Bewitching Fall Wrap Sweater

September 12, 2022

The sides and back of this sweater are made all in one piece. It makes for really nice panels in the front that you can wrap around yourself. We went up to Chaumont for the holiday weekend and the weather was chilly so I got to wear this sweater earlier than I thought I would. I think I might add some buttons so that when it gets real cold it will stay in place.

I did a good amount of frogging working out this sweater. When I make a shirt or sweater to sew I usually aim for the back to be about 23-24 inches. I did that with this sweater and found that I was swimming in it. Since it's made all in once piece it was closer to 14 inches when it felt right. I'm not entirely sure why that is, but the sweater fits great so I'm going with it. I'll ponder that more and see if I can come up with a reason why it's true.

This pattern uses 4 skeins of Yowsa from Miss Babs in Bewitching for about 2200 yards of yarn. Bewitching Fall Wrap Sweater


This pattern uses a 5.5 mm hook.

Stitches used:
ch - chain
sl - slip stitch
sk - skip stitch
sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet
bobble - yarn over, pull a stitch through, yarn over, pull a stitch through, yarn over, pull all the stitches through (7 loops at once)
X - skip a stitch, dc, go back to the stitch you skipped and behind your new stitch dc
picot - sc, ch 3, sc into the right side of your sc


ch 119
Row 1: sc in the second stitch from the hook, ch, sk - all the way across. End on a sc
Row 2-5: ch 2, sc in the chain space, ch - all the way across. End on a sc
Row 6: ch 3, bobble in the chain space, ch - all the way across. hdc in the last stitch
Row 7-16: ch 2, sc in the chain space, ch - all the way across. End on a sc
Row 17: ch 2, bobble in the chain space, ch - all the way across. hdc in the last stitch
Row 18: - 27: ch 1, 2 sc in the space, sk - all the way across.
Row 28: ch 3, X stitch - all the way across. dc in the last stitch
Row 29-37: ch 2 hdc all the way across
Row 38: ch 2, hdc in the first 22 stitches, ch 22 (we are making the first arm opening here), sk stitches 23-30, hdc in the 40th stitch and all the way to the end. Option: if you want to create a flap between the front panel and the back panel then instead of going to the end ch 10 at the end and skip the last 10 stitches
Row 39: ch 3, X stitch - all the way across. dc in the last stitch
Row 40-44: ch 2, hdc all the way across
Row 45: ch 3, X stitch - all the way across. dc in the last stitch
Row 46: ch 2, sk, sc, ch, sk - all the way across. End on a sc
Row 47-50: ch 2, sc in the chain space, ch - all the way across. End on a sc
Row 51: ch 3, bobble in the chain space, ch - all the way across. hdc in the last stitch
Row 52-56: ch 2, sc in the chain space, ch - all the way across. End on a sc
Row 57: ch 3, X stitch - all the way across. dc in the last stitch
Row 58-62: ch 2, hdc all the way across
Row 63: ch 3, X stitch - all the way across. dc in the last stitch
Row 64: ch 2, hdc in the first 22 stitches, ch 22 (we are making the first arm opening here), sk stitches 23-30, hdc in the 40th stitch and all the way to the end. Option: if you want to create a flap between the front panel and the back panel then instead of going to the end ch 10 at the end and skip the last 10 stitches
Row 65-73: ch 2, hdc all the way across
Row 74: ch 3, X stitch - all the way across. dc in the last stitch
Row 75-84: ch 1, 2 sc, sk - all the way across.
Row 85: ch 2, bobble in the chain space, ch - all the way across. hdc in the last stitch
Row 86-95: ch 2, sc in the chain space, ch - all the way across. End on a sc
Row 96: ch 2, bobble in the chain space, ch - all the way across. hdc in the last stitch
Row 97-101: ch 2, sc in the chain space, ch - all the way across. End on a sc


Bewitching Fall Wrap Sweater


This will give you your back and front panels. The front panels will drape nicely down. I decided that this needed a border all the way around. Row 1: start at the bottom right edge. ch 2 bobble, ch. When you get to the corners - 2 hdc in the corner stitch, ch 2, 2 hdc in the corner stitch. You'll end on a corner, but only need to do 1 hdc since your ch 2 will cound as the second hdc. Join via a slip stitch to the ch 2. Row 2: ch 1, sc, picot in the ch between the bobbles, sc into the bobble. When you get to the corners - sc into the first hdc, 2 sc into the second hdc, ch 2, 2 sc into the 1st hdc on the other side of the corner, sc into the second hdc. Then keep going with your picots. Slip stitch to join and then tie off

Bewitching Fall Wrap Sweater


I decided I wanted to make my sleeves end about 3 inches back from my wrist. If you want your sleeves longer or shorter just add in a few rows.
Row 1: starting at the bottom of the armhole (the underarm section) ch 2, hdc around, sl stitch to join. I picked up 45 stitches. The exact number doesn't matter to me as long as it doesn't look like I have any holes and I pick up the same number on the second sleeve. Row 2-3: ch 2, hdc around, sl stitch to join.
Row 4-10: ch 2, hdc around, in the last 2 stitches hdc together, sl stitch to join
Row 11: ch 3, X stitch - all the way across , sl stitch to join
Row 12-16: ch, sc into the chain stitch, sk stitch, 2 sc. Repeat until the end, sl stitch to join
Row 17: ch 2, bobble in the chain space, ch - all the way across, sl stitch to join
Row 18-22: ch 2, sc in the chain space, ch - all the way across, sl stitch to join
Row 23: ch 2, bobble in the chain space, ch - all the way across, sl stitch to join
Row 24: ch 1, picot in the ch between the bobbles, sc into the bobble - all the way across, sl stich to join and tie off

I'm not super careful about counting my stiches in the arms. I know I want it rather wide on the top and then the same width for the forearms. If you want looser or tighter arms play with the number of stitches.



Bewitching Fall Wrap Sweater


Pockets (make 2): ch 20
Row 1: sc in the second stitch from the hook, ch, sk - all the way across. End on a sc
Row 2-10: ch 2, sc in the chain space, ch - all the way across. End on a sc
Row 11: ch 3, bobble in the chain space, ch - all the way across. hdc in the last stitch
Row 12-21: ch 2, sc in the chain space, ch - all the way across. End on a sc

Turn so now your side becomes the top.
Top Row 1: ch 2, bobble in the chain space, ch - all the way across, sl stitch to join (I had 13 bobbles)
Top Row 2: ch 1, picot in the ch between the bobbles, sc into the bobble - all the way across, sc in the last stitch and tie off

Sew on the pockets on the front panel just above where the arms end. Remember the sweater will stretch.

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