Nine-Note Seed Stitch Wrap in New Colors
Because every great performance deserves an encore, we have revisited our beautiful Nine-Note Bundles and added five new tunes to the songbook. Please welcome the colors Pomelo, Begonia, Beautyberry, Bluegrass, and Sketchbook!
One stunning thing to make with a bundle is our Nine-Note Seed Stitch Wrap, a color crescendo that moves from very pale to very saturated tones. Its knits and purls show off this gorgeous gradient, smoothing out the transitions and keeping the beat.
A lovely mix of 80% extra fine merino and 25% baby alpaca, the yarn in our Nine-Note Bundle is as soft as can be, warm, and hearty. Its light worsted weight knits up at a lively pace, too!
The new color, Pomelo (above), is a yellow-green citrusy splash to brighten a cold day, while Bluegrass (below) takes you through a clear sky deepening into night.
Begonia (above, middle) is a warm floral pop. Beautyberry (above, right) is a vivid mood lifter, and Sketchbook (below) is cool jazz all the way. Each Nine-Note Bundle comes packaged in a Purl Soho tote bag, with a postcard that links to this free pattern. In every way, a gift that will get a standing ovation!
Share your progress and connect with the community by tagging your pics with #PurlSoho, #PurlSohoBusyHands, #PurlSohoNineNoteSeedStitchWrap, and #PurlSohoNineNoteBundle. We can’t wait to see what you make!
Materials
Our Nine-Note Bundle includes…
- 9 skeins of 80% extra fine merino wool and 20% baby alpaca yarn. Each skein is 100 yards/ 50 grams; approximately 900 yards required. We knit our samples in the colors Pomelo, Begonia, Beautyberry, Mulberry, Sketchbook, Tidewater, Bluegrass. (NOTE: This yarn is only available in the Nine-Note Bundle.)
- A Purl Soho canvas tote bag
- A postcard with a link to this free pattern
You will also need…
- US 7 (4.5 mm), 24-inch circular needles
GAUGE
17½ stitches and 33 rows = 4 inches in seed stitch, blocked
NOTE: To ensure all your stripes are the same length, be sure to reuse your swatch yarn.
SIZE
Finished Dimensions: Approximately 15 inches wide x 68 inches long
NOTES
STITCH MULTIPLE
This pattern is worked over an odd number of stitches.
COLOR SEQUENCE
You will start with the darkest color in the color sequence, then move on to the color one shade lighter until you have used all nine skeins, from dark to light.
PATTERN
Starting with the darkest color, cast on 65 stitches. We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.
Row 1: *K1, p1, repeat from * to last stitch, k1.
Repeat Row 1 until piece measures about 7½ inches from cast-on edge or until skein nearly runs out.
*Right-Side Row: Join next lighter color in the sequence (see Notes), and work Row 1.
Repeat Row 1 until this stripe measures the same as first stripe, ending with a wrong-side row (i.e. on the same side you finished the first skein so that all tails are along the same selvage).
Repeat from * working through entire sequence of eight skeins.
Bind-Off Row: K1, *p1, pass first stitch over, k1, pass first stitch over, repeat from * to end of row.
Weave in ends and gently block.
Can this be done with Good Wool? I bought the Triangle Scarf Bundle and I decided I wouldn’t wear this once it was made. Not really for me. So I have 5 skeins of good wool that I would like to use.
Hi Camille,
I think that making this wrap with your skeins of Good Wool is a great way to repurpose them! The pattern is a simple seed stitch wrap, so that will work perfectly with almost any yarn, and it will be especially bouncy with Good Wool.
All the best,
Lili
Hi,
I just ordered this beautiful yarn. I was wondering if you think it would work to make two narrower scarves. Thanks!
