Looking for an easy way to revitalize your wardrobe? If so, shawls and wraps are worthwhile projects to knit or crochet. A single shawl can help you maximize the dresses, rompers, suits and separates you already own, giving you many more ways to style each piece that you’ve already invested in.
Free Knit Shawl and Wrap Patterns
Knitting Pattern Books Featuring Shawls and Wraps
Vogue Knitting’s Latest Knitting Pattern Collection Featuring Shawls & Wraps
Do you appreciate stylish wraps that coordinate well with party dresses, business attire and everyday clothing? Would you enjoy owning an entire collection of sophisticated knitting patterns for wraps and shawls? Would you enjoy trying bunches of fascinating knitting techniques such as Fair Isle knitting, lace knitting, double knitting, aran knitting, drop stitch knitting, chevrons, waves and bargello knitting? If you answered “yes” to one or more of these questions, this book is one you definitely need to take a look at.
The patterns in this book were all chosen by the editors at Vogue Knitting magazine. The pattern collection is diverse, offering you bunches of different style aesthetics and bunches of different ways to improve your knitting skills. Whether it’s a chic new wrap you want or a mesmerizing new knitting challenge to captivate you, this book delivers appropriate inspiration in a thoroughly enjoyable format.
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Crochet Books Featuring Shawls and Wraps
The following crochet books include patterns for gorgeous wraps and shawls:

Poetic Crochet by Sara Kay Hartmann — This book gives you 20 patterns for dainty, lacy, romantic crochet lace shawls. These shawl designs were all inspired by classic poems, which makes for a cohesive and interesting book theme.
The dressy eveningwear shawls are this book’s strong point. If you need a shawl to wear to a cocktail party, wedding or special event, you’ll definitely want to consider using Poetic Crochet as your pattern source. It’s also a fantastic source of crochet patterns for making comfort shawls, casual shawls and prayer shawls.
Crochet Wraps Every Which Way by Tammy Hildebrand — This book is like owning both a crochet technique book and a crochet shawl pattern book wrapped into one handy volume. The book includes patterns you can work in multiple crochet techniques including crochet motifs, broomstick lace crochet, double ended crochet, Tunisian crochet and others.
Discontinued Patterns for Shawls and Wraps
The following shawl and wrap patterns have been discontinued and are no longer available — so if you have been on a wild goose chase looking for them, you can safely stop searching and move on to looking for another pattern that is still available:
- Luna Moth Crochet Shawl — a Discontinued Free Crochet Pattern
- Zigzag Crochet Wrap– a Discontinued Free Crochet Pattern
This page was last updated on 5/14/2018.