Wide Rib Wrap
Our Wide Rib Wrap pattern has the deep, rippling pleats and dimensional drama of a velvet stage curtain… Sumptuous and full of mystery! Knit your own with our Wide Rib Wrap Bundle, which brings together two glorious yarns, our heathered Good Wool and our radiant Tussock, for a beautifully marled fabric with a luminous halo.
It’s all easy knitting, just knits and purls with a simple slipped stitch edge, holding a strand of Good Wool together with a strand of Tussock throughout. The generous width of the ribbing means fewer switches between knits and purls and provides ample opportunity to admire the two lovely yarns mingling on your needles!
Good Wool and Tussock combine to create a warm, soft, fluid fabric that truly glows. Made with 100% Andean highland wool, sport-weight Good Wool brings a springy bounce to the fabric, along with a palette of fascinating heathered colors. Tussock is 60% super fine kid mohair and 40% mulberry silk, a lace- to fingering-weight yarn that is as lustrous as a gem and as soft as a baby goat!
Pick from 17 luminous Wide Rib Wrap Bundles, including this dramatic pairing of Good Wool’s Barn Door with Tussock’s Pink Joy. No matter what palette you choose, you’ll love seeing how the colors shift and blend with every stitch.
Cast on for this easy, immensely satisfying project, and knit a showstopping wrap of your own!
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Materials
Our Wide Rib Wrap Bundle comes in 17 colorful combos (shown above) and contains all the yarn you’ll need to make the Wrap size. It includes…
- Yarn A: 4 skeins of Purl Soho’s Good Wool, 100% Andean highland wool yarn. Each skein of this sport- to light worsted/DK-weight yarn is 383 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 970 (1380) total yards required. We used the color Barn Door.
- Yarn B: 4 skeins of Purl Soho’s Tussock, 60% super fine kid mohair and 40% mulberry silk. Each skein of this fingering-weight yarn is 328 yards/ 25 grams; approximately 935 (1310) total yards required. We used the color Pink Joy.
NOTE: To make the Scarf size, just pick up 3 skeins each of Purl Soho’s Good Wool and Tussock.
You’ll also need…
- US 6 (4 mm), 24-inch circular knitting needles
GAUGE
24 stitches and 31 rows = 4 inches in 10 x 10 ribbing, holding Yarns A and B together
SIZES
Scarf (Wrap)
Finished Dimensions: 15¼ inches wide x 62 inches long (18½ inches wide x 70 inches long)
Sample: We knit the Wrap size.
NOTES
STITCH MULTIPLE
This pattern is worked over a multiple of 20 plus 12 stitches.
SLIP STITCHES
Slip all slipped stitches purlwise with yarn in front (wyif).
PATTERN
Holding one strand of Yarn A and one strand of Yarn B together, cast on 92 (112) stitches. We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.
Row 1 (wrong side): Slip 1 (see Notes), *p10, k10, repeat from * to last 11 stitches, p10, slip 1.
Row 2 (right side): K11, *p10, k10, repeat from * to last stitch, k1.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until piece measures 62 (70) inches from cast-on edge, ending with Row 1.
With right side facing you, bind off in pattern.
FINISHING
Weave in the ends and gently wet block.
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Learn About This Yarn Bundle + All Our Beautiful Yarns
Our Wide Rib Wrap Bundle includes four skeins each of Good Wool and Tussock! Together they make an incredibly beautiful marled fabric… Soft, warm, and floaty! Made with 100% Andean highland wool, Good Wool is a sport-weight yarn that sparks our imaginations with every stitch, while Tussock combines 60% super fine kid mohair and 40% mulberry silk for a glistening fingering-weight yarn as light as whisper. Pick up a Wide Rib Wrap Bundle to cast on for this free knitting pattern and experience the joy of these two gorgeous yarns… together!
More Free Knitting Patterns
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- If you want to use different yarns, be sure to take the time to get the correct gauge. Need help? Check our All About Gauge Tutorial!
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Looking for more inspiration? Explore all of our free knitting patterns and knitting tutorials, buy one of our many knitting kits and yarn bundles, and shop for beautiful yarn. We have over 35 gorgeous natural fiber yarns in 100’s of magnificent colors, designed to bring integrity, beauty, and joy to your next knitting project and only available at Purl Soho!
Another winner! This wrap looks gorgeous. Thanks for the pattern.
Is there any other yarn you’d recommend that I could substitute for Tussock, as I can’t wear mohair.
Thanks in advance,
Ros
Hi Rosamond,
Aww thanks so much! I think Nigh Fine would be a lovely addition to this pattern, in place of Tussock. Nigh Fine is made of 100% cashmere, so it’s super soft, and it’s a similar weight to Tussock so it’ll work great for the pattern. I’d still recommend knitting up a gauge swatch to make sure you choose the right needle size though!
All the best,
Lili
Pattern looks fabulous!
The pattern is awesome, and color of yarn is the max., sooooo pretty, lovely both. Thanks
Hi! This is gorgeous! Could I use a nice cotton yarn? Would that impact the design? Thanks!
Hi Kim,
Sure, a nice cotton would be beautiful! Cotton (and all plant fibers) tend to weigh more than animal fibers, and so, the drape of your finished scarf will a bit heavier but still lovely. If you’re thinking of substituting the Good Wool with a cotton yarn, our Cotton Pure would be a great choice. Let us know how it goes and thank you for asking!
Best,
Whitney
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Patterns
This is such a lovely wrap!! Do you think the combination of Fresh Loganberry and Bright Thistle would work? Thank you!
Hi Jacqueline,
Yes, I think those colors are beautiful together! Bright Thistle is lighter than Fresh Loganberry, so they won’t completely blend together, but the different shades of pink look really nice together.
All the best,
Lili
I would like to replace Tussock with Nigh Fine. Can you recommend colors (Good Wool and Nigh Fine) for an interesting grey-ish shawl? Thanks
Hi Jessica,
Thanks for writing in! Here are some neutral combos that I think would look really nice:
Good Wool in Driftwood Gray + Nigh Fine in Wren Feather
Good Wool in Winter Grass + Nigh Fine in Soft Rosewood
Good Wool in Heirloom White + Nigh Fine in Meadow Mushroom
Let me know what you think!
All the best,
Lili
I just received my wide rib wrap bundle. Do you recommend winding the two yarns together?
Hi Cathryn,
Thanks for writing in! I would actually recommend winding each yarn separately. When you knit with two strands at once, the yardage gets used up at slightly different rates (especially with different fiber contents), so it’s best to keep them separate so that all your stitches are as even as possible!
All the best,
Lili
Just started this wrap. I have a question about the finished size….it doesn’t seem as if 70 inches from cast on edge is correct. Am I reading the pattern incorrectly ?
Thank you!
Hi Rachel,
Thanks for writing in! I can confirm that the length of the Wrap size is indeed 70 inches. It’s quite a large and luxurious wrap! But if that feels like too much fabric to you, then you’re welcome to shorten it if you prefer.
All the best,
Lili
Stuck on an island. Only have # 5 & 7 needles with me. Which would be better to sub in place of #6. Err on tight rather than loose.
Hi Susan,
I’d recommend knitting up a gauge swatch with each to see which texture you prefer (and you may even achieve the correct gauge anyway)! You can also cast on more or fewer stitches if you end up going with a different gauge so that the pattern comes to the correct size. This pattern works over any multiple of 20 + 12 stitches!
All the best,
Lili