Designer: Neisha Abdulla @neishdesign
Chaka is inspired by various decorations found in Islamic tile decoration and architecture. Arabic calligraphy was also used to draw inspiration for this design.
Chaka is a two color rectangular wrap, knit sideways on long circular needles. It calls for a provisional cast on and is finished off with i-cord edgings on all four sides.
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Yarn Used
The beautiful yarn used for the pictured sample is from Ishrat of Fruitful Fusion. The sample uses her BFL Fingering base, which is 100% superwash BFL, 437.5y/400m/100g. The main color used in the sample is Bloom, with contrast color Celebrate.
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Difficulty
Adventurous Beginner
Sized Included
70 x 18 inches / 178 x 46 centimeters
Materials
- Fruitful Fusion, fingering weight, 100% superwash BFL
- MC Bloom ( 897.5 meters / 981.5 yards )
- CC Celebrate ( 440 meters / 481 yards )
- US 4 (3.5mm) circular needle, 60-inch / 153 cm or size needed to obtain gauge.
- Yarn Needle
- Stitch Markers (optional) to mark each pattern repeat
Abbreviations
- BO – bind off
- CC – contrast color
- CO – cast on
- K – knit
- K2tog – knit 2 together
- LH – left hand
- MC – main color
- P – purl
- Pl – place
- PU – pick up
- Rep – repeat
- RS – right side
- Sl – slip
- St(s) – stitch(es)
- WS – wrong side
Gauge
28 sts and 33 rows = 4 inches / 10 centimeters over Colorwork, blocked
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Chart Written Instructions
Chaka Chart (worked over a multiple of 16 sts+1 by 52 rows, worked flat)
Sts are K on the RS and P on the WS
Row 1 (RS): *CC1, MC15 rep from * to last st, CC1.
Row 2 (WS): CC1, *MC13 CC2 rep from * across.
Row 3 (RS): *CC4, MC9, CC3 rep from * to last st, CC1.
Row 4 (WS): MC 1, *CC4, MC7, CC4, MC1 rep from * across.
Row 5 (RS): *MC3, CC3, MC5, CC3, MC2 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Chaka Chart
Row 6 (WS): MC 1, *MC3, CC3, MC3, CC3, MC4 rep from * across.
Row 7 (RS): *MC5, CC2, MC3, CC2, MC4 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 8 (WS): MC 1, *MC3, CC3, MC3, CC3, MC4 rep from * across.
Row 9 (RS): *MC4, CC2, MC5, CC2, MC3 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 10 (WS): MC 1, *MC2, CC2, MC7, CC2, MC3 rep from * across.
Row 11(RS): *MC2, CC2, MC9, CC2, MC1 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 12 (WS): MC 1, *MC1, CC2, MC9, CC2, MC2 rep from * across.
Row 13 (RS): *CC1, MC1, CC3, MC7, CC3, MC1 rep from * to last st, CC1.
Row 14 (WS): CC1, *MC2, CC3, MC5, CC3, MC2, CC1 rep from * across.
Row 15 (RS): *CC2, MC2, CC4, MC1, CC4, MC2, CC1 rep from * to last st, CC1.
Row 16 (WS): CC 1, *CC1, CC3, MC7, CC3, MC2 rep from * across.
Row 17 (RS): *MC1, CC2, MC4, CC3, MC4, CC2 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 18 (WS): MC 1, *MC1, CC1, MC5, CC1, MC5, CC1, MC2 rep from * across.
Row 19 (RS): *MC2, CC2, MC9, CC2, MC1 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 20 (WS): MC1, *MC1, CC2, MC9, CC2, MC2 rep from * to last st.
Row 21 (RS): *MC2, CC2, MC9, CC2, MC1 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 22 (WS): CC1, *CC3, MC9, CC4 rep from * to last st.
Row 23 (RS): *CC3, MC11, CC2 rep from * to last st, CC1.
Row 24 (WS): CC1, *CC1, MC13, CC2 rep from * to last st.
Row 25 (RS): MC all.
Row 26 (WS): MC all.
