Breezeway Wrap by Dawn Barker

Breezeway Wrap

Knitting
September 2024
Barker Wool Silky Solo
both are used in this pattern
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in patern
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1600 - 1630 yards (1463 - 1490 m)
one size
English
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Breezeway is a large rectangle wrap combining the innovative technique of assigned pooling with slipped-stitch colorwork knitting for an all new stitch collab. Assigned pooling occurs when a new texture is isolated within a specific color range in a skein of specially dyed yarn. A repeating slipped-stitch pattern creates a grid of rectangular shapes reminiscent of architectural breeze blocks punctuated with nupps assigned to the accent color. Breezeway is knit flat in two contrasting colorways; one engineered to work with assigned pooling plus one contrasting tonal.

I purposely kept the color contrast low and played up the texture contrast in this original version by mixing two different bases. I used New Hope on BFL Fingering for the contrasting tonal and Rusted on Silky Solo for the assigned pooling portion. The mat finish of the BFL lets the shimmer of the Silky Solo really shine. A high color contrast pairing would work beautifully too though.

Yarn: 2 skeins of Barker Wool BFL Fingering in New Hope &
2 skeins of Barker Wool Silky Solo in Rusted.
Or your choice of 2 skeins of assigned pooling yarn and 2 skeins of a contrasting tonal colorway. Approximately 1,600 yards of fingering weight yarn in total.

Finished Measurements 21” wide x 62” long.

Needles US 5 (3.75mm) on a 24” cable.

Gauge 22 sts and 32 rows = 4” in mosaic pattern after blocking