Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Wonder Woman Wrap

I've discovered something over the last few months. When life gets stressful, I knit. I don't sew. I don't cross-stitch. I don't really do any other crafts either. They're all fun, of course, but I guess they each take more energy or something. At the end of a looooong work day, all I want to do is sit on the couch and knit. Even if it's a new design that still requires brain power, I'm much more relaxed with yarn in my hands than anything else.

Wonder Woman Wrap

You know what else I've discovered? I'm pretty badass. Wonderful, in fact! And hey, so are you! I say we all knit ourselves a little affirmation accessory right away.

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I tried to keep this pattern as simple as possible so it would be accessible to a wide range of knitters. However, some fairly basic short-rows were required to get the logo right. With that said, I think an advanced beginner, or even an adventurous newbie, could still handle it.

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FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Span: 86 inches
Height at center: 22in

MATERIALS
Color A: Lazy Cat Yarns Opulence [70% merino, 20% silk, 10% cashmere;
400m/437yd per 100g skein]; color: 102 Sweet Dreams; 1 skein
Color B: Hedgehog Fibres Sock [90% merino, 10% nylon;
400m/437yd per 100g skein]; color: Pollen; 1 skein
US #4/3.5mm circular needle
Tapestry needle
5 stitch markers

GAUGE
17 sts/33 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch

Download the FREE pattern via Ravelry!

Wonder Woman Wrap

38 comments:

  1. It is, and you are, wonderful! Love it! Wish that I stress knitted instead of stress eating. (Sigh)

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  2. I wish you could teach me how to knit! I've wanted to learn for over 10 years but haven't been able to yet. I got one of those teach yourself to knit kits but it just didn't work out.

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    1. You should check out your local yarn shop or even the big box craft stores. Most of them offer beginner knitting classes. Some people learn well from books or videos, but others need an actual teacher to demonstrate it in person. Everyone's different!

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    2. Youtube taught me to knit! Sit in front of your computer, hook yourself up with a simple video, and pause/replay a many times as you need, without worrying if you are driving an instructor crazy. No one to judge or make you feel awkward, and there's youtube videos for everything!

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  3. This is brilliant. I love how you've done the colourwork with shaping.

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  4. Your talent and creativity are fabulous! My mother loved to relax with knitting too. She loved complicated patterns and eventually make up her own. I like to knit too but I'm not near as good as my mom was. Thanks for sharing this, I think I could make it for my daughter and she'd love it!

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    1. I definitely think you could make it too! Let me know if you have any questions.

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  5. I absolutely love love love this but my knitting skills are not to this level. Would you be able to make it in crochet?

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    1. You're in luck! I've gotten so many requests, I'm actually working on a crochet version now.

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    2. OMG! Crochet version would be awesome, cuz that's all I know!

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    3. I can't wait!!! Just seeing this made my day a little more Wonder(woman)ful lol

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    4. I'm excited for a crochet version!

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  6. You have always been badass!

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  7. Did you use all of the yarn? I'm thinking of doing the WW shawl with yarn that has 425 yards per skein.

    Thanks.

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    1. No, the sample only used about 355yds/325m of each color, so you should be fine.

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    2. Thank you!!!!

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  8. I love this! I am buying the yarn now. I am also buying the circular needles...what length should I get?
    Thanks!

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    1. I believe I used either my 32- or 36-inch circulars, but it's not crucial. You just don't want too short of a cable because you'll end up with 400+ stitches crowded on there by the end.

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  9. I love this. My DIL is a huge wonder woman fan. It is gorgeous. Just wish there was a crochet pattern as I don't knit. Just wanted to post my admiration.

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    1. Don't fret! I'm working a crochet version now, so stay tuned!

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  10. I have a question and it could be me trying to knit my first shawl but when I co 157 and knit the first row I have an extra stitch left. I'm not sure how you could help me but it's driving me crazy. I have restarted four times.

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    1. That's strange. The first row of the bottom border uses up all 157 stitches. The only think I can think of is maybe if you are not counting your slip knot as part of your cast on. So if you make a slip knot, then cast on 157, that would actually be 158 total, giving you an extra stitch left over after working the first row. Could that be the issue?

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  11. Carissa, I'm having a little trouble on row 1 of the lower triangle. Where it says to "k to previous wrapped st" what should I do the first time when there is not a previous wrapped stitch? I love this pattern and am trying to get it done so I can wear it to the Southeastern Animal Fiber Festival in NC in October.

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    1. I responded to your Ravelry message a few days ago, but maybe it didn't go through.

      After the first w&t (in Row 1 of the Lower Triangle), the pattern explicitly tells you what to do: k2, slip the center marker you just placed, k1, and w&t again. After that second w&t, you’ll be headed back toward the first stitch you wrapped, so you'll "k to previous wrapped st" then you'll knit that wrapped st together with its wrap, w&t, and you’ll be headed back the other way again, toward the second stitch you wrapped. So you’re just going to zig-zag back and forth across more and more stitches each time until you’ve worked the stitches inside the brackets a total of 16 times. Does that make sense?

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    2. Oh, yes it does! Thanks! I didn't get your other messsge.

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    3. You should add this to your pattern as a note for newbies! I couldn't figure it out either. :D

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  12. I love this pattern and am hard at work on my own Wonder Woman shawl! I was hoping you could answer a question. I've taught myself how to do short rows, but I'm confused as to how to get from the right side stripe to the left side stripe. At the end of the right side stripe, working yarn is on the right hand side of the work. The left hand stripe then starts with "cut color B and join color A at other end of the work." Do I really cut the yarn on the right side and somehow rejoin it on the left side to make the left side stripe?

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    1. Yes, you will have to actually cut the yarn after the Right Side Stripe, flip your work over so the wrong side is facing you, and join color A at the opposite end of your circular needle to work the Left Side Stripe, beginning with a WS row.

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  13. I'm really loving this wrap! Working on it has helped me a lot with learning how to continental knit and its mostly knit stitches and I've been a thrower since I learned even how to knit. This also helped me learn how to knit short rows. They always seemed so scary to do but this wrap really made it super easy and fun! And you're right! You are pretty bad ass!!

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    1. So glad to hear it, Jennifer! Kudos to you for learning new techniques!

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  14. I found this on Ravelry a couple of weeks ago but I kept avoiding it because I mostly crochet and for knitting, I really only know how to knit and purl. I was worried I couldn't finish this. BUT I finally started working on it last week and I can't believe I was ever worried! Your pattern is sooo easy to understand and you described the stitches to well that I didn't even need to find visual tutorials. It's coming along beautifully now and I wanted to thank you for making me feel like I can conquer the 'tough' knits!

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  15. How do you get 17 stitches per inch using #4 needles and fingering weight yarn, unless you use double strand?

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    1. The gauge given in the pattern was measured after blocking, and I'm a pretty aggressive blocker. Even if you don't get quite that loose of a gauge, your shawl should still be a decent size as my original sample is huuuuge!

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    2. Hi Carissa! When doing the right side stripe and it says to "k to 1st st before previous wrapped st", you actually knit that "1st st before previous wrapped stitch," correct? I'm about 3 rows in and it feels like i'll end up with a bit of a hole where that repeatedly wrapped stitch is. Thank you!

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  16. Is there a visual tutorial for this pattern. I started several times and I fail each attempt.

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