Splash Waves Wrap

Splash Waves Wrap by The Feminine Touch Designs

What is Being Made

The Splash Waves Wrap is a two-colored lace shawl designed as a dramatic, wearable accessory. This downloadable knitting pattern produces a finished wrap measuring 52 inches in length by 12 inches in width, making it a versatile piece suitable for layering or draping. The design showcases a striking visual effect created through the interplay of contrasting yarn colors and dynamic lace patterning.

Design and Visual Effect

This wrap features a naturally curvy wave formation inherent to the lace construction. The dramatic aesthetic is achieved through the combination of extreme increases and decreases worked in stacked stitches throughout the pattern. The use of two contrasting colors enhances the visual impact, allowing the wave-like shaping and stitch definition to stand out prominently against one another.

Knitting Techniques Used

The Splash Waves Wrap employs an unusual yet accessible stacking stitch technique that produces the dramatic increases and decreases characteristic of the design. Despite the bold visual results, this technique is described as easy to execute, making it suitable for intermediate-level knitters. The pattern relies on fundamental lace-making principles combined with strategic stitch manipulation to create the signature wave effect.

Stitches and Abbreviations

The pattern utilizes the following key stitches and techniques:

• CDD (Central Double Decrease) – Insert right-hand needle through 2 stitches on left-hand needle knitwise and slip them off together. Knit the next stitch. Pass both slipped stitches together over the stitch you just knit.
• K (Knit) – Basic knit stitch
• K1 tbl (Knit 1 through back of loop) – Creates a twisted stitch for textural variation
• K2tog (Knit 2 together) – Right-leaning decrease
• K3tog (Knit 3 together) – Double decrease for more dramatic shaping
• P (Purl) – Basic purl stitch
• P1 tbl (Purl 1 through back of loop) – Twisted purl for textural detail
• P2tog (Purl 2 together) – Purl decrease
• SSK (Slip, Slip, Knit) – Left-leaning decrease worked by slipping the next 2 stitches individually as if to knit

Materials and Specifications

Yarn: The pattern calls for 2 balls of 100 grams each of West Yorkshire Spinners Illustrious, a blend of 70% Falkland Wool and 30% British Alpaca. This yarn is supplied at 225 meters (246 yards) per 100-gram ball, providing approximately 450 meters of yardage total for the completed wrap. The yarn weight is DK (double knit), a medium-weight yarn ideal for lace work that drapes beautifully.

Needles: The pattern is worked on a pair of 5mm needles, appropriately sized for DK-weight yarn to achieve the specified tension.

Additional Tools: A darning needle is required for weaving in yarn ends upon completion.

Tension and Sizing

The pattern specifies a tension of 21 stitches, ensuring consistent gauge throughout the wrap. The design is offered in one size only, with the finished dimensions of 52 inches in length and 12 inches in width providing a standard wrap proportion suitable for most wearers.

Skill Level

This pattern is rated as intermediate difficulty, making it appropriate for knitters with foundational skills who are ready to explore lace techniques and decorative decrease methods. While the stacking stitch technique is described as easy to learn, the overall pattern complexity and the execution of multiple decrease variations position it as an intermediate project.