Nine-Note Seed Stitch Wrap in A New Color
As regal Wild Iris joins our family of Nine-Note colors, we return to the rich, flowing color of our Nine-Note Seed Stitch Wrap… A generous swath of fabric that strikes a beautiful chord.
Based on a classic value study, each Nine-Note Bundle contains nine skeins that begin with one carefully chosen color. The range comes from adding equal amounts of white to each new shade, creating a subtle shift that moves from very saturated to very light.
You’re sure to find a favorite among our dozen intensely beautiful palettes, but we’re celebrating the newest member of the band, Wild Iris. A complex brew of powerful and playful, this purple comes from nature’s most surprising moments and appeals to your deepest color-loving self.
Knitting the Nine-Note Bundle is a profoundly enjoyable experience, which comes, in part, from its multistrand structure with a high twist. This means its plied strands are plied strands themselves, and each has a tight twist that gives the resulting yarn a springy, bouncy feel.
Amazing to knit and also to feel against your skin, this yarn starts with the softest merino fiber in the world (its micron count is comparable to cashmere!). Combined with incredibly soft baby alpaca, together, they create a yarn with a supple softness that’s really irresistible.
The lure of Wild Iris, or crisp Apple (above), or any other Nine-Note beauty, you’ll soon be singing the praises of this very special project!
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 all the colors, including a new one, Wild Iris! (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 remaining seven 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.
Hi there
I am wanting to use the seed stitch pattern and turn it into a Cowl.
Should I use the Cowl pattern I have and change the stitch pattern?
Would that be the easiest way?
Thanks, Daisy
Hi Daisy,
Unfortunately, it’s a little more complicated than that, and it depends on your cowl pattern and yarn! Assuming you’re not using the Nine-Note yarn, the thing to do would be to knit up a little gauge swatch of seed stitch. Just cast on a odd number of stitches (let’s say 25!), then work every row with k1, p1. Do this for about four inches, then cast off, soak your swatch in room temperature water, squeeze it, and lay it flat to dry. When it’s dry, determine the number of stitches you knit per inch (back to that gauge tutorial!), then multiply that number by the circumference you would like your cowl to be and cast on that number, making sure it’s odd. So, if you knit 5 stitches per inch and you want a 20-inch cowl, you would cast on 5 x 20 = 100 + 1 = 101 stitches. Next, join to work in the round, place a marker, and…
Round 1: *K1, p1, repeat from * to last stitch, k1.
Round 2: *P1, k1, repeat from * to last stitch, p1.
Repeat these two rounds until your cowl is the height you want and bind off in pattern.
Good luck and please let us know if we can help you at any point along the way… We’d be very happy to!
Best,
Whitney
I would like to make this wrap but in one solid color. Any suggestions for yarn to use
Hi Linda,
Yes! You would make a very beautiful wrap with our Yonder. Similar to the yarn in our Nine-note Bundle, it is a worsted weight mix of wool and alpaca with a lovely hand. Plenty would also be a wonderful substitute. It is 100% of the same extra fine merino that is in the Nine-Note yarn, and it has a similar multi-strand tight spin that makes the knitting really buoyant and fun! You would need seven skeins of either of these yarns.
And then, there is the option to choose any yarn you want, work up a seed stitch a gauge swatch, multiply your stitches per inch by the width you would like your wrap to be, and cast on that number of stitches (making sure it’s an odd number). If this is the route you would like to go and you need help, please let us know… We know that talking about gauge can be confusing if you don’t have much experience with it!
Thank you so much for your question… We hope you make a gorgeous wrap!
Best,
Whitney
Greetings. Why the need for circular needles on a flat scarf?
Hi Deloris,
That’s a great question! We recommend circular needles for this project because the length of the 24-inch needles makes it easier to accommodate a larger number of stitches; the width of the wrap is 15 inches so that might be a bit too much to comfortably knit using standard straight knitting needles. I hope this helps!
All the best,
Cat
Can you recommend a stitch to crochet to get the same effect.
Hi Teri,
Thanks for writing in! While there isn’t a crochet stitch (that I know of) that’s similar to seed stitch, you may want to try using moss stitch. I’d describe both crochet moss stitch and knit seed stitch as “nubbly,” which is a great texture for this design!
