The Nostalgic Wrap was knit for the opportunities and the arts and crafts stores that are no longer there. The wrap is knit with a cotton yarn that I purchased in the beginning of 2020 at A. C. Moore that closed its stores later that year. I spent many hours in that store exploring and learning about the different types of yarn and yarn brands. It was where knitting and yarn became a serious hobby and craft for me. A. C. Moore was my window at a time when several doors had closed for me. It is much missed by me.

The Nostalgic Wrap is knit using the same cotton yarn as in The Harmony Wrap that I knit in September 2020. The colors of the yarn are different in the two wraps but each cake of this yarn has a gradient of 14 different colors. The yarn has been discontinued but a substitute yarn can be found on Yarn Sub. Both wraps are knit using the bias knitting technique with a 1 stitch cast on (tutorials for bias knitting technique can be found on YouTube). The wrap is knit using the garter stitch pattern. Although knitting the Nostalgic Wrap took a long time, I found it both a very relaxing and meditative knit. The wrap can be easily customized to shorter length or wider width if preferred. The Nostalgic Wrap is about 18 inches wide (without stretching) and about 96 inches in length.

The Nostalgic Wrap Pattern (text and images for personal use only)

Yarn: Stitch Studio by Nicole Cotton Colors in Purple Red Pink Colorway (2 yarn cakes – 250 grams each used for this pattern). There are 14 different colors in a gradient for each cake which are marked as 1 to 14
Knitting Needles: US #2 or 2.75 mm knitting needles
Gauge: 26 stitches/ 4 inches (this pattern is generic so gauge not so critical)
Abbreviations:

• K: Knit
• P: Purl
• Kfb: Knit front and back (knit one stitch first in the front and then knit the same stitch in the back before slipping it off the left needle – 1 stitch increase)
• K2tog: Knit the first two stitches together on the left needle (1 stitch decrease)
• SSK: slip slip knit (slip 2 stitches to right hand needle then insert the left needle in front of the two slipped stitches and knit them together
• RS: right side
• WS: wrong side
• garter ridge – RS and WS row in knit stitch pattern (2 knitted rows)

Cast on 1 stitch with US #2 needles with color 1 (the first color in the center pull gradient yarn)

Increase Section:
Row 1 (RS): color 1 – Kfb
Row 2 (WS): color 1 – K2
Row 3 (RS): color 1 – Kfb, Kfb
Row 4 (WS): color 1 – K4
Row 5 (RS): color 1 – Kfb, knit to 1 stitch before last, Kfb
Row 6 (WS): color 1 – Knit all the stitches
Repeat Rows 5 and 6 (with color 1) till 146  stitches on the needles. 
Change to Color 2 and repeat rows 5 and 6 till 208 stitches on the needles (the length can be extended if preferred with the next color in the gradient)

Length Increase Section (garter ridges):
Row 1 (RS): Color 3 – Kfb, knit till 2 stitches left, K2tog.
Row 2 (WS): Color 3 –  Knit all the stitches
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 for twenty five more garter ridges (more or less garter ridges if preferred). 
Change to Color 4 and repeat rows 1 and 2 for a total of 26 garter ridges
Change to Color 5 and repeat rows 1 and 2 for a total of 26 garter ridges
Change to Color 6 and repeat rows 1 and 2 for a total of 26 garter ridges
Change to Color 7 and repeat rows 1 and 2 for a total of 26 garter ridges
Change to Color 8 and repeat rows 1 and 2 for a total of 26 garter ridges
Change to Color 9 and repeat rows 1 and 2 for a total of 26 garter ridges
Change to Color 10 and repeat rows 1 and 2 for a total of 26 garter ridges
Change to Color 11 and repeat rows 1 and 2 for a total of 26 garter ridges
Change to Color 12 and repeat rows 1 and 2 for a total of 26 garter ridges

Decrease Section:
Change to Color 13 and knit as follows:
Row 1 (RS): SSK, knit till 2 stitches left, K2tog
Row 2 (WS): Knit all the stitches
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 for thirty more garter ridges. 
Change to Color 14 and knit Rows 1 and 2 till four stitches left on the needle.
Row (RS): SSK, K2tog
Row (WS): Knit 2 stitches,
Last Row (RS): SSK and pull working yarn through
Weave in the ends, wash and block the Nostalgic Wrap.

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~coffeeteaknits