Tapestry Wrap
A wearable work of handknitted art, our Tapestry Wrap pattern celebrates Linen Quill’s rich and complex colors in a striking, woven-inspired design.
Holding two strands of this fingering-weight yarn together and knitting with only one color per row, you knit this wrap with slip stitch colorwork. A much easier-than-it-looks technique, you only need a couple of basic projects under your belt before you cast on for a Tapestry Wrap. What a powerful feeling of accomplishment you’ll have when you find out just what you’re capable of!
At the wrap’s two ends, you create interlocking blocks of dimensional color, and in between, you stripe two closely related colors, creating a captivating depth that rewards closer inspection.
The openwork fringe edging might look intricate, but it’s surprisingly easy to create using simple macrame knots. Detailed photos in the pattern walk you through every step!
Linen Quill’s hearty beauty makes it a perfect match for this rustic yet elegant wrap. A mix of springy and durable highland wool, soft long-fiber alpaca, and natural linen makes for a warm and gracious fabric that drapes beautifully when you pull it close around your body.
The way the linen takes up dye differently than the animal fibers brings marvelous depth to Linen Quill’s vast palette. You have 70 colors to choose from, including 9 brand-new ones! In our Tapestry Wrap, new Hazelnut Brown mingles with perennial favorite Kiln Red, with pops of new Light Cerulean and two natural pinks at the ends. You can get all you need to make your own wrap with our Tapestry Wrap Bundle… Pick up the Sequoia palette we used or choose one of our other gorgeous bundles!
Of course, you can also have a wildly creative time creating your own five-color palette from Linen Quill’s wild and wonderful world of color. You’ll find all of nature’s bounty represented… Earth, wind, fire, and water!
Once the last knot on the fringe is tied, you’ll want to put this vivid tapestry on display! Your Tapestry Wrap is bound to become a lasting testament of what you can create, for years and generations to come.
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Materials
Our Tapestry Wrap Bundle comes in 2 sizes and includes all the yarn you’ll need to make a Scarf (Wrap) of your own…
7 (10) skeins of Purl Soho’s Linen Quill, 50% fine highland wool, 35% alpaca, and 15% linen. Each skein of this fingering-weight yarn is 439 yards/ 100 grams.
- Main Color (MC): 2 (4) skeins; approximately 710 (1455) yards required
- Contrast Color 1 (CC1): 2 (3) skeins; approximately 585 (1190) yards required
- Contrast Color 2 (CC2): 1 skein; approximately 75 (155) yards required
- Contrast Color 3 (CC3): 1 skein; approximately 50 (100) yards required
- Contrast Color 4 (CC4): 1 skein; approximately 35 (75) yards required
You will also need…
- US 7 (4.5 mm), 24-inch circular knitting needles
Choose from 6 gorgeous palettes (shown above). They are…
TOP ROW
SLEIGH RIDE: MC: Rose Granite; CC1: Pale Mushroom; CC2: Pale Oats; CC3: Oatmeal Gray; CC4: Red Poppy
SEQUOIA (we used this palette for our sample): MC: Hazelnut Brown; CC1: Kiln Red; CC2: Light Cerulean; CC3: Honey Pink; CC4: Peachy Pink
PLUM BLOSSOM: MC: Deep Petunia; CC1: Dark Iris; CC2: Weathered Blue; CC3: Wheat Flour; CC4: Magnolia Blossom
BOTTOM ROW
DESERT WILLOW: MC: Raw Sienna; CC1: Butterscotch Yellow; CC2: Peony Pink; CC3: Golden Wheat; CC4: Golden Green
ROSEBED: MC: Juniper Green; CC1: Fresh Pickle; CC2: Cowrie Pink; CC3: Pale Celery; CC4: Lemon Lime
MOUNTAIN STREAM: MC: Kettle Black; CC1: Stillwater Blue; CC2: Vintage Celadon; CC3: Reed Gray; CC4: Turmeric Yellow
GAUGE
28 stitches and 56 rows = 4 inches in 1×1 Slip Stitch pattern, with yarns doubled (see Notes)
28 stitches and 54 rows = 4 inches in 4×4 Slip Stitch pattern, with yarns doubled (see Notes)
SIZES
Scarf (Wrap)
Finished Dimensions: 9 (18) inches wide x 66 inches long, excluding macrame fringe
Sample: We knit the Wrap size.
