Vasarely Wrap pattern PDF
Vasarely is a tribute to Vasarely’s Op art. This graphic wrap features mirrored diagonal stripes that build wavelike optical illusions into the fabric.
It starts out like a top-down triangle shawl, then turns into a long rectangle and ends with triangle fillers on both sides.
The graphic motifs are created by straight lines of slipped stitches against a background of striped stocking stitch fabric.
Vasarely was first published in Pom Pom Quarterly Issue 25, Summer 2018.
This is a slightly revised version of the original pattern, as my favourite ways of knitting some of the elements featured in this wrap (such as the cast-on and the i-cord edging) have evolved since 2018.
YARN
Original sample in light Summer yarn
Anzula Milky Way, Light Fingering, 80% milk protein 20% merino, 457 m / 500 yds / 114 g
MC Charcoal 2 skeins
CC Mauve 2 skeins
Merino yarn sample
MC Yarn By Simone MSW, 100% SW merino, 400 m / 100 g. Col. Only Black. 2 skeins / 800 m
CC multicoloured fingering weight leftovers. 800 m
NEEDLES AND NOTIONS
3.5 mm / US4 circular needles, or size required to obtain gauge
markers
tapestry needle
GAUGE
22 sts & 38 rows = 10 cm / 4” over stocking stitch after blocking
Gauge is not crucial but it will affect yarn quantity requirements.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Length: 190 cm / 75”
Width: 60 cm / 24”