This sweater wrap is a fun project with which to learn the Honeycomb and Wheat post stitches. These stitches can be mildly challenging at first, but once you pass through the learning curve, you’re home free!
Intermediate
K/101⁄2 (6.5mm) crochet hook
10 skeins Worsted (no. 4) weight yarn (project shown uses Cestari [170 yds/153m per 3.5 oz/100g hank] in color no. 179116 Coxcomb)
Stole: 66" × 13" (167.6cm × 33cm)
Back: 181⁄2" × 241⁄4" (47cm × 61.6cm)
8 sts = 21⁄2" (6.4cm) and 8 rows = 43⁄4" (12.1cm) in Honeycomb pattern
Even rows are with RS facing.
I recommend cutting the tassels first and leaving the remainder of the yarn for the body of the stole. Cut a 10" (25.4cm) piece of sturdy cardboard and wrap the string loosely around the cardboard. Be sure your tension is loose enough so as not to bend the cardboard. This will ensure even length of the strands. Cut the yarn at one end to create the strands.
Using largest hook, ch 44.
Row 1 (WS): Dc in 4th ch and in each ch across. Turn (42 dc).
Row 2 (RS): Ch 3 (counts as dc here and throughout). *Sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working behind 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped dc, sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working in front of 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped sts, rep from * across to last st. Dc in last st. Turn.
Row 3: Ch 3. Bpdc around each st across. Turn.
Row 4: Ch 3 (counts as dc here and throughout). Sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working behind 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped dc, sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working in front of 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped sts. [Sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working in front of 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped dc, sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working behind 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped sts] 3 times. Sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working behind 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped dc, sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working in front of 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped sts. Dc in last st. Turn.
Row 5: Rep Row 3.
Rows 6–111: Rep Rows 2–5 twenty-six times. Rep Rows 2 & 3 once more. Piece should measure approx 66" (167.6cm). Do not finish off.
Rnd 1 (RS): Ch 1. *[Sc in next st, sk 1 st, ch 1] across. Ch 2, turn 90°, work 166 sc evenly along edge of back, ch 2, turn 90° at corner, rep from * once more. Join with a sl st to 1st sc. Finish off.
Row 1 (WS): With WS facing, join with a sl st along side of wrap in the 45th sc, ch 2 (counts as dc here and throughout), dc in each of next 77 sc. Leave rem 44 sts unworked. Turn (78 dc).
Row 2 (RS): Ch 2, [fpdc around next st, bpdc around next st] 3 times. [Sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working behind 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped dc, sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working in front of 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped sts] 8 times. [Bpdc around next st, fpdc around next st] 3 times, dc in last st. Turn.
Row 3: Ch 2, [bpdc around next st, fpdc around next st] 3 times, bpdc across to last 7 sts. [Fpdc around next st, bpdc around next st] 3 times, dc in last st. Turn.
Row 4: Ch 2, [fpdc around next st, bpdc around next st] 3 times. [Sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working behind 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped dc, sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working in front of 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped sts] 2 times. [Sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working in front of 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped dc, sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working behind 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped sts] 4 times. [Sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working behind 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped dc, sk next 2 dc, fptr around next 2 dc, working in front of 2 fptr just worked, fptr around 2 skipped sts] 2 times. [Bpdc around next st, fpdc around next st] 3 times, dc in last st. Turn.
Row 5: Rep Row 3.
Rows 6–27: Rep Rows 2–5 five times more, and then Rows 2 & 3 once more. Do not finish off. Cont to ribbing rows.
Row 28: Ch 2. [Fpdc around next st, bpdc around next st] across to last 7 sts. Sk next bpdc from prev row (in order to cont alternating pattern), [fpdc around next st, bpdc around next st] to last 2 sts, fpdc around next st, dc in last st. Turn.
Row 29: Ch 2. [Bpdc around next st, fpdc around next st] across to last 2 sts, bpdc around next st, dc in last st. Turn.
Row 30: Ch 2. [Fpdc around next st, bpdc around next st] across to last 2 sts, fpdc around next st, dc in last st. Turn.
Row 31: Rep Row 29 once more. Finish off.
Weave in loose ends. Follow directions for knotted fringe. Add fringe to both ends of the stole portions only.
Cut 110 20" (50.8cm) strands. Use 5 strands per tassel in every other ch-1 sp across the ends. Knot again, approx 1" (2.5cm) lower, using half of each tassel. For tassels on the ends, use all strands of the end tassel plus half of the strands of the next tassel. After knotting all knots, carefully trim strands with sharp scissors to even all strands.
Knockardakin Wrap Assembly Diagram