Our Quaking Aspen Wrap pattern will fill your spirit with all the sublime beauty of golden leaves under autumn skies, as you explore the breathtaking colors of Linen Quill Minis. Our two new 20-Color Bundles, the serene Beach Walk palette we used here and our lively Full Bloom Bundle, are both bursting with nature’s bounty!

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This effortless design gives each beautiful color its time in the sun. You’ll cast on lengthwise and start knitting with your first Mini in simple garter stitch. When it’s time to switch to the next color, you’ll alternate Minis for a few rows to blend the transition, watching the colors shift as seamlessly as the change in seasons.

Quaking Aspen Wrap | Purl Soho
Quaking Aspen Wrap | Purl Soho

After blocking, you’ll use what’s left of your Minis to make a gorgeous fringe that will sway like the leaves of an aspen tree in the breeze. You’ll make single-color fringe to coordinate with the solid sections and two-color fringe to coordinate with the color-change sections, and one by one, you’ll attach them with a crochet hook to the stockinette stitch selvages… Easy and so satisfying!

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To bring this beauty to life, we’re thrilled to bring you two exciting new palettes of Minis, each with brand-new Linen Quill colors that are exclusive to these 20-Color Bundles. Savor the earthy calmness of Beach Walk and be sure to check out our Pirouette Shawl pattern to revel in our bright, vibrant Full Bloom palette, too. You can use either bundle for either project!

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Fingering-weight Linen Quill is one of our most popular yarns, bringing an appealing complexity to the Minis. A mix of 50% fine highland wool, 35% alpaca, and 15% rustic linen results in a hearty, springy, and soft yarn with incredible depth and fascination in each color.

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Cozy and warm, while still creating a light and fine fabric, we love Linen Quill for generous wraps, and the new 20-Color Bundles of Linen Quill Minis are the perfect amount of yarn. Want more? Our original 40-Color Bundle is still just right for a big, colorful blanket!

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You’ll love working through the natural beauty of your Linen Quill Minis as you make your Quaking Aspen Wrap. Cast on with our new 20-Color Bundle, whether in the Beach Walk palette for a tranquil radiance or in Full Bloom for a joyful explosion of color!

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!

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Designed by Purl Soho designer, Gianna Mueller. See more of Gianna’s designs on her Instagram!

Share your progress and connect with the community by tagging your pics with #PurlSoho, #PurlSohoBusyHands, #PurlSohoQuakingAspenWrap, and #PurlSohoLinenQuill. We can’t wait to see what you make!

Materials

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  • A 20-Color Bundle of Purl Soho’s Linen Quill Minis, 50% fine highland wool, 35% alpaca, and 15% linen. Each bundle of this fingering-weight yarn is approximately 2,180 yards/ 500 grams; approximately 1,890 total yards required. We used the Beach Walk palette.
  • US 3 (3.25 mm), 40-inch circular knitting needles
  • A small crochet hook (for fringe)

GAUGE

24 stitches and 48 rows (24 ridges) = 4 inches in garter stitch

SIZE

Finished Dimensions: 19½ inches wide x 70 inches long, omitting fringe

NOTE: You work this wrap lengthwise, so the width listed above corresponds to the number of rows, and the length corresponds with the cast-on edge.

NOTES

COLOR ORDER

BEACH WALK

  • Color A: Stillwater Blue
  • Color B: Mountain Bluebird
  • Color C: Salt + Pepper
  • Color D: Gray Denim
  • Color E: Twig Brown
  • Color F: Peach Stone
  • Color G: Weathered Blue
  • Color H: Light Cerulean
  • Color I: Stonewall Gray
  • Color J: Oatmeal Gray
  • Color K: Pale Oats
  • Color L: Wheat Flour
  • Color M: Honey Pink
  • Color N: Golden Wheat
  • Color O: Turmeric Yellow
  • Color P: Butterscotch Yellow
  • Color Q: Raw Sienna
  • Color R: Fresh Nutmeg
  • Color S: Pine Cone
  • Color T: Ginger Brown

