Sweater Scarf Knitting Patterns

I’m a fan of a full-length sweater pretty much all the time, but lately I’ve been seeing the appeal of a sweater scarf. These designs are sort of like a super-long shrug (sometimes also wider than a shrug would typically be) that has sleeves and the center part can be wrapped around your body like a cowl or a vest or even a hood.

They’re super easy to knit and fun to wear, and give you a little extra warmth when you need it.

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I was first introduced to the sweater scarf by way of Knitatude’s patterns. She has a few of these projects including the stockinette-based Wrap Me Up; the Snowfall Sweater Scarf, with an allover eyelet pattern; and Wrapped in Cables, which has, as you might guess, a cable pattern. Wrap Me Up comes in a single size, while the other two have three size options.

There are lots of other options for this simple concept, including the Sophie Sweater Scarf from BDD Patterns, which uses garter stitch for the body and worsted weight yarn and the Sleeve Scarf Sweater Wrap from Lake House Knits, which looks like seed stitch and uses worsted weight yarn.

Add even more comfort to your project with thumb holes, which you will find on the Rust Wrap Around Sweater Scarf from Camexia Designs (this one looks like moss stitch and repeats the pattern stitch on the sleeve cuffs). They also have a ribbed version.

How about some colorwork? The Foxy Shawl by Olga Putano Designs uses a simple chevron pattern worked in four colors of sock yarn to make a lightweight but cozy wrap that comes in four sizes.

Or if you want to go for one that’s pretty much exactly like wearing a blanket with sleeves, there’s the Wrap with Sleeves & Thumbhole from Ann Linderhjelm. This free pattern on Ravelry uses fisherman’s rib to make a nice wide wrap that’s super cozy. And any one of these patterns you could alter to use whatever stitch pattern you like.

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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