NOTES
YARN DOUBLED
Throughout this pattern, you will work with the yarn doubled, pulling two strands of the same color. For the Main Color, we recommend pulling one strand from two balls. For the Contrast Colors, either pull from the inside and outside of the ball at the same time, or wind your skein into two balls and pull a strand from each.
STITCH MULTIPLE
This pattern works over a multiple of 8 plus 5 stitches. (Note that the stitch patterns in each section may work over different stitch multiples, but the wrap as a whole works over this multiple.)
SLIP STITCHES
Slip all slip stitches purlwise, unless instructed otherwise.
Slip stitches with yarn in back on right-side rows and with yarn in front on wrong-side rows.
CARRYING YARN
When switching yarns, be sure to carry the old yarn up the selvage in front of the new yarn.
STITCH PATTERNS (FOR GAUGE SWATCHING)
1×1 SLIP STITCH
(Worked over an odd number of stitches)
Set-Up Row (wrong side): Slip 1 (see Slip Stitch note above), with MC, *p1, slip 1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, p2.
Row 1 (right side): Slip 1 knitwise, with CC, *slip 1, k1, repeat from * to end of row.
Row 2 (wrong side): Slip 2, with CC, *p1, slip 1, repeat from * to last stitch, p1.
Row 3: Slip 1 knitwise, with MC, *k1, slip 1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, k2.
Row 4: Slip 1, with MC, *p1, slip 1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, p2.
Repeat Rows 1–4 for pattern.
4×4 SLIP STITCH
(Worked over a multiple of 8 plus 6 stitches)
Set-Up Row (wrong side): Slip 1 (see Slip Stitch note above), with MC, *p4, slip 4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, p5.
Row 1 (right side): Slip 1 knitwise, with CC, *slip 4, k4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, slip 4, k1.
Row 2 (wrong side): Slip 5, with CC, *p4, slip 4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, slip 4, p1.
Row 3: Slip 1 knitwise, with CC, *k4, slip 4, repeat from * to last 5 stiches, k5.
Row 4: Slip 1, with MC, *p4, slip 4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, p5.
Repeat Rows 1–4 for pattern.
PATTERN
NOTE: Remember to hold yarn doubled throughout (see Notes).
With Main Color (MC), cast on 61 (125) stitches. We used a basic Long-Tail Cast On.
1×1 SLIP STITCH SECTION
Set-Up Row (wrong side): Slip 1 (see Notes), with MC, *p1, slip 1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, p2.
Joining CC1…
Row 1 (right side): Slip 1 knitwise, with Contrast Color 1 (CC1) and carrying up MC (see Notes), *slip 1 (see Notes), k1, repeat from * to end of row.
Row 2 (wrong side): Slip 2, with CC1, *p1, slip 1, repeat from * to last stitch, p1.
Row 3: Slip 1 knitwise, with MC and carrying up CC1, *k1, slip 1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, k2.
Row 4: Slip 1, with MC, *p1, slip 1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, p2.
Repeat Rows 1–4 two more times, then repeat Rows 1 and 2 one time.
Cut CC1.
BEGINNING 4×4 SLIP STITCH SECTION
NOTE: Continue to carry up non-working yarn throughout.
Set-Up Row 1 (right side): Slip 1 knitwise, with MC, k1, make 1 right (m1R), k2, *slip 4, k4, repeat from * to last stitch, k1. [62 (126) stitches]
Set-Up Row 2 (wrong side): Slip 1, with MC, *p4, slip 4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, p5.
Joining CC2…
Row 1 (right side): Slip 1 knitwise, with CC2, *slip 4, k4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, slip 4, k1.
Row 2 (wrong side): Slip 5, with CC2, *p4, slip 4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, slip 4, p1.
Row 3: Slip 1 knitwise, with MC, *k4, slip 4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, k5.
Row 4: Slip 1, with MC, *p4, slip 4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, p5.
Rows 5–26: Repeat Rows 1–4 five times, then repeat Rows 1 and 2 one time.
Cut MC.
Joining CC3…
Rows 27 and 28: With CC3 instead of MC, repeat Rows 3 and 4.
Rows 29 and 30: With CC2, repeat Rows 1 and 2.
Cut CC2.
Rows 31 and 32: With CC3 instead of MC, repeat Rows 3 and 4.
Joining MC…
Rows 33 and 34: With MC instead of CC2, repeat Rows 1 and 2.
