures 70 inches from cast-on edge, ending with Row 24.
With the right side facing you, bind off knitwise.
Weave in the ends and wet block to finish!


That blue is incredible!
Do you use 2 strand of yarn?
Hi Pandora,
Thanks for writing in! This wrap is made using a single strand of Tussock.
Happy knitting!
Julianna
What can be substituted for the Tussock yarn
The daughter I would like to make this for can not tolerate mohair
Hi Cathy,
Thanks for reaching out! The fluffy halo of mohair is pretty unique to the fiber, but I have a few suggestions that are mohair free! I would try either our Linen Quill or Sweetgrass yarns. Both will show the stitch definition of the lace beautifully and add a subtle halo of alpaca. It won’t be as extreme as Tussock but will still be wonderfully soft around the edges!
I hope that helps, and happy knitting!
Julianna
I am trying to do this right now and on Row 1 I think there is an error. I have ripped this out three times now and am getting kind of frustrated. It says at the last 13 stitches to do yo, k2tog, yo, p5, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k2. but if you add all that up it’s actually 19 stitches. Could you let me know what is correct. I don’t want to rip this out again.
Thanks for your help!
Elizabeth
Hi Elizabeth,
Thanks for writing in! I took a look at Row 1 and it should work out, even the last 13 stitches, so I think you might be working an extra stitch whenever you work a yarn over. The yarn over only refers to the yarn wrapping around the needle and does not include knitting or purling the following stitch, so when you’re counting the written stitches to see if the math will work out, you shouldn’t count the yarn overs, as they will add a stitch but will not use up one of the stitches on the needle. For this last section of Row 1, the k2tog and ssk each take up two stitches, so you will add together 2+5+2+2+2 for a total of 13 stitches. You may find it helpful to review our Yarn Over (YO) tutorial!
I hope that clears things up!
Julianna
Hi
Could someone help ne with row 9?
At the end I have less stitches.
Maybe I made “increase 2 wrong?
Thank you
Hi Mirzai,
Thanks for reaching out! If you are missing stitches at the end of row 9 it may be because you are missing an increase or yarn over at some point across the row. To help keep track of all of the steps in this row I would recommend writing the instructions out on paper and then checking off each step as you go or even placing stitch markers across the row to mark where the decreases and increases are!
I hope this helps and feel free to reach out with any more questions going forward!
Gianna
Hi
I’ve attempted this 3 times, and can’t get past row 1. The pattern says to do the repeats up to last 13 stitches, but all three times I only have 12 left on the left needle. I ripped, thinking I’d miss counted but not 3 times. I was careful about the yarn overs and ask and k2tog places and I always come up with just 12 at the end. What am I doing wrong? Also before the purl 5 the yarn overs- didn’t work unless I reversed the way I did it. Is that correct?
thanks Vicki
Hi Vicki,
Thanks for reaching out! I double checked the pattern and it is correct so you should be coming up to 13 stitches at the end. I would guess that you are missing a yarn over somewhere along the way… I would recommend placing stitch markers to mark each of the repeats between the * to help you keep track of all of the steps within that sections or write out the pattern on a scrap paper and check off the steps as you go! I am also not sure why the yarn overs wouldn’t work before the purl 5 and would cause you to reverse them! I haven’t heard of that being an issue so that may be where the problem is happening.
See if marking the repeats helps at all, but if you are still having problems with Row 1 after this please take a picture of your work and send it to us at our email customerservice@purlsoho.com and we can troubleshoot further from there!
All the best,
Gianna
Hi,
Thanks, those suggestions helped and I rewatched the tutorials on the ssk and fixed my issues.
Vicki