Knitted Wreath designed by Julie Weisenberger
Materials
Yarn
Small amount of lace-weight mohair such as Rowan kidsilk haze. 6” diameter wire wreath form, 30 gauge floral wire, freshwater pearls (nine per wreath).
Needles
#5, 6 or 7 depending on personal preference (the bigger the needle, the more open and airy the leaves will be).
Abbreviations
See the cocoknits glossary for a list of abbreviations.
Directions
Mohair leaves, make 9 alike:
Co 3 sts.
Row 1 and all WS rows: purl
Row 2 (RS): k1, yo, k1, yo, k1. (5 sts)
Row 4: k2, yo, k1, yo, k2. (7 sts)
Row 6: k3, yo, k1, yo, k3. (9 sts)
Row 8, 10: knit
Row 12: ssk, k until 2 sts rem, k2tog. (7 sts)
Row 14: as row 12 (5 sts)
Row 16: as row 12 (3 sts)
Row 18: sl 2 sts together k-wise, k1, pass 2 slipped sts over. Cut yarn and pull through. Work in ends.
Assembling Wreath
Cut a piece of floral wire about 24” long and wrap one end several times around the wreath form to secure. [Note: Each leaf is secured twice, once near the tip and once at the base. The rest of the time, you are wrapping the wire around the form without securing the leaf.]
Thread wire through the tip of first leaf, secure to form then continue wrapping only the wire around form until you get to the base of leaf. String a pearl onto the wire, thread through the base of leaf and then secure to form. Repeat for each leaf, slightly overlapping them. You may need a second length of wire. If so, wrap around form to secure. Hang with ribbon.