Rows 35–60: Repeat Rows 31–34 six more times, then repeat Rows 31 and 32 one time.
Cut both yarns.
Joining CC4…
Rows 61 and 62: With CC4 instead of CC2, repeat Rows 1 and 2.
Join MC.
Rows 63 and 64: With MC, repeat Rows 3 and 4.
Rows 65–70: Repeat Rows 61–64 one more time, then repeat Rows 61 and 62 one time.
Cut CC4.
Joining CC1…
Rows 71 and 72: With CC1 instead of MC, repeat Rows 3 and 4.
Rows 73 and 74: With MC instead of CC1, repeat Rows 1 and 2.
Rows 75–92: Repeat Rows 71–74 four more times, then repeat Rows 71 and 72 one time.
Cut both yarns.
Joining CC2 and rejoining MC when necessary…
Rows 93–102: Repeat Rows 1–4 two times, then repeat Rows 1 and 2 one time.
Cut both yarns.
Joining CC4…
Rows 103 and 104: With CC4 instead of MC, repeat Rows 3 and 4.
Joining MC…
Rows 105 and 106: With MC instead of CC2, repeat Rows 1 and 2.
Rows 107–112: Repeat Rows 103–106 one more time, then repeat Rows 103 and 104 one time.
BODY
Set-Up Row 1 (right side): Slip 1 knitwise, with MC, slip slip knit (ssk), *slip 1, k1, repeat from * to last stitch, k1. [61 (125) stitches remain]
Set-Up Row 2 (wrong side): Slip 1, with MC, *p1, slip 1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, p2.
Using MC and CC1, repeat Rows 1–4 of 1×1 Slip Stitch section until piece measures approximately 55½ inches from cast-on edge.
Cut CC1.
ENDING 4×4 SLIP STITCH SECTION
Joining CC4…
Set Up Row 1 (right side): Slip 1 knitwise, with CC4, k1, m1R, k2, *slip 4, k4, repeat from * to last stitch, k1. [62 (126) stitches]
Set Up Row 2 (wrong side): Slip 1, with CC4, *p4, slip 4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, p5.
Row 1 (right side): Slip 1 knitwise, with MC, *slip 4, k4, repeat from * to last stitch, k1.
Row 2 (wrong side): Slip 5, with MC, *p4, slip 4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, slip 4, p1.
Row 3: Slip 1 knitwise, with CC4, *k4, slip 4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, k5.
Row 4: Slip 1, with CC4, *p4, slip 4, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, p5.
Rows 5–8: Repeat Rows 1–4 one time.
Cut both yarns.
Joining CC2…
Rows 9 and 10: With CC2 instead of MC, repeat Rows 1 and 2.
Joining MC…
Row 11 and 12: With MC instead of CC4, repeat Rows 3 and 4.
Rows 13–18: Repeat Rows 9–12 one more time, then repeat Rows 9 and 10 one time.
Cut both yarns.
Joining CC1…
Rows 19 and 20: With CC1 instead of CC2, repeat Rows 3 and 4.
Joining MC…
Rows 21 and 22: Repeat Rows 1 and 2.
Rows 23–40: Repeat Rows 19–22 four more times, then repeat Rows 19 and 20 one time.
Cut both yarns.
Joining CC4…
Rows 41 and 42: With CC4 instead of MC, repeat Rows 1 and 2.
Joining MC…
Rows 43 and 44: With MC instead of CC1, repeat Rows 3 and 4.
Rows 45–50: Repeat Rows 42–45 one more time, then repeat Row 42 and 43 one time.
Cut both yarns.
Joining CC3…
Rows 51 and 52: With CC3 instead of CC4, repeat Rows 3 and 4.
Joining MC…
Rows 53 and 54: Repeat Rows 1 and 2.
Rows 55–80: Repeat Rows 51–54 six more times, then repeat Rows 51 and 52 one time.
Cut MC.
Joining CC2…
Rows 81 and 82: With CC2 instead of MC, repeat Rows 1 and 2.
Joining CC3…
Rows 83 and 84: With CC3 instead of CC4, repeat Rows 3 and 4.
Cut CC3.
Rows 85 and 86: With CC2 instead of MC, repeat Rows 1 and 2.
Joining MC…
Row 87 and 88: With MC instead of CC3, repeat Rows 3 and 4.
Rows 89–110: Repeat Rows 85–87 five more times, then repeat Rows 85 and 86 one time.
