Free Pattern: Knitted Wrap
If my Knitted Bandana is any indication, you could say I'm a little obsessed with triangles. This great shawl/wrap project is what started it all for me with triangles. It's a super-easy, really fun project that you can make in just about any kind of yarn and any size you want.
Materials
- two to four skeins of your favorite yarn
- knitting needles of the appropriate size to use with that yarn
- scissors
- crochet hook
A Word about the Materials
The amount of yarn you will need depends on the size of the wrap you want to make and the yardage of the balls of yarn you choose. I have made this project twice, once with Yarn Bee Luscious yarn in Wild Plum and once with Lion Brand Homespun in Olive.
The Homespun wrap was made with a little less than four skeins, or around 700 yards; the Yarn Bee wrap was two skeins or 372 yards. The first was done on size 10 needles; the second on size 9s.
So there's a lot of room for variation depending on what you want out of the finished piece.
Instructions
Cast on three stitches. Knit one row, purl one row. On the third row, increase one stitch on each end of the work. Purl one row and continue, increasing on each side of each knit row until the piece is as wide as you would like.
Since the idea is that this is something you can wrap around yourself that will keep you warm, you might want the wrap to be at least as wide as your back is long.
Continue to knit one row, purl one row straight until the wrap is almost as long as you would like.
Begin to decrease by knitting two stitches together at each side of each knit row until you are down to three stitches. Bind off.
Wearing Your Wrap
My Homespun wrap very quickly went to work with me, where I use it to cover up on days when the air conditioning is a little too exuberant. It is very thick and warm and because it's so long it's easy to throw around my shoulders.
The smaller wrap is blue and fuzzy and fun. It's a great little accessory on not-too-cool nights out. The little bit of eyelash-like character this yarn has makes it kind of dressy, but it would look great with jeans and a T-shirt, too.
A smaller wrap like this one would benefit from the use of a cute brooch or pin to hold it on your body. Or sew a button onto one side or the wrap and make a loop out of some extra yarn to hold the wrap in place.
Other ideas
This wrap pattern could be converted into a poncho just by stitching a seam. It might be cute to make the pattern longer than would be needed to wrap around your body and position the piece so the wrap runs long in front of your body or to one side before you stitch it closed.
A very small version, narrow but long, could be made into a scarf. This would be a great time to use some of the fluffy fun yarns like the Yarn Bee mentioned above.
A really huge version of this wrap would make an interesting throw. There are a lot of options with this very simple pattern.
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