FULL BLOOM

  • Color A: Chesnut Red
  • Color B: Hazelnut Brown
  • Color C: Kiln Red
  • Color D: Sweet Potato
  • Color E: Orange Cinnamon
  • Color F: Super Orange
  • Color G: Pink Pop
  • Color H: Bright Flamingo
  • Color I: Baked Earth
  • Color J: Peachy Pink
  • Color K: Cowrie Pink
  • Color L: Peony Pink
  • Color M: Pale Oats
  • Color N: Pale Celery
  • Color O: Celadon Green
  • Color P: Sour Gooseberry
  • Color Q: Lemon Lime
  • Color R: Beach Grass
  • Color S: Bright Mint
  • Color T: Golden Green

TURN + SLIDE

When you work Color Change Rows, you either “slide” or “turn” the work at the end of each row.

“Turn work” means to do what you would normally do when knitting rows with circular needles: Transfer the needle from your left hand into your right hand and the needle from your right hand into your left, flipping the work around so the opposite side is facing you.

“Slide work” means to keep the same side of the work facing you and to push all the stitches to the right end of the circular needles. Without turning the work, start the new row as you normally would.

You will know that you’re doing this right if the yarn you need to complete the next row is right there waiting for you! To see a video of this technique in action, visit our Turn + Slide Tutorial.

COLOR CHANGE ROWS

The Color Change Rows transition from the Old Color to the New Color over the course of 8 rows. The Old Color is the color you were just using, and the New Color is the next color you will use.

Row 1 (right side): With Old Color, knit to end of row, slide work (see Turn + Slide, above).

Row 2 (right side): With New Color, k2, purl to last two stitches, k2, turn work (see Turn + Slide, above).

Row 3 (wrong side): With Old Color, purl to end of row, slide work.

Row 4 (wrong side): With New Color, p2, knit to last two stitches, p2, turn work.

Repeat Rows 1–4.

Cut Old Color.

PATTERN

With Color A (see Notes), cast on 420 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!

Solid Section

Row 1 (right side): Knit to end of row.

Row 2 (wrong side): P2, knit to last two stitches, p2.

Rows 3 and 4: Repeat Rows 1 and 2.

Color Change Section

Work Color Change Rows (see Notes), adding in Color B (or next New Color).

Continue

Starting with Color B, work the Solid Section, followed by the Color Change Section, adding in Color C for the Color Change.

Continue in this pattern for Colors C-T, working the Solid Section with the New Color, then the Color Change Section. Do not cut yarn after Color T.

With right side facing you and still using Color T, bind off all stitches knitwise.

FINISHING

Weave in ends and gently wet block.

FRINGE

Orient piece with right side facing you and right selvage at the bottom.

Cut four 10-inch strands of Color A. Insert crochet hook from wrong side of work to right side, right above the 2 stockinette edge stitches and in between the 1st and 2nd garter ridges of the Color A Solid Section. Fold the 4 strands 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 strands’ tails through the loop, and pull gently to tighten.

Repeat along the whole edge, using 4 strands of the corresponding color for Solid Sections and 2 strands of each relevant color for Color Change Sections. Make one Fringe per Solid Section and 2 evenly spaced Fringes per Color Change Section, for a total of 58 Fringes: 20 solid ones and 38 two-color ones.

Repeat along the other selvage.

Trim all Fringe to 4 inches, and you’re done!

Quaking Aspen Wrap | Purl Soho
Quaking Aspen Wrap | Purl Soho

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Express your love of color with Linen Quill Minis! A unique opportunity to play, these 25-gram balls are mini versions of our super popular Linen Quill, a fingering-weight yarn that is a wonderful blend of 50% wool, 35% alpaca, and 15% linen. Pick up our spectacular 40-Color Bundle or one of our breathtaking 20-Color Bundles and go wild!

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