All the best,
Lili
Where is the note for changing the color? Maybe I just missed it.
Hi Barbara,
You’ll change color whenever each skein nearly runs out! Each stripe will end up being approximately 7.5 inches. Hope this helps!
All the best,
Lili
Could you please show/advise how yarn is joined and hidden in the pattern?
Many thanks
Hi Chris,
Thank you for writing in! That’s a great question. We recommend leaving at least 6″ of yarn for each tail that you cut and join to your work. This can ensure you have enough yarn to weave in at the end and also makes sure your stitches stay secure. I always love to reference our Weaving In Your Ends tutorial when I finish my projects and am linking it here for your convenience. I hope this helps but please feel free to let me know if there is anything else I can help with.
Happy knitting,
Gavriella
Hi Gabriela
Will just piggyback on the original question as I’d like to know how the next color yarn is supposed to be knitted into the next row: Should I join the new color using the first knit stitch of the new row? Thanks in advance
Hi Christine,
Thank you for writing in! That is correct, you will begin your next color at the start of your first stitch on the right side row! Please let me know if you have any other questions and we would be happy to take a look!
All the best,
Gavriella
Are there any changes if we wanted to make a baby blanket using this pattern and yarn?
Hi Shauna,
Thanks for writing in! You’ll need to cast on more stitches in order to make a baby blanket, since that would be wider than the wrap. To figure out your cast-on number, multiply the number of stitches per inch (4.375, according to the gauge of the pattern) by the width that you would like and cast on the nearest odd number. Then you can follow the pattern as written!
All the best,
Lili
Would love to make this wrap with Fiddlehead. Can you provide me with adjusted instructions/pattern?
Hi Eileen,
Thanks for your question! That sounds like an amazing idea! One thing to keep in mind is that although you could make the Seed Stitch wrap with Fiddle Head, you might not get the same gradient effect that you see here. To figure out your cast-on number, you will want to first knit a gauge swatch in pattern (if you need help with this step please visit our tutorial: All About Gauge). Once you know how many stitches you are getting per inch, you can multiply that number by the width that you would like and cast on MULTIPLE NOTED IN PATTERN.
I hope this helps but please let me know if you have any additional questions.
Happy knitting,
Gavriella
Yeah, I figured the seed stitch will get lost in the yarn’s texture. Will use a single color so gradient isn’t an issue. Thanks for the help. I’ll give it a shot.
I am really wanting to do this as a shawl as I finished up a very similar wide scarf before I ordered this beautiful wool.
Will there be enough yarn to finish this in the seed stitch for a shawl?
Your shop published a very easy pattern starting with 3 stitches for this yarn.
Hi Kim,
Thanks for writing in! That’s a great question! Although we love the idea of a seed stitch shawl, I’m afraid we are not able to provide instructions on how to modify the pattern as it is outside of the scope of help we are able to offer at this time. The amount of yarn included in this bundle should be enough to knit a shawl once you find a seed stitch pattern that you like! I hope this helps!
All the best,
Gavriella
Where are the “notes” for this pattern? *Right-Side Row: Join next lighter color in the sequence (see Notes), and work Row 1.
Hi Nancy,
Thanks for your question! You can find all the notes for this pattern in the section right above the section titled PATTERN. It reads NOTES. Please let me know if you have difficulty finding it. I am also including it here for reference:
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.
Happy knitting,
Gavriella
I love the bundles…thanks! I’m too short to comfortably wear a 15 inch x 68 inch scarf. Can this be modified and still keep the lovely flow of colors?
Hi Carol,
Thank you for writing in! You can definitely shorten the length of each color section to give you a shorter scarf!
Happy knitting,
Gavriella
Hello 🙂
I can’t stop making these. They make just beautiful gifts, and once started, are a great project while bingeing on a good TV program, or watching a movie.
Working with the yarn is such a pleasure. I know it’s specially created for the kits, but is there a similar Purl Soho yarn to these skeins? Thanks very much for these kits – they make these beautiful wraps easy.
Emmy