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Born and raised in San Francisco, I spent a lot of my childhood in Chinatown, and this wrap highlights some of my favorite places. Begin at Dragon’s Gate, the gateway to Chinatown, then look up as you head north: lanterns as far as the eye can see. I loved going to the Chinese New Year parade as a child, anticipating the long, colorful dragon at the end. To celebrate Chinese New Year, as well as birthdays, weddings, red egg and ginger parties, and many other holidays, we would go to Four Seas Restaurant, owned for over 25 years by my uncle, aunt, and cousins—can you see the gold chandeliers with lotus blossoms in the banquet room? To finish, on the northern outskirts of Chinatown, was Jec’s Sewing Shop, owned by my mom, filled with the lively chatter of the seamstresses (my “aunties”) sewing, the clicking of the buttonhole machine, and the rhythmic hum of the sewing and overlock machines. And, of course, the cable car (my favorite, even now!), which runs along the western edge of Chinatown. Take a stroll with me along Grant Avenue, the heart of Chinatown.

Grant Avenue Stroll is a curved, textured wrap to keep you warm in the cold San Francisco weather (or cold weather anywhere). Five different stitch patterns, worked from south to north, with cables worked at the same time on the western edge will keep your needles knitting and interest high. Garter sections are worked in between each stitch pattern. Integrated i-cords finish the western and eastern edges of the wrap. The curved shape (for easier wearability) is achieved with short rows. There is never a dull moment as you stroll through and knit San Francisco’s Chinatown through my needles.

Size
One size

Finished Measurements
Wingspan/Length (top edge): 59 inches/150 cm
Wingspan/Length (bottom edge): 76 inches/193 cm
Depth/Width (ends): 16 inches/41 cm
Depth/Width (center): 13 inches/33 cm

Materials

• The Dye Project Montara DK (100% Corriedale; DK weight: 260 yd/238 m per 3.5 oz/100 g skein); color: Dragon Breath; 4 skeins
• US 6/4.0 mm minimum 24”/60 cm circular needle
• Cable needle, 1 stitch marker, tapestry needle, stitch markers in a second color (optional, for marking stitch pattern repeats)

Gauge
21 sts x 31 rows = 4 inches/10 cm in Stockinette stitch, after blocking

Video Link
For Section 4 stitches and short rows: https://youtu.be/mZlxXk6nIU4

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From the Ferry Building to the Castro, take a knitting whirl through San Francisco. We introduce you to ten Bay Area knitwear designers, visit a dozen Bay Area LYSes, and share our favorite bits of the City by the Bay.

Want to know where to find the San Francisco that the locals know and love? I Knit San Francisco shares shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, museums, and more. And if you can’t make it to the City by the Bay, we include lists of our favorite books, movies, TV shows, and songs, so you can bring San Francisco home.

Designers include

• Kelly White/Kelly White Designs
• Sloane Rosenthal/Hudson + West Co.
• Faina Goberstein
• Yvonne Poon/Gamer Babe Designs
• Julie Weisenberger/Cocoknits
• Audry Nicklin
• Heatherly Walker/Yarn Yenta
• Sonya Philip/100 Acts of Sewing
• Juliana Lustenader
• Kathleen Dames & Vilasinee Bunnag/The Loome

Plus visit a dozen Bay Area yarn shops with Kathleen Dames/kathleen dames knitwear design and Alice O’Reilly/Backyard Fiberworks.

Featured yarns include Bay Street Yarns, The Dye Project, Hudson + West Co., Little Skein in the Big Wool with help from Seismic Yarns, Love Fest Fibers, Sincere Sheep, Speckled Finch Studios, Twirl Yarn, A Verb for Keeping Warm

Shot on location in San Francisco by local photographer Alli Novak/Luzography. Illustrations by Laurel Johnson/Mountain Laurel Artwork.

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