Nesting Wrap Kit: Cashmere

By Jade Sapphire, Bristol Ivy

This is a yarn to relish, to knit slowly, a marvel. You’re creating an heirloom, as light as a purr, warmer than seems possible. It’s the yarn we have loved since the moment we saw it: 100% Mongolian cashmere.

This kit includes four skeins of 4-ply cashmere, a PDF download of Bristol Ivy’s Nesting Wrap pattern, and a muslin project bag. Free shipping, too.

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Specs & Details

Size

22.75" x 64.25" (58 cm x 164 cm)

Fiber

Cashmere

Unit Weight

4 skeins (55 grams each)

Yarn Length

800 yards (732 m)

Yarn Weight

Gauge

20 sts + 28 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) in stockinette stitch; 10 sts + 27 working rows (131⁄2 rows counted in knit columns) = 4 inches (10 cm) over Brioche Stitch, after blocking

Needle

US 10.5 (6.5 mm)

Jane and Ken Saffir have made a single fiber, 100% Mongolian cashmere, the heart of their entire business, Jade Sapphire Exotic Fibres.

They source it themselves, from Mongolia. They dye it themselves, in a palette that grows and grows.

And they are among the most delightful people you will meet in the yarn world. They were kind to us as we made our very first visit with a yarn maker, back before we launched MDK. Since then, we have searched for a pattern that would be the perfect way to spend time with this most luxurious of yarns. With Bristol Ivy’s Nesting Wrap, we think we have hit on a rare, beautiful match of yarn and pattern.

About the designer

Bristol Ivy’s design work focuses on the intersection between innovative technique and classic tailoring, and her classes focus on creativity, technique, and understanding the nuts and bolts of knitting. She is the author of the books Knitting Outside the Box and Knitting Outside the Box: Drape & Fold. Her work has also been published with Brooklyn Tweed’s Wool People, Quince & Co., PomPom Quarterly, Interweave Knits, amirisu, and here on MDK.