Our Slipstream Wrap pattern is an exploration of color in motion, where the fluid tones of our gradient Nine-Note Bundle flow through shimmering stripes of single-color Note… Gorgeous!

Slipstream Wrap | Purl Soho

To make this wrap, you knit through one radiant Nine-Note Bundle from light to dark, each shade divided by a stripe of Note. Between each color shift, a few rows of an easy slip-stitch pattern create a graceful transition. Worked on needles one size larger to maintain gauge, these stable slip-stitch sections also help the wrap lie flatter, so it curls only at the very edges.

Slipstream Wrap | Purl Soho
Slipstream Wrap | Purl Soho

Soft, springy, and irresistibly touchable, you’ll fall for this beautiful yarn the moment it’s in your hands. Note and our Nine-Note Bundle are the very same yarn, spun from the softest extra-fine merino wool in the world (yes, really!) with a hint of lustrous baby alpaca for gentle drape. A round DK-weight yarn, Note’s characteristic multi-ply structure adds beautiful bounce and body, making it a true joy to knit!

Slipstream Wrap | Purl Soho

Pick your favorite Nine-Note Bundle, including this lovely new Cameo palette, a soft, vintage pink with a warm glow. Pair it with two 100-gram skeins of Note, and let the easy rhythm of your Slipstream Wrap carry you along on its gentle current!

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Slipstream Wrap | Purl Soho

Pattern designed and written by Purl Soho designer, Gianna Mueller. See even more of Gianna’s work on her Instagram!

Story written by Andrea Lotz for Purl Soho.

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Materials

Slipstream Wrap | Purl Soho
  • Yarn A: 1 of Purl Soho’s Nine-Note Bundles. One bundle includes 9 skeins of 80% extra fine merino wool and 20% baby alpaca light worsted/ dk-weight yarn. Each bundle is 900 yards/ 450 grams; approximately 900 total yards required. We used the Cameo bundle.
  • Yarn B: 2 skeins of Purl Soho’s Note, 80% extra fine merino wool and 20% baby alpaca. Each skein of this light worsted/ dk-weight yarn is 200 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 365 total yards required. We used the color True Turquoise.
  • US 5 (3.75 mm), 24-inch circular knitting needles
  • US 7 (4.5 mm), 24-inch circular needles

GAUGE

24 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch, on smaller needles

24 stitches and 54 rows = 4 inches in 1×1 slip stitch, on larger needles

NOTE: To ensure all your Yarn A stripes are the same length, we recommend swatching with Note rather than with one of the skeins from your Nine-Note Bundle.

SIZE

Finished Dimensions: 16¼ inches wide x 71 inches long

NOTES

STITCH MULTIPLE

This pattern works over an odd number of stitches.

SLIP STITCHES

Right-side rows: Slip all slip stitches purlwise with yarn in back.

Wrong-side rows: Slip all slip stitches purlwise with yarn in front.

CARRYING YARN

When changing colors, simply drop the yarn you just used, leaving it in front of the new yarn, then pick up the new yarn from behind and knit the first stitch.

YARN A COLOR SEQUENCE

Start with the lightest color skein of the Nine-Note Bundle (Yarn A), then use the color one shade darker, and so on to the darkest color.

PATTERN

With first skein in Yarn A Color Sequence (see Notes), cast 97 stitches onto smaller circular needles. We used a Long Tail Cast On.

Set-Up Row (wrong side): K1, purl to last stitch, k1.

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

Row 2 (wrong side): K1, purl to last stitch, k1.

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until piece measures 5 inches from cast-on edge, ending with Row 1.

**COLOR TRANSITION 1: YARN A TO YARN B

Switch to larger circular needles.

Set-Up Row (wrong side): With Yarn A, k1, *slip 1 (see Notes), p1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, slip 1, k1.

Join Yarn B.

Row 1 (right side): With Yarn B, k2, *slip 1 (see Notes), k1, repeat from * to last 3 stitches, slip 1, k2.

Row 2 (wrong side): With Yarn B, k1, *p1, slip 1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, p1, k1.

Row 3 (right side): With Yarn A (see Notes, Carrying Yarn), k1, *slip 1, k1, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 4 (wrong side): With Yarn A, k1, *slip 1, p1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, slip 1, k1.

Repeat Rows 1–4 two more times.

Cut Yarn A.

SOLID SECTION 1: YARN B

Switch to smaller circular needles.

With Yarn B…

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

Row 2 (wrong side): K1, purl to last stitch, k1.

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until Solid Section 1 measures 1½ inches, ending with Row 1.

COLOR TRANSITION 2: YARN B TO YARN A

Switch to larger circular needles.

Set Up Row (wrong side): With Yarn B, k1, *p1, slip 1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, p1, k1.

Join next skein in the Yarn A Color Sequence.

Row 1 (right side): With Yarn A, k1, *slip 1, k1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, slip 1, k1.

Row 2 (wrong side): With Yarn A, k1, *slip 1, p1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, slip 1, k1.

Row 3 (right side): With Yarn B, k2, *slip 1, k1, repeat from * to last 3 stitches, slip 1, k2.

Row 4 (wrong side): With Yarn B, k1, *p1, slip 1, repeat from * to last 2 stitches, p1, k1.

Repeat Rows 1–4 two more times.

Cut Yarn B.

SOLID SECTION 2: YARN A

Switch to smaller circular needles.

With Yarn A…

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

Row 2 (wrong side): K1, purl to last stitch, k1.

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until Solid Section 2 measures 4¾ inches, ending with Row 1.

CONTINUE

Repeat from ** seven more times, working through entire sequence of Yarn A and ending with Solid Section 2: Yarn A.

Next Row (wrong side): K1, purl to last stitch, k1.

With right side facing you, bind off knitwise.

FINISHING

Weave in all ends and gently wet block.

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Slipstream Wrap | Purl Soho
Slipstream Wrap | Purl Soho
Slipstream Wrap | Purl Soho

LEARN ABOUT NINE-NOTE BUNDLES + ALL OUR BEAUTIFUL YARNS

The gorgeous gradient of our Nine-Note Bundle makes this project sing! A carefully calibrated scale of nine skeins ranging from very pale to very saturated, there is beautiful complexity in every harmonious color. A light worsted/DK-weight yarn, our Nine-Note Bundles are a mix of 80% of the softest extra fine merino wool in the world and 20% incredibly soft baby alpaca… It must be experienced to be believed! For a coordinating color, pick up some Note, the same yarn with double the size per skein and its own unique palette of painterly heathered colors.

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