Simply Soft Afternoon Wrap
The Simply Soft Afternoon Wrap is a long and flowing alternative to any jacket you might find. Sit outside on a nice spring day with your favorite crochet wrap to bottle up all the sun's warmth and keep it with you. The colors of the stripes can be customized, or your can stick with the subdued purples and greys pictured. Any color combination will make this crochet wrap pattern one that you will absolutely love and will not want to put down.
NotesNOTES:
1. Wrap is worked lengthwise.
2. To change color; work last st of old color to last yarn over, yarn over with new color and draw through all loops on hook to complete stitch.
Crochet HookI/9 or 5.5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Crochet Gauge4 pattern repeats and 8 rows = 4"/10 cm
Finished SizeApproximately 20"/51 cm wide x 75"/190.5 cm long
Materials List
- Caron Simply Soft:A: Grey Heather (9509), 3 skeins; B: Plum Perfect (9761), 2 skeins; C: Charcoal Heather (9508), 1 skein; D: Off White (9702), 1 skein
- Crochet Hook: I-8 (5mm)
- Yarn Needle
Pattern
Stitch Pattern
(multiple of 3 sts + 1; +1 for foundation ch)
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Row 1 (RS): (Sc, ch 3, dc) in 2nd ch from hook, *sk next 2 ch, (sc, ch 3, dc) in next ch; repeat from * across, turn.
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Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in first st, (sc, ch 3, dc) in each ch-3 space across to last ch-3 space, sc in last ch-3 space, ch 2, dc in last sc, turn.
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Row 3: Ch 1, sc in first st, ch 3, dc in next ch-2 space, *(sc, ch 3, dc) in next ch-3 space; repeat from * across, sc in last dc (turning ch), turn.
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Repeat Rows 2 and 3 for pattern.
Wrap
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With A, chain 224.
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Rows 1–3: Work Rows 1–3 of Pattern Stitch—75 sc and 74 ch-2 spaces.
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Continue working in pattern stitch changing colors as follows:
4 more rows with A, *1 row with D, 2 rows with A, 2 rows with C, 4 rows with B, 1 row with D, 4 rows with B, 2 rows with C, 2 rows with A, 1 row with D, 7 rows with A; repeat from * once more. -
Fasten off.
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FINISHING: Using yarn needle, weave in all ends.