Firefly Wrap in Juniper Moon Farm Zooey - Downloadable PDF

Firefly Wrap by Pamela Wynne in Juniper Moon Farm Zooey — Pattern Summary

What You're Making

The Firefly Wrap, designed by Pamela Wynne as part of The Electric Collection, is an open cardigan with wide, short sleeves designed as a breezy, lightweight layer for warmer weather. Its front edges drape down and float away from the body, giving it an elegant, relaxed silhouette that sits somewhere between a traditional cardigan and a wrap. It is available in six sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, and 2X, with a finished back width ranging from 12 to 22 inches and a consistent length of 30 inches across all sizes.

Design Details and Construction

The Firefly Wrap is constructed in separate pieces — a Left Front, Right Front, and two Sleeves — which are then assembled. The front panels are worked flat, beginning with a cast-on of 158 stitches, and shaped with deliberate eyelet edging along the front edges. This eyelet treatment serves a functional as well as decorative purpose: it prevents the loosely knit fabric from curling at the edges, a common challenge when working with open, relaxed gauges. The body panels are worked to a length of 12 to 17 inches depending on size before armhole shaping begins.

The sleeves are worked in the round using a pick-up-and-knit method directly from the armhole edges, making them an integrated part of the garment's structure. Stitches are picked up evenly along both sides of the armhole opening and joined for working in the round, resulting in wide, short sleeves that complement the wrap's breezy aesthetic.

Techniques Used

• Flat knitting for the front body panels
• Circular knitting in the round for the sleeves, using both circular and double-pointed needles
• Eyelet edging along front edges to control curling and add decorative detail
• Armhole shaping with bind-offs worked mid-row
• Pick-up and knit technique for seamlessly attaching sleeves at the armhole
• Stitch marker placement and slipping to maintain consistent shaping on both sides of the front panels

Stitches Used

• Stockinette stitch (St st) — the primary fabric stitch, worked as knit on right side rows and purl on wrong side rows
• Yarn over (yo) — used to create eyelets in the edging pattern and as part of the front shaping sequence
• K2tog (knit two together) — a right-leaning decrease paired with yarn overs in the eyelet edging
• SSK (slip, slip, knit) — a left-leaning decrease used in the front shaping rows to create mirrored symmetry
• Standard cast-on, bind-off, and purl rows throughout

The eyelet edging pattern is a simple but effective repeat: yo, k2tog across the designated edge stitches, creating a delicate, lacy border that frames the draped front panels beautifully without adding visual weight.

Yarn and Materials

The pattern is written specifically for Juniper Moon Farm Zooey, a DK weight yarn, used here in color #13 Ketch. Depending on size, the project requires 4 to 6 balls of Zooey. Zooey is known for its soft, approachable hand and is well suited to warm-weather layering pieces like the Firefly Wrap.

Knitters will need US 6 (4mm) circular needles and double-pointed needles, or the size required to achieve the pattern's gauge of 21 stitches and 28 rows over 4 inches in Stockinette stitch. Additional notions include a tapestry needle for finishing and stitch markers for tracking shaping points throughout construction.

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