Jojoland Winter Wrap Knitting Pattern

Jojoland Winter Wrap

What is Being Made

The Jojoland Winter Wrap is an advanced-level knitted shawl designed to be worn as a generous wrap. This garment is constructed from four separate pieces that are sewn together with the front left open, creating a versatile wrap-style shawl. When laid flat and measured from the center neck point, the wrap has a radius of 23 ½ inches before the edging is added, with an additional 2 ½ inches of edging width, making it a substantial and luxurious accessory piece.

Techniques Used

This wrap employs the entrelac technique, a sophisticated knitting method that creates a woven, interlocking block pattern. The pattern is worked flat on circular needles, with the garment constructed in four distinct sections that are later joined together. The entrelac blocks are created using a series of short-row instructions that build the characteristic interlocking texture. The pattern includes detailed block charts for reference, with individual instructions for the Right Front block, Left Back block, Left Front block, and Right Back block. Reversing techniques are used to create the appropriate stitch orientation for different sections of the wrap.

Stitches Used

The pattern utilizes fundamental knitting stitches combined in the entrelac construction method. Key stitches include:

• Knit (k) and purl (p) stitches as the foundation of the entrelac blocks
• Slip one (sl 1) stitches used at the beginning of rows to create clean edges
• Knit two together (k2tog) and purl two together (p2tog) for decreasing stitches
• Pickup stitches worked both knitwise and purlwise to join the entrelac blocks together

The gauge for this pattern is one 8-stitch by 15-row entrelac block measuring 1 ½ inches by 1 7/8 inches, which is essential for achieving the correct finished dimensions.

Materials

The Jojoland Winter Wrap requires 18 balls of Jojoland Rhythm yarn, each ball containing 50 grams and 110 yards of yardage, for a total of 1,980 yards. The yarn is worked in color number M24. The pattern calls for 4 mm (U.S. size 6) circular needles to accommodate the flat working method and the width of the wrap sections. The combination of yardage and needle size allows the entrelac blocks to develop properly while creating the intended drape and structure of the finished wrap.