Perfect for layering, The Equinox Wrap is a lightweight crochet wrap featuring hand-dyed fingering weight yarn! This delicate and feminine layering one-of-a-kind piece is inspired by bursts of color, blooming gardens and springtime energy.
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The Equinox Wrap
Its officially spring now that the spring equinox has come and gone! This time of year marks transition and balance—when day and night are equal lengths, and nature bursts into life with fresh blooms and green shoots. It’s a season of renewal, where we’re inspired to shed the heaviness of winter and embrace the lighter, brighter days ahead.
What better way to celebrate this season of balance and beauty than with a handmade lightweight crochet wrap? The Equinox Wrap is perfect for layering over your outfit during those chilly morning strolls, while being breezy enough to complement your look when the afternoon sun warms your shoulders.
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Inspiration and Design
My design process for this lightweight crochet wrap is a perfect example of how the landscape blooms and changes during this time of year. Initially, the original swatches looked very different from the finished wrap. However, as I continued to work with various stitch combinations and color blocks, the overall vision kept evolving. Actually, I love this organic type of design! Although the end result wasn’t exactly true to the starting vision, that’s perfectly. In fact, I absolutely love the finished wrap. Not only is it a beautiful combination of textured Iris stitches and open mesh-like stitch work, but it also has such visual interest between the sections and color blocks. All of these elements together make this beginner-friendly project both exciting and joyful to work on.
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Oh, That Yarn!
Lately, I have been more intentional about using yarn that I already have in my extensively curated collection. For example, my last pattern, the Embrace Cardigan, used stash yarn that was originally intended for a different project. However, I was able to repurpose it for a fresh new design. Similarly, when thinking about the elements of a lightweight crochet wrap for a spring release, I decided to go through all my fingering and sport weight yarn for inspiration. Eventually, I found some one-of-a-kind fingering-weight skeins from Ruby & Roses Yarn in different shades of purples and pinks. Once I laid the skeins out together on my worktable, the color combinations began to remind me of emerging spring flowers, like tulips, hyacinths, crocuses, and hellebores. Naturally, this became the inspiration for the color blocks in the Equinox Wrap!
While the colorway used in the featured crochet cowl is specific to one-of-a-kind hand-dyed yarn by Ruby & Roses Yarn and is no longer available, there are many independent yarn dyers with in-stock yarn and new collections are frequently released.
Here are a few of my favorite yarn dyers, check them out:
- Sewrella Yarn
- Montana Crochet
- Long Dog Yarn
- Ruby & Roses Yarn
- Hue Loco
Alternate yarn options that are not hand-dyed yarn:
Fingering Weight Yarn – Hawthorne Fingering, Palette, Alpaca Cloud Fingering, Gloss and Stroll.
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Celebrate Spring with a Lightweight Crochet Wrap!
Why not start your own lightweight crochet wrap project today and weave a bit of spring magic into your wardrobe? The beauty of handmade crochet items is being able to customize your creation to your specific vision. Use whatever yarn you may have on hand and colors that speak to you. The Equinox Wrap is a little nod to nature’s transformations—and a way to carry that springtime energy with you, wherever the day takes you. Let the season inspire your colors, your stitches, and your spirit!
Looking for more spring crochet inspiration? Check out the Overlook Cardigan, the Evening Primrose Shawl and the Wildflowers Lapghan!
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The Equinox Wrap – A Lightweight Crochet Spring Wrap
SKILL LEVEL: Advanced Beginner
MATERIALS:
US Size H/8 5.00 mm crochet hook
#1/Fingering Weight Yarn, approximately 362 grams used in five colorways.
- Featured yarn:
- Wonderland Yarns #1/Fingering Weight Yarn 85% Superwash Merino Wool/15% Nylon – 475 yards/100g
- Color A – 62 total grams used
- Ruby & Roses Yarn #1/Soft Rose 4-ply Base 85% Superwash Merino Wool/15% Nylon – 437 yards/100g
- Color B – 68 total grams used
- Color C – 68 total grams used
- Color D – 96 total grams used
- Color E – 68 total grams used
- Wonderland Yarns #1/Fingering Weight Yarn 85% Superwash Merino Wool/15% Nylon – 475 yards/100g
GAUGE: 18 hdc sts = 4 inches; 5 iris sts = 4.5 inches
9 hdc rows/2 dc rows (section 3 in pattern) = 3.5 inches
5 iris st rows (section 2 in pattern) = 2 inches
7 iris st rows (section 4 in pattern) = 2.75 inches
Gauge is not particularly important for this project as long as the drape of your project is as desired. If the wrap is stiff and the stitches are working too tightly, consider going up a half or whole hook size.
Finished Wrap: 21.5 inches wide X 61 inches long.
ABBREVIATIONS:
ch(s) – chain(s)
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
sk – skip
st(s) – stitch(es)
tch – turning chain
ch-sp – chain space
PATTERN NOTES:
- This lightweight crochet wrap is reversible with no wrong side or right side.
- The wrap is worked from the short side in turned rows to increase length, switching colors as indicated.
- The pattern is written in sections, with repeats as indicated within each section or for the entire section.
- Blocking your finished wrap is not required, but you may wish to lightly steam block your project if you feel the edges need to be smoothed out.
- Ch 1 and Ch 2 and Ch 3 do NOT count as a stitch; overall stitch counts are indicated in parentheses ( ) at the end of each indicated row.
