The Paramellowgram Wrap is a big rectangular wrap knit in soothing garter stitch on the bias. Adding increases and decreases at the ends of rows slants your knitting into an interesting parallelogram shape, creating diagonal lines that drape beautifully. And because it’s knit entirely in squishy garter stitch, the Paramellowgram Wrap makes for super chill, mindless knitting.

The Paramellowgram Wrap is knit in panels. First you will cast on stitches at one of the short sides and knit the shawl body, binding off on the other short side. Then you’ll add the border by picking up stitches along the long edges of the shawl, knitting a few more rows, and binding off again. After that, you’ll return to the short edges where you’ll pick up more stitches, knit, add optional buttons and buttonholes, and bind off. Last, you’ll add a contrast I-cord edge to give your wrap a clean finish.

This pattern is awesome for using up those mini skeins and scrap yarn balls you never know what to do with! Mix and match solids, speckles, variegated, self-striping, semi-solids, tonals, and more. Make color blocks as I’ve done in the sample, or play with bold, multi-row stripes or alternating yarns every other row to fade the colors together. You could also knit the body panel in one color for an understated look. Anything goes!

SIZE Approx. 80 in (203 cm) long and 20 in (51 cm) wide, measured on the bias

Yarn Approx. 1400 yards (1280 m)/12.5 oz (350 g) fingering weight yarn total

MC: 800 yards (732 m)/7 oz (200 g) for the main body panel
CC1: 400 yards (466 m)/3.5 oz (100 g) for the border panels
CC2: 200 yards (182 m)/2 oz (50 g) for the I-cord border

SAMPLE SHOWN IN
MC: Loopy Luna Fibers neon rainbow mini skeins (85% Merino, 15% Nylon; 87 yards per 20 g mini skein) and Cornbread and Honey Supersparkle mini skeins (75% wool, 20% Nylon, 5% Stellina; 70.8 yards per 20 g mini skein)
CC1: Dream in Color Yarns Jilly (100% Merino; 440 yards per 113 g skein) in Gray Tabby for the border panels
CC2: Cascade Yarns Heritage Solids (75% Merino, 25% Nylon; 437 yards per 100 g skein) in Black for the I-cord border

NOTIONS Tapestry needle, scissors; seven ½ in (12 mm) buttons, seven locking stitch markers for button placement, sewing needle and thread for sewing on buttons (optional)

NEEDLES US 6 (4 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge, plus DPNs 1–2 sizes larger for cast on, bind off, and I-cord edge

Use circular needles at least 32 in (80 cm) long to accommodate large number of stitches

GAUGE 20 sts and 38 rows = 4 in (10 cm) in garter stitch on the bias (suggestions for knitting and measuring a bias gauge swatch are included in the pattern)

Gauge is not important, however different yarn/needles/gauge will affect yarn required and finished measurements

SKILLS REQUIRED flat knitting large stitch counts on circular needles, knowledge of basic knitting stitches including simple increases and decreases, casting on and binding off, picking up stitches, applied I-cord (instructions included), sewing on buttons (optional)

PATTERN NOTES
US knitting terminology used throughout. All stitches are slipped purlwise with yarn in front unless otherwise noted.

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