I used Knit Picks Upcycle Alpaca Blend (33% Alpaca, 34% Wool, 33% Acrylic) and a US#8 (5.0 mm) needle.

I love a good stitch pattern that just makes sense in my hands.

Back in the day, I made a pair of Waving Lace Socks and I loved that pattern! Here’s the socks (circa 2005).

It’s not the same stitch pattern, but it’s close.

Anyway, back to our stitch pattern.

The big thing I want to point out is how the swatch is slanted. That happens naturally:

The reason for the slant is because the decreases and the increases are several stitches apart. Let’s look at the chart.

Overlapping Waves, Chart

See what I mean? Whenever you have the increases (in our case, the YOs) and the decreases (in our case, the SSKs) you get a fabric with a slant.

Overlapping Waves, written directions

Row 1 (RS): K2, yo, ssk, k4, yo, ssk. (10 sts)

Row 2 and all WS rows: Purl. 

Row 3: K2, yo, k1, ssk, k3, yo, ssk. 

Row 5: K2, yo, k2, ssk, k2, yo, ssk. 

Row 7: K2, yo, k3, ssk, k1, yo, ssk. 

Row 9: K2, yo, k4, ssk, yo, ssk. 

Final Thoughts

The yarn shows the stitch pattern, although the fuzziness of the Alpaca hides it a bit.

This is a great reason to make a swatch first. I might be just fine with it, but it’s nice to know. It’s funny, but I didn’t think that would be the case when just looking at the yarn balled up. I very clearly could see the spin and the plies. But, knitted up, it showed its Alpaca roots.