- Create the featured Iris stitch by working two double crochets, chain one and two double crochets into the same stitch. This is shown as (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in the pattern. Iris stitches for each row are worked into the ch-sp from the row below. The overall count at the end of Iris stitch rows is indicated in parentheses ( ) at the end of the row and will be the total number of Iris stitches, not the number of double crochet stitches sts.
- The specific amount of yarn used for each color, per gauge, is indicated in the materials section by grams. I used five individual colorways for the finished sample, but any number of colorways can be used as this is a great project for using up yarn scraps. If you are using partial skeins, make sure to weigh your skeins first to ensure you have enough yarn for each color block section.
THE PATTERN:
SECTION ONE:
Foundation Row: With Color A, ch 99.
Row 1: Hdc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across. Turn. (97 hdc sts)
Row 2: Ch 2, hdc in 1st st. Hdc in each st across. Turn. (97 hdc sts)
Row 3: Repeat Row 2.
Row 4: Ch 2, dc in 1st st. *Ch 1, sk next st, dc in next st.* Repeat from * to * ending with last dc in last st. Turn. (49 dc sts)
Row 5: Ch 2, hdc in 1st st. *Hdc in ch-sp, hdc in next st.* Repeat from * to * ending with last hdc in last st. Turn. (97 hdc sts)
Rows 6 – 7: Repeat Row 2.
Rows 8 – 11: Repeat Rows 4 – 7.
Continue working hdc stitches across the row. 
Continue working (ch 1, sk next st, dc in next st) across the row. 
The end of Row 4, with the last double crochet worked into the last stitch. 
Continue working hdc sts into each st and ch-sp across the row. 
End the row with the last hdc worked into the last stitch. 
Section One is completed. 
Completed Section One and Two. 
SECTION TWO (Five Rows of Iris Stitches):
Row 12: Ch 3, sk 1st st, sk next st, (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next st. *Sk next three sts, (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next st. Repeat from * to * until 2 sts remain. Sk next st, dc in last st. Turn. (24 iris sts)
Row 13: Ch 3, (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in 1st ch-sp. Work (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in each ch-sp across, ending with dc in top of tch. Turn. (24 iris sts)
Rows 14 – 16: Repeat Row 13. Switch to Color B.
Continue working Iris stitches across the row. 
The first Iris stitch row is completed. 
Continue working Iris stitches into each ch-sp across the row. 
Double crochet into the top of the turning chain, the second row of Iris stitches is completed. 
Completed Iris stitch section (Section Two is five rows, Section Four is seven rows.) 
SECTION THREE:
Row 17: Ch 2, sk 1st st. *Hdc in next two sts, sk ch-sp, hdc in next two sts.* Repeat from * to * until tch remains. Hdc in top of tch. Turn. (97 hdc sts)
Row 18: Ch 2, hdc in 1st st. Hdc in each st across. Turn. (97 hdc sts)
Row 19: Repeat Row 18.
Row 20: Ch 2, dc in 1st st. *Ch 1, sk next st, dc in next sc.* Repeat from * to * ending with last dc in last st. Turn. (49 dc sts)
Row 21: Ch 2, hdc in 1st st. *Hdc in ch-sp, hdc in next st.* Repeat from * to * ending with last hdc in last st. Turn. (97 hdc sts)
Rows 22 – 23: Repeat Row 18.
Rows 24 – 27: Repeat Rows 20 – 23.
The first four half double crochet stitches are worked. 
Continue working half double crochet stitches across. 
The end of the row, the last hdc stitch is worked in the top of the turning chain. 
Half double crochet in each stitch across. 
Chain 1, skip the next stitch and double crochet in the next stitch. Repeat this across the row. 
Finish the row with the last double crochet worked into the last stitch. 
Continue working hdc stitches across the row. 
Completed Section Three.
SECTION FOUR (Seven Rows of Iris Stitches):
Row 28: Ch 3, sk 1st st, sk next st, (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next st. *Sk next three sts, (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next st. Repeat from * to * until 2 sts remain. Sk next st, dc in last st. Turn. (24 iris sts)
Row 29: Ch 3, (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in 1st ch-sp. Work (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in each ch-sp across, ending with dc in top of tch. Turn. (24 iris sts)
Rows 30 – 34: Repeat Row 29. Switch to Color C.
Work the remainder of the wrap by repeating sections and switching colors as indicated:
Rows 35 – 45: Repeat SECTION THREE.
Rows 46 – 52: Repeat SECTION FOUR. Switch to Color D.
Rows 53 – 63: Repeat SECTION THREE.
Rows 64 – 68: Repeat SECTION TWO.
Rows 69 – 79: Repeat SECTION THREE. Switch to Color E.
Rows 80 – 84: Repeat SECTION TWO.
Rows 85 – 95: Repeat SECTION THREE.
Rows 96 – 100: Repeat SECTION TWO.
Rows 101 – 111: Repeat SECTION THREE.
Rows 112 – 116: Repeat SECTION TWO. Switch to Color D.
Rows 117 – 127: Repeat SECTION THREE.
Rows 128 – 132: Repeat SECTION TWO.
Rows 133 – 143: Repeat SECTION THREE. Switch to Color C.
Rows 144 – 150: Repeat SECTION FOUR.
Rows 151 – 161: Repeat SECTION THREE. Switch to Color B.
Rows 162 – 168: Repeat SECTION FOUR.
Rows 169 – 179: Repeat SECTION THREE. Switch to Color A.
Rows 180 – 184: Repeat SECTION TWO.
Rows 185 – 195: Repeat SECTION THREE. Fasten off and weave in your ends.
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