789 Inis Wrap - Knitting Pattern for Women in Valley Yarns Southwick

789 Inis Wrap – Knitting Pattern for Women in Valley Yarns Southwick

The 789 Inis Wrap is a beautifully designed knitted wrap created by Kirsten Hipsky, available as a downloadable PDF knitting pattern. Inspired by the imagery of islands rising from a waving sea, this wrap combines dramatic cable panels with flowing lace sections to create a textile that is both visually striking and wonderfully tactile. The finished wrap measures 20 inches wide and 60 inches long, making it a generous, versatile accessory suitable for year-round wear.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a rectangular wrap for women, worked entirely flat from cast-on edge to bind-off. The design is structured around repeating pattern units of 26 stitches and 36 rows, each measuring approximately 5 inches square at gauge. The overall layout places bold cable columns — described evocatively as "islands" — against a backdrop of alternating lace motifs that suggest the movement of waves. The result is a wrap that reads as complex and artisanal while remaining wearable as a shawl, scarf, or shoulder wrap.

Techniques Used

• Worked flat: The entire wrap is knitted back and forth in rows on straight or circular needles, making it accessible to knitters who prefer flat construction over working in the round.
• Cables: The pattern features prominent C6F (cable 6 front) and C6B (cable 6 back) cable crossings, which create the bold, rope-like "island" columns that run the length of the wrap. These six-stitch cables require a cable needle and are worked on right-side rows at regular intervals within the 36-row repeat.
• Lace: Flanking each cable panel are lace sections built from yarn-over (yo) increases paired with k2tog (knit two together) and ssk (slip, slip, knit) decreases. These directional decreases alternate to create the undulating, wave-like lace fabric that frames the cables. The lace is worked in groups of three or six repeats, shifting direction across the pattern rows to produce movement and visual rhythm.
• Garter selvedge and border: The wrap begins with four rows of garter stitch and maintains a consistent knit-one selvedge on each end of every row, giving the edges a neat, stable finish without curling.

Stitches Used

• Knit (k) and purl (p) — the foundational stitches forming the fabric base
• Yarn over (yo) — creates the open eyelets in the lace sections
• K2tog (knit two together) — a right-leaning decrease used in lace formation
• Ssk (slip, slip, knit) — a left-leaning decrease that pairs with yo for balanced lace
• C6F (cable 6 front) — slip 3 stitches to cable needle held in front, knit 3, then knit 3 from cable needle; creates a left-leaning cable cross
• C6B (cable 6 back) — slip 3 stitches to cable needle held in back, knit 3, then knit 3 from cable needle; creates a right-leaning cable cross
• Purl separators (p1) — single purl stitches used to define the boundary between cable and lace sections, adding structure and visual clarity to the pattern repeat

Materials and Yarn

The pattern calls for 10 skeins of Valley Yarns Southwick, a DK weight yarn with a fiber composition of 52% Pima Cotton and 48% Bamboo. Each skein contains 50 grams and approximately 105 yards, giving a total yardage of around 1,050 yards for the project. The colorway specified in the pattern is Teal. The cotton-bamboo blend gives this yarn a soft drape, a subtle sheen, and excellent stitch definition — qualities that allow both the cable texture and the lace openwork to show clearly in the finished fabric. The natural fiber content also makes