Hi guys!
Today I’m sharing a new pattern with you – the White Noise Wrap. Click here to shop the pattern or continue reading for more info + a discount code!
About
In September, I took a road trip with Matt back to Winnipeg for my cousin’s wedding. I brought some random skeins of yarn with me (some Vanna’s Choice + some Bernat Premium) not knowing what I would do with them, and off we went! While we were driving, I thought they should be used in a project together because the colours looked like they were made for each other. The Bernat Premium is the marled charcoal and white, and the Vanna’s Choice that I used was a similar shade of grey called “Dark Grey Heather”.
It’s probably pretty obvious, but I’ll say it anyways – I named it the White Noise Wrap because the marled Bernat yarn reminded me of white noise/TV static.
Do you remember as a kid, changing the TV channels with a dial on the television? Our old TV had a dial you would have to turn to change the channel (can you even imagine? Having to physically get up to change the channel?? :P) and half of the time I couldn’t get a signal because I went to far into channels that we didn’t have. TV static reminds me of being a kid and trying to work our dang TV! I mean, I was just trying to eat my sliced apples and watch Zoboomafoo. Was that too much to ask?
This is what comes to my mind: The dark grey sections are like the perfectly clear picture, then the eyelets are like when you change the channel and you kiiiiind of lose picture quality and it’s a little fuzzy, and then the marled panels are like when the picture is totally gone and it’s just static or white noise, so then you keep changing the channel to try to get anything and eventually get the sort-of-visible, fuzzy image again (eyelet row), so you know you’re getting close, and you eventually get back to the clear image (dark panel).
This is how my brain works (LOL) – I see an entire story within one freaking triangle.
Ok, now that you think I’m a psycho, here’s how this wrap is constructed!
Construction
My first thought was to make some sort of large scarf or wrap with these two yarns. I wanted to make a triangle scarf, and I had only ever made symmetrical ones like my Granny Cluster Triangle Scarf. I wanted to work this one in a different construction, so I tried increasing by one stitch each row on the same side. I realized that this is how some asymmetrical triangle scarves I’ve seen lately must be constructed. Who knew it was so easy!? I then wanted to include some eyelets to make the fabric a little less dense and a little more flowy and squishy, so I worked eyelets before and after each colour change.
This entire scarf was made in the car on the way to Winnipeg. There is no mathematical reason for the thicknesses of the colour changes, and the number of rows per colour block is totally random. When I felt like changing the colour, I changed the colour. I like that there’s no rhyme or reason for these – I think it makes it feel more like a piece of art.
The entire scarf measures 72″ in width and 34″ in depth.
If you wanted to add more rows to increase the size, you totally could. All you’d have to do is continue increasing on one side only until your desired scarf size.
I also toyed with the idea of adding fringe, but I was happy with the way it looked so I skipped this step. You could add fringe to your last row, though, for a really cool look!
Yarn
I used 3 skeins (430 yds) of Vanna’s Choice in Dark Grey Heather and 1 skein (230 yds) of Bernat Premium in Grey Marl (100% acrylic).
I got the Bernat from Walmart, I believe. There is also a very similar yarn called Bernat Wool-Up, which appears to be almost identical, except for the fact that Wool-Up contains – you guessed it – wool. They honestly look exactly the same, so this would work, too, if you’re wanting to create an identical wrap to the ones in the photos.
You could use any yarn you like – it doesn’t have to be acrylic and it doesn’t have to even be the same yarn weight.
You could make this scarf with any yarn and corresponding hook size that you like.
You could even use my recommended yarn, but choose a larger hook for a more flowy scarf.
You do you.
What skills are needed?
If you can single crochet and double crochet, you can make this wrap.
You can find the pattern in these places:
On my website here.
On Ravelry here.
On Etsy here.
(Use the code “PATTERN10” for 10% off all patterns)
I can’t wait to see your WIPs! Make sure to tag me @knitsnknotswpg and use the pattern hashtag #WhiteNoiseWrap so that everyone can see your projects!
Happy crocheting,
Janine xo
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