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This project is perhaps more correctly called “new year, new wrap” because the design is a straightforward rectangle, with no shaping. That fact, combined with simple stitch patterns, makes this a good project for relatively new knitters. There aren’t too many beginner-friendly MKALs, and I’m hoping some knitters who are fairly new to the craft will take a chance with this knitalong.

The project was designed for either two colours or five. In the two-colour version, both colours are used throughout the design; in the five-colour version, one main colour is used throughout, paired with a different colour in each of the four clues. Solid or semi-solid colours work best for the five-colour project, and the colourful neps in my tweed yarn really helped to unify the overall design. The more colour-adventurous might try pairing one solid-coloured yarn with a multi-coloured yarn in a two-colour project, and a long-change variegated or a gradient yarn might be quite effective. The pattern was designed for a DK weight yarn, and both of my samples were knit with Rowan’s Felted Tweed.

When you purchase the pattern, you will receive an introductory package that will help you plan your project.
Instructions will be released throughout February:
Clue #1 on February1;
Clue #2 on February 8;
Clue #3 on February 15;
Clue #4 on February 22.

Complete written instructions will be provided, as well as charts.

The techniques you will need to know, or learn, in order to complete this project are:

• cast on and bind off;
• knit and purl;
• slip a stitch purlwise with yarn in front, and with yarn in back.