Horizon Line Wrap
Like the flickering light of where the sea meets the sky, our Horizon Line Wrap is a natural beauty! This knitting pattern contrasts two wonderful plant-based yarns: our Cotton Pure and our Blackbird Linen. 100% organically grown cotton and 100% French linen, brought together in our Horizon Line Wrap Bundle!
You’ll knit your wrap the long way across, alternating between Cotton Pure and Blackbird Linen and carrying your yarn along the selvage as you stripe… No unnecessary ends to weave in!
The two yarns will switch prominence as you go, the stripes of Cotton Pure waning as the Blackbird Linen waxes. Once you reach the eponymous horizon line, the pattern reflects back on itself, creating a symmetrical series of oscillating stripes.
A super fun and satisfying step gets saved for the end, when you add the dramatic fringe. Our easy instructions will help you create neat, even tassels, synchronized with the ebbing and flowing stripes.
Explore the attractions of both these plant fibers: Cotton Pure with its gorgeous, soft hand and pleasing matte finish, and Blackbird Linen with its understated elegance and subtle luster. Together, these two yarns create a fabric that is cool and graceful.
Our 14 Horizon Line Wrap Bundles include both yarns and offer you tons of appealing color combinations to choose from, ranging from our sample’s zippy Blue Gale and Electric Blue to earthy neutrals and rich jewel tones.
When you’re next standing at the water’s edge in your beautiful Horizon Line Wrap, catching a warm breeze with a broad swath of splendor before you, you’ll be so glad you cast on!
If you love the yarn used in this project, you’ll love all of our other yarn, too! Explore our 35+ lovingly created yarn collections, in nearly every natural fiber and spectacular color you can imagine… Only available here at Purl Soho’s online yarn shop!
Designed by Purl Soho designers, Keith Foster and Gianna Mueller.
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Materials
Our Horizon Line Wrap Bundle includes all the yarn you’ll need to make your own wrap…
- Yarn A: 3 skeins of Purl Soho’s Cotton Pure, 100% organically grown cotton yarn. Each skein of this sportweight yarn is 279 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 680 yards required. We used Blue Gale.
- Yarn B: 3 skeins of Purl Soho’s Blackbird Linen, 100% linen yarn. Each skein of this light worsted/DK-weight yarn is 175 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 525 yards required. We used Electric Blue.
You will also need…
- US 5 (3.75 mm), 60-inch circular needles
- A small crochet hook (for fringe)
Choose from 14 palettes! They are…
FIRST ROW
Lavender Rose + Carnelian Orange; Violet Orchid + Purple Plum; Cadmium Scarlet + Red Onion
SECOND ROW
Pink Smoke + Blue Heron; Mineral Blue + Red Radish; Fresh Lettuce + Warm Copper
THIRD ROW
Lemon Mint + Queen Anne’s Lace; Heirloom White + Natural Flax; Honey Yellow + Trowel Gray
BOTTOM ROW
Linden Green + Bottle Green; Peacock Teal + Ink Blue; Blue Gale + Electric Blue
NOT PICTURED
Alabaster Cream + Silver Thistle; Coastal Blue + Galapagos Teal
Or, choose your own creative combination… Just pick up 3 skeins of Cotton Pure and 3 skeins of Blackbird Linen!
GAUGE
23 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch
SIZE
Finished Dimensions: 14½ inches wide x 74½ inches long, excluding fringe
NOTE: This wrap is worked lengthwise, so the width listed above corresponds to the number of rows, and the length corresponds with the cast-on edge.
NOTES
SLIP STITCHES
Slip all stitches purlwise with yarn in front.
CARRYING UP YARN
On right side rows, carry non-working yarn up the side of the wrap by holding it in front of the working yarn as you knit the first stitch of the row.
PATTERN
With Yarn A, cast on 428 stitches. We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.
(A little tip: When you’re casting on so many stitches, it helps to place a marker or piece of scrap yarn every 50 stitches, so if/ when you lose your place, you don’t have to start counting from the very beginning!)
Set Up Row (wrong side): Slip 1 (see Notes), purl to last stitch, slip 1.
Working in stockinette stitch (with a slip-stitch selvage on wrong-side rows)…
Row 1 (right side): Knit to end of row.
Row 2 (wrong side): Slip 1, purl to last stitch, slip 1.
Continuing in stockinette stitch, as established, work 4 more rows.
Join Yarn B, but do not cut Yarn A.
With Yarn B and carrying up Yarn A (see Notes), work 2 rows in pattern.
With Yarn A and carrying up Yarn B, work 6 rows in pattern.
Repeat last 8 rows 1 more time.
With Yarn B and carrying up Yarn A, work 4 rows in pattern.
With Yarn A and carrying up Yarn B, work 6 rows in pattern.
With Yarn B and carrying up Yarn A, work 6 rows in pattern.
With Yarn A and carrying up Yarn B, work 4 rows in pattern.
With Yarn B and carrying up Yarn A, work 6 rows in pattern.
*With Yarn A and carrying up Yarn B, work 2 rows in pattern.
With Yarn B and carrying up Yarn A, work 6 rows in pattern. **
Repeat from * to ** 2 more times.
With Yarn A and carrying up Yarn B, work 4 rows in pattern.
With Yarn B and carrying up Yarn A, work 6 rows in pattern.
With Yarn A and carrying up Yarn B, work 6 rows in pattern.
With Yarn B and carrying up Yarn A, work 4 rows in pattern.
With Yarn A and carrying up Yarn B, work 6 rows in pattern.
With Yarn B and carrying up Yarn A, work 2 rows in pattern.
Repeat last 8 rows 1 more time.
With Yarn A and carrying up Yarn B, work 6 rows in pattern.
With right side facing you, bind off all stitches knitwise.
Weave in all ends and gently wet block.
FRINGE
***Cut three 12-inch strands of Yarn A. With wrong side facing you, insert crochet hook into a selvage slip stitch at the tail end of a Yarn A stripe. Holding the strands together, fold them in half, and use a crochet hook to grab the folded midpoint through to the wrong side of the work, forming a loop. Pass the strand’s tails through the loop, and pull gently to tighten****.
Repeat from *** to **** 30 more times, placing fringe at each Yarn A slip stitch along same selvage of wrap. Repeat along the other selvage.
With Yarn B, repeat from *** to **** 26 times, placing fringe at each Yarn B selvage slip stitch. Repeat along the other selvage.
Trim all fringe to 5 inches, and you’re done!
Learn About This Yarn Bundle + All Our Beautiful Yarns
We knit this project with two of our classic plant-based yarns: gorgeous Blackbird Linen, a light worsted/ DK weight yarn made from 100% French linen, plus Cotton Pure, our sportweight 100% organically grown cotton yarn. Blackbird Linen brings a lovely luster and subtle rusticity, which contrasts beautifully with the smooth, matte finish of unmercerized Cotton Pure. Together, they have a cool touch, incredible drape, and true natural beauty! Pick up a Horizon Line Wrap Bundle to cast on for this free pattern!
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Can I shorten this and also please suggest a good lighter weight yarn .
Hi Lee,
Thank you for writing in! You can definitely shorten this scarf by adjusting your cast on number. To do this with the currect gauge, you will want to multiply your desired width by 5.75 and this will give you your new cast on number. As far are lighter weight yarns, you may be interested in Santolina or Picnic cotton which are both fingering weight yarns. I hope this helps!
Happy knitting,
Gavriella