Coleman Street Wrap in Rowan Alpaca Classic (De) - Downloadable PDF

Coleman Street Wrap by Georgia Farrell – Rowan Alpaca Classic Knitting Pattern (German Edition)

The Coleman Street Wrap is an elegant, intermediate-level knitted wrap designed by Georgia Farrell and published by Rowan. Available as a downloadable PDF in German, this pattern offers knitters two distinct colorway options — a classic einfarbige (single-colour) version and a striking vierfarbige (four-colour) version — making it a versatile project suitable for a range of personal styles and skill levels.

What Is Being Made

The Coleman Street Wrap is a generously sized knitted wrap or shawl, designed to be worn draped around the shoulders or styled in multiple ways. Its structured stitch pattern creates a fabric with beautiful textural movement, making it both a functional and decorative accessory. The wrap is worked flat, with a repeating stitch pattern that gradually shifts the proportions of knit and purl columns to create a dynamic, almost woven-looking surface texture.

Design Versions

Einfarbige Version (Single-Colour Version)

The single-colour version of the Coleman Street Wrap is photographed in Hyacinth 129, a soft and sophisticated shade from the Rowan Alpaca Classic palette. This version uses 12 x 25g balls of Rowan Alpaca Classic, allowing the stitch texture to take centre stage without the distraction of colour changes. It is an ideal choice for knitters who prefer a more understated, refined aesthetic or who are working through the pattern for the first time.

Vierfarbige Version (Four-Colour Version)

The four-colour version introduces a rich interplay of coordinating shades from the Rowan Alpaca Classic range. The colours specified in the pattern include:

• Colour A – Deep Teal 109: 4 x 25g balls
• Colour B – Ice Blue 131: 4 x 25g balls

Additional colours are referenced within the full pattern. The multi-colour version adds a vibrant, contemporary dimension to the wrap, with colour transitions working in harmony with the shifting stitch pattern to produce a visually layered result.

Materials

Yarn

Both versions of the Coleman Street Wrap are knitted in Rowan Alpaca Classic, a luxuriously soft DK weight yarn. Alpaca Classic is celebrated for its lightweight warmth, subtle sheen, and gentle drape — qualities that make it particularly well suited to wrap and shawl projects where comfort and elegance are equally important. The yarn's fine alpaca content gives the finished fabric a beautiful fluidity that enhances the textural stitch pattern throughout.

Techniques and Stitches Used

Core Stitch Techniques

The Coleman Street Wrap is worked using a combination of knit stitches (Rechte Maschen) and purl stitches (Linke Maschen), arranged in a carefully structured repeating pattern. The pattern is worked flat, row by row, with a consistent garter stitch selvedge of 2 knit stitches maintained at each edge throughout to keep the wrap neat and prevent curling.

Shifting Rib and Texture Pattern

The defining technique of this wrap is a travelling or shifting rib pattern, in which the ratio of knit to purl stitches within each repeat changes incrementally across successive rows. As seen in the row-by-row instructions, the pattern begins with a configuration such as 6 purl stitches and 24 knit stitches per repeat, and then progresses through rows where the purl column grows by one stitch (to 7, then 8, then 9, and so on) while the knit column diminishes correspondingly. This gradual shift creates a diagonal or bias-like movement within the fabric, giving the wrap its distinctive sculptural surface without the use of complex cable needles or lace techniques.

Each right-side and wrong-side row pair mirrors the stitch arrangement so that the texture reads consistently on both faces of the fabric, contributing to the wrap's reversible, polished appearance. The repeat structure — worked from a fixed starting point to the last