Row 27 (RS): MC all.
Row 28 (WS): MC all.
Row 29 (RS): *CC2, MC13, CC1 rep from * to last st, CC1.
Row 30 (WS): CC1, *CC2, MC11, CC3 rep from * to last st.
Row 31 (RS): *CC4, MC9, CC3 rep from * to last st, CC1.
Row 32 (WS): MC1, *MC1, CC2, MC9, CC2, MC2 rep from * to last st.
Row 33 (RS): *MC2, CC2, MC9, CC2, MC1 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 34 (WS): MC1, *MC1, CC2, MC9, CC2, MC2 rep from * to last st.
Row 35 (RS): *MC2, CC1, MC5, CC1, MC5, CC1, MC1 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 36 (WS): MC1, *CC2, MC5, CC3, MC5, CC2, MC1rep from * to last st.
Row 37 (RS): *CC2, MC3, CC3, MC3, CC1 rep from * to last st, CC1.
Row 38 (WS): MC1, *CC2, MC5, CC3, MC5, CC2, MC1 rep from * to last st.
Row 39 (RS): *CC1, MC2, CC3, MC5, CC3, MC2 rep from * to last st, CC1.
Row 40 (WS): MC1, *CC1, MC3, CC7, MC3, CC1, MC1 rep from * to last st.
Row 41 (RS): *MC2, CC2, MC9, CC2, MC1 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 42 (WS): MC1, *MC1, CC2, MC9, CC2, MC2 rep from * to last st.
Row 43 (RS): *MC3, CC2, MC7, CC2, MC2 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 44 (WS): MC1, *MC3, CC2, MC5, CC2, MC4 rep from * to last st.
Row 45 (RS): *MC4, CC3, MC3, CC3, MC3 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 46 (WS): MC1, *MC4, CC2, MC3, CC2, MC5 rep from * to last st.
Row 47 (RS): *MC4, CC3, MC3, CC3, MC3 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 48 (WS): MC1, *MC2, CC3, MC5, CC3, MC3 rep from * to last st.
Row 49 (RS): *MC1, CC4, MC7, CC4 rep from * to last st, MC1.
Row 50 (WS): CC1, *CC3, MC9, CC4 rep from * to last st.
Row 51 (RS): *CC2, MC13, CC1 rep from * to last st, CC1.
Row 52 (WS): CC1, *MC15, CC1 rep from * to last st.
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Directions
Set up
With waste yarn, CO 485 sts.
Main Body
Join MC.
Row 1 (RS): Knit across all sts.
Row 2 (WS): Purl across all sts.
Rep Rows 1 and 2 two times more. Join CC.
Rows 7 (RS): K2 with MC, *K 18 sts Chaka chart using chart or written instructions. Rep from * to last 2 sts. K2 sts with MC.
Rows 8 (WS): P2 sts w MC, *P 18 sts Chaka chart using chart or written instructions. Rep from * to last 2 sts, P2 sts w MC.
Rep rows 7 and 8 until 52 chart rows are complete. Break CC.
Rows 59 to 86: With MC, rep rows 1 and 2 fourteen times total.
Rows 87 to 138: Join CC and rep rows 7 and 8 until 52 chart rows are complete. Break CC.
Row 139 to 144: With MC, rep rows 1 and 2 three times total. Break MC.
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I-cord Bind off
Join CC and k two rows. **CO on 3 sts. *K2, K2tog, sl three sts just worked to LH needle. rep from * until last three sts. K1, K2tog. sl two sts just worked to LH needle. K2tog, break CC, pull tail through final st.
I-Cord from provisional CO
Carefully pl sts from provisional CO onto needle. With RS facing, join CC and k 2 rows. Rep I-cord BO from **.
I-cord Bind off at outer edges
Using MC, work applied I-cord on short edges: With RS facing, PU and k 96 sts (approx. two out of every three sts) along the outer edges of the wrap, Turn. K one row. Turn. CO 3 sts and work as for I-cord BO from **.
Finishing
Weave in ends, wash and block to measurements.
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