Hi Melissa,
That will absolutely work! To make 2 narrower scarves, just cast on 31 stitches for each and knit each color section to the same height as indicated in the pattern (about 7.5 inches). You can also knit until you use up just under half of each skein, which you can determine by weighing the remaining yarn! Each skein is 50g, so once you have about 25g left, you’ll know it’s time to move onto the next color and save the remaining yarn for the second scarf. Let us know how it goes!
All the best,
Lili
Hello,
I love these colors and the ombre effect, but I’m not a huge fan of seed stitch. Do you think these would look as nice just knitted (or have you seen anyone do that)? Would they be approximately the same width/length do you think? Thanks!
Hi Mary Ann,
Thanks for reaching out! I think a wrap in stockinette using these bundles would be absolutely fabulous. Because this project was designed specifically in seed stitch, though, I’m not able to pinpoint exactly how switching to stockinette would affect the dimensions of the wrap. However, I can point you in the direction of our Elementary Wrap in Morning (https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2022/03/26/elementary-wrap-in-morning/) as a great guidepost for how to modify this wrap! Morning is a DK weight yarn like the yarn in the Nine-Note Bundles, so substituting the Nine-Note yarn in this pattern would work well. Furthermore, the dimensions of the Elementary Wrap are quite similar to the Nine-Note wrap as well.
I would recommend first making a swatch with the Nine-Note yarn using the recommended needle size (US 6 (4 mm)) for the Elementary Wrap and seeing if you need to make any adjustments to get gauge. Once you’re able to get the same gauge as the Elementary Wrap pattern (20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch), you can then adjust the number of cast-on stitches so that you can create a wrap the same dimensions as the Nine-Note wrap. To do so, simply cast on 75 stitches rather than the listed 90 stitches since the Nine-Note wrap is 15 inches wide vs. the Elementary Wrap being 18 inches wide. Then, just knit in stockinette stitch following the Elementary Pattern (which is all stockinette except for a few purl stitches to create the selvedge edge) until your work is 68 inches long. If you’d like the ombre to occur in equal increments, simply swap in a new skein every 7.5 inches or so.
I hope this helps! Let us know if you have other questions!
Kindly,
Cat
I have never worked with this wool is it itchy it is for my sensitive daughter
Thank you
Brenda
Hi Brenda,
Thanks for writing in! The yarn in the Nine-Note Bundle is made of extra fine merino wool and alpaca, which are incredibly soft fibers. Merino fibers are so fine that they bend to the touch, rather than sticking up and scratching. Most people who are sensitive to normal wool do not have the same reaction to merino wool. I hope this information helps!
All the best,
Lili
I’m a novice knitter but would like to make this more like a scarf for a man to wear. I’m thinking 2/3 the width of the wrap. Would I just cast on 43 (or 41) stitches and complete as instructed?
Hi Margaret,
That’s a great question! Either 41 or 43 stitches would be perfect if you’d like to make this a little less wide. You can keep working until you run out of each color. The scarf will be longer because of this, but should still fit comfortably.
I hope that helps, but please let us know if you have any other questions!
All the best,
Zha Zha
Hello,
I bought the Nine Note seed stitch bundle and am not a fan of seed stitch. Any other pattern you can recommend that avoids seed stitch. I’m concerned that doing it in stockinette would make a color-change stripe in the fabric. Thoughts?
Hi Cate,
Thanks for your question! I think this bundle and wrap would look really cool in garter stitch! There would be plenty of beautiful texture and it would work well with the color changes too! I’d recommend adding the new skeins at the end of each row to keep the color gradient as smooth as possible. I hope this helps!
All the best,
Cat
I am not able to see a Notes section at the end of the article, but the pattern references this when switching colors. Could you provide more detail on the best method to transition between colors for this pattern?
Hi Addy,
Thanks for writing in! The Notes section in this pattern is located about halfway down the page, right after the Size section, so you might have to scroll a bit to reach it! For the best way to do the color changes for this wrap, just make sure to change colors at the very start of a right-side row and you should be all set! By doing so, all your tails will be along one selvage. I hope this helps!
All the best,
Cat