Cut CC2.
CONTINUE
Set Up Row 1 (right side): Slip 1 knitwise, with MC, ssk, *slip 1, k1, repeat from * to last stitch, k1. [61(125) stitches remain]
With MC and CC1, beginning with the Set-Up Row, repeat 1×1 Slip Stitch Section.
With MC, bind off all stitches knitwise.
FINISHING
Weave in all ends and gently wet block wrong-side down, pinning if necessary to mitigate curling along the selvage edges.
MACRAME FRINGE
ADD FRINGE
Cut three 24-inch strands of MC and three 24-inch strands of CC1.
Orient piece with right side facing you and cast-on edge at the bottom, and insert crochet hook from wrong side of work to right side, into first CC1 stripe at bottom right corner of cast-on edge. Holding the MC and CC1 strands together, fold the six strands in half, and use a crochet hook to grab the folded midpoint and pull it 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, adding Fringe to every 4th CC1 stripe, for a total of 8 (16) Fringes.
Repeat along the bind-off edge.
WORK MACRAME
Orient piece with right side facing you and cast-on edge at the bottom. Beginning with the Fringe in the bottom right corner and the one directly to its left…
Split each Fringe in half with 3 strands of MC and 3 strands of CC1 per half.
Make a square knot as follows…
Step 1 (above, left): Bring the left group of strands over the two center groups and underneath the right group, creating a “4” shape.
Step 2 (above, right): Bring the right group under the two center groups, then up through the loop between the left and center groups (the center of the “4”).
Gently tighten the knot, shown above.
Step 3 (above, left): Bring the right group over the center groups and behind the left group, creating a “P” shape.
Step 4 (above, right): Bring the left group behind the center groups, then up through the loop between the center and right groups (the center of the “P”).
Gently tighten to complete the square knot.
Repeat Steps 1–4 to create a square knot with the remaining 3 (7) sets of two adjacent fringes. [8 square knots total]
Omitting leftmost and rightmost Fringes, create a second row of square knots. Then, including leftmost and rightmost Fringe, create a third row of square knots. To complete, repeat Steps 1 and 2 for each knot of last row. [23 square knots total + 8 half-square knots]
Repeat along bind-off edge. Trim all Fringe to 7½ inches, and you’re done!
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This pattern is so gorgeous! I would love to make a throw version if you guys were ever able to convert the pattern to that!
Hi Stevie,
That sounds like a great idea and I will be sure to pass this along to our design team!
All the best,
Gavriella
Could you use a dk yarn to make this?
Hi Ines,
Thanks for asking! We wouldn’t recommend DK yarn as it would make the fabric quite dense. Any fingering weight yarn would be the best selection for this pattern but please let me know if you have any questions!
All the best,
Gavriella
Love this. I would really like to make this into an Afghan. I just need help figuring out how much of the main color and CC1 I should buy if you have any suggestions
Can’t wait to try !
Hi Lori,
Thanks for writing in, and I’m happy to help! First though, I’ll need to know the dimensions (length and width) you’re aiming for. Then I can do the calculations for the new yardage!
All the best,
Lili
I’m thinking an Afghan thats 44x 60. Let me know what you think. Thanks
Great, thanks for letting me know! You’ll need the following number of skeins of Linen Quill for that size blanket:
MC: 8 skeins
CC1: 6 skeins
CC2: 1 skein
CC3: 1 skein
CC4: 1 skein
All the best,
Lili
Did I get a pattern when I purchased my kit? I can’t find it.
Thank you
Leonie O’Donohoe
Hi Leonie,
This pattern is available for free on our website! Just click here on Tapestry Wrap and scroll down to see the full pattern. You’ll also find on that page a print button in the right margin. When you click it, feel free to save some ink by “trashing” all the parts of the story you don’t need to print! Please let us know if you need any more help, and we’d love to see your Tapestry Wrap when you’re finished!
Best,
Whitney
I have a question about joining the contrast colors. After the cast on, on Row 1, when you say slip 2 with CC1, I’m assuming that you are slipping 2 stitches of the main color. You then proceed to knit with CC1? Thanks in advance for your answer. I just purchased the kit!
Hi Denise,
Yes, that’s correct! Since the Set-Up Row was done all in the MC, any slipped stitches on the following row (Row 1) will be MC stitches. You begin knitting with CC1 on the third stitch!
All the best,
Lili