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Accidental Knitted Wrap or Shawl pattern

I  started knitting a wrap in a simple pattern. You may use any yarn you choose, I picked a part mohair yarn that I had already had it was Patons Devine (it is a wool/acrylic/poly blend (in pink) that I had bought for a baby blanket who turned out to be a boy) Use needles approx. twice the size recommended on the label of your yarn, my yarn recommended size 10 us needles and I used 17. Amount: I used three skeins, which was plenty long with some left, at 142 yd's per ball or around 400 yards needed. Recommended to knit a swatch and measure, remember your lace will stretch. If you are a tight knitter, and don't like the look of your swatch. Use larger needles, you may also yo twice in row 4 (knit, yo, yo, knit continue.....) Play around then when you are happy Cast on 50 stitches ( 40 if using bulky yarn or you want your wrap shorter) row 1 knit row 2 knit row 3 knit row 4 *knit, yo* repeat row 5 knit, drop all yo's from previous row repeat rows 2-5 until your ...