Blue Sky Fibers Zelda Wrap Knitting Pattern

Blue Sky Fibers Zelda Wrap

What is Being Made

The Zelda Wrap is a luxurious, textural shawl designed to cascade over the shoulders with a glamorous, liquid metal appearance. This intermediate-level knitting project creates a finished wrap measuring 72 inches in length and 12 inches in width, offering both fine taste and warmth with an element of sophisticated mystery.

Techniques Used

This wrap is constructed using seamless, flat knitting techniques, meaning the piece is worked flat on needles rather than in the round, and no seaming is required to finish the garment. The pattern is worked in three distinct sections:

• Set-up Pattern: Rows 1-32 worked once, then repeated four times with a gauge row adjustment on the final repeat to establish the width
• Body Pattern: Rows 1-22 repeated until the desired length is achieved
• End Pattern: Rows 1-22 repeated until 26 stitches remain, followed by rows 23-41 to complete the wrap

The pattern allows for custom sizing by adjusting the number of repeats in the Set-up Pattern section, with 12 stitches added for each additional repeat to extend the width as desired.

Stitches Used

The Zelda Wrap features several key stitches that create its textural quality:

• Double moss stitch: The primary stitch used in the gauge measurement and throughout the pattern, creating a dense, textured fabric
• Stockinette stitch: Used in specific sections for contrast and drape
• Make one purl-wise (m1p): An increase worked by inserting the left needle from back to front into the bar between two stitches and purling into the front post of the lifted bar, used to add stitches during the set-up phase
• Purl two together (p2tog): A standard decrease that combines two purl stitches
• Purl two together through back loops (p2tog tbl): A decrease variation that twists the resulting stitch for a refined finish

Materials

The Zelda Wrap is designed to be worked in Blue Sky Alpacas Metalico, a luxury yarn that contributes to the wrap's luminous, liquid metal appearance. The pattern accommodates standard knitting needles appropriate to the yarn weight, with instructions readable from charts or written format. Knitters should note that while exact gauge is not critical for this project, achieving the specified gauge of 24 stitches and 36 rows over 4 inches in double moss stitch will affect the finished size and drape of the completed wrap.

Pattern Details

Designed by Rose Beck, this intermediate-level pattern begins with casting on 8 stitches and systematically increases through the set-up phase to reach 76 stitches before transitioning to the body section. The pattern includes both chart and written instruction formats, with charts beginning on right-side rows read from right to left, and wrong-side rows read from left to right. Finishing involves binding off, cutting yarn, and weaving in ends, with optional blocking to enhance the final drape and appearance of the wrap.