Valley Yarns Sugar High Knitting Pattern

Valley Yarns Sugar High Lace Wrap

What is Being Made

The Sugar High is a long lace wrap designed by Julie Turjoman, measuring approximately 24 inches wide by 72 inches long when blocked. This is a single-piece, seamless wrap worked flat in one continuous rectangle, making it an elegant accessory perfect for layering or draping.

Craft and Project Type

This is a knitting project classified as a shawl and wrap. It is suitable for advanced beginnersadventurous beginner skill level, making it an excellent lace learning project for knitters ready to move beyond basic techniques.

Techniques Used

The Sugar High employs several intermediate knitting techniques to create its distinctive aesthetic:

• Lace knitting forms the primary design element, featuring a playful zigzag pattern created through strategic yarn placement
• Seamless construction means the entire wrap is worked as one continuous piece without seaming
• Worked flat in rows back and forth on straight needles rather than in the round
• The wrap is bordered with garter stitch on all edges—1 inch on the short ends and along the long sides—to prevent rolling and frame the lace field

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

The Sugar High combines multiple stitch types to achieve its textured, airy appearance:

• Yarnovers (yo) alternate with solid stitches to create the lace openings that define the zigzag pattern
• Stockinette stitch sections provide smooth, flat areas that accentuate the wrap's diagonal lines
• Garter stitch borders frame the lace field and stabilize the edges
• Decreases including ssk (slip, slip, knit) and k2tog (knit 2 together) balance the yarn overs and maintain stitch count
• The central lace pattern repeats over 12 stitches and 16 rows, worked 30 times across the length of the wrap

Materials and Gauge

The Sugar High is designed to be worked in Valley Yarns Alpaca Silk, a luxurious blend containing 80% alpaca and 20% silk. One cone of this yarn provides 8 ounces and 1,736 yards—sufficient yardage to complete the entire wrap. The recommended color is Grey Teal.

Knitters should use US 6 (4mm) needles, or the size necessary to achieve the specified gauge of 24 stitches and 28 rows over 4 inches (10 centimeters) when measured over the Zig Zag stitch pattern and blocked. Additional materials include stitch markers to track pattern repeats and a tapestry needle for weaving in yarn ends.

Construction Notes

The wrap begins with a cable cast on or other stretchy method to create 144 stitches. The first 8 rows are worked in garter stitch to establish the bottom border. The lace pattern is then introduced with a set-up row, followed by 16-row repeats of the Zigzag Lace Stitch pattern, worked 30 times total. After completing the lace field, an additional 8 rows of garter stitch create the top border. The wrap is finished by binding off all stitches purlwise using a stretchy bind off method, then blocking to final measurements and weaving in yarn tails.