Knitting patterns for shawls or wraps with buttons to hold a place or wear as poncho or shrug. Many of the patterns are free. 10/18/26
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Free Patterns
Metamorphosis Wrap
This versatile buttoned shawl can be worn as a cowl, a scarf, a vest, a wrap, a shirt, or a shrug. It's knit with lace with some cable work to form a diamond and pinwheel texture. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Lena Zharichenko.
Buckled Shoulder Warmer
Okay, this has buckled tabs, not buttons. I do think you could use buttons to fasten the tabs instead if you preferred. Rectangular shawl with seed stitch border. Great showcase for self-striping Aran weight yarn. Designed by Knitting Studio Danju. Available in English, Korean
Rainbow Wrap
Rectangular shawl knit with diagonal lace stripe textures that meet in the center back to form a chevron pattern. Fastened with buttons. Knit with varigated Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Ethel Weinberg.
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Crisscross Lace Shawl
Rectangular shawl that alternates lace xes with rope cables and buttoned at the top. DK weight yarn. Designed by Lion Brand Yarn.
Bibbi Wrap
Easy shawl knit with a 2 row repeat lace and finished with buttons to keep in place. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Lisa Richardson Design.
Granate Shawl
Versatile lace buttoned shawl that can be transformed into cape, poncho, cardigan, or vest by changing how it is buttoned. Includes video tutorials. DK weight yarn. Designed by Filipa Carneiro. Available in English, Portuguese, Spanish
Laver Shawl
Easy triangular shawl knit with garter stitch and mesh lace and buttoned in front. DK weight yarn. Designed by Elsbeth Steiner. Available in English, German
Darjeeling Wrap
Easy rectangular shawl knit with a zigzag lace pattern and finished with buttonholes. Just button to keep the shawl in place or wear as a poncho. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Jessica Powers.
Buttoned Shawl
Versatile shawl that can be worn as a shrug cardigan, scarf, stole, and more. Knit with a basketweave texture with cable borders and a fair isle snowflake on back. Sport weight yarn. 1514-8 Cable Hat and Mittens designed by Turid Stapnes. One of the patterns in the free Viking Of Norway Catalogue 1213 ebook
Constantine Cape
This open front poncho features a belt that creates sleeves and a waist. Sizes xs, s, m, l, 1x, 2x, 3x. Knit with a 2 row repeat seed stitch. Designed by Natalie Selles for Knitty. Bulky weight yarn.
Cabled And Buttoned Wrap
Long rectangular shawl knit mostly in a 2 row repeat of seed stitch, stockinette, and reverse stockinette, with cable rows every 10th row for a 10 row repeat. Written instructions or chart. Designed by Bobbie Fitzgerald for Lion Brand. Aran weight yarn.
Polka Dots Shawl
A texture of circles is created with knit and purl stitches for this buttoned rectangular wrap. Choose from written and charted instructions. Worsted weight yarn held double. Designed by Elizabeth Fallone.
Five-Way Cable Shrug
This versatile cable piece can be worn as a shrug, wrap, poncho, or stole. One of the patterns in the free ebook The Art of Cable Knitting: 7 Free Patterns. Designed by Lily M. Chin. 16″ wide x 54″ long (40.5 x 137 cm). Aran weight yarn.
More Free Patterns
Three Button Wrap
Easy buttoned shawl knit in a 2 row repeat. Buttons give the shawl a cardigan look and keep it in place. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Plymouth Yarn Design Studio.
Jonn Shawl
Easy buttoned shawl knit in garter stitch with two contrasting colors, in DK weight yarn on size 15 needles to give it the openwork look. Buttons turn the shawl into a versatile accessory than can be worn as a poncho, cape, cowl, and more. Designed by Petra Breakstone.
Parallelity Shawl
Versatile shawl with buttons can be worn as a cowl, vest, shawl, and more. Uses a Showy Decrease, a modified decrease that rises up off stockinette. Sizes Wrap Vest: Small, Medium and Large. Designed by Laura Cunitz. DK weight yarn.
5 Way Shawl
Versatile shawl with buttons can be worn in at least 5 ways, as a shawl, poncho, cardigan, shrug, ruana, and more. Designed by Gourmet Yarn Shop Israel. Rated easy by Ravelrers. Fingering weight yarn.
Which Way Wrap
Ruana style wrap knit with a 2 row repeat Garter Rib with buttons along the sides so it can be worn as a poncho or a cardigan. Designed by Premier Yarns Design Team Rated easy by the designer. Worsted weight yarn.
Rectangulum Wrap
Knit entirely in garter stitch, the buttonhole placement on this elegant, drapey shawl made allows for multiple styling options. Wear it as a poncho, cardigan, and more. One size but easily adapted to other sizes by making longer or using heavier yarn and larger needles. Uses 2 skeins of any fingering weight yarn. Designed by Karen Grover. Rated very easy by Ravelrers.
Versatility
This cabled scarf with buttons along the side and added ribbons can turn into a cardigan, shrug, hood, and more. Bulky yarn. Designed by Amanda Williams for Knitty
Sweater Scarf
This easy belted wrap was inspired by a “sweater-scarf” from 1917, in the early years that women worked with the Red Cross. It is made from a knit rectangle and belt. Designed by Julie Farmer for Red Heart.
Do What You Want
Verstale striped poncho knit flat in one piece and buttoned, so it can be worn many different ways. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Emma Andersson.
Cabled Button Wrap
Designed by Erika Flory, this shawl is a quick and easy introduction to cables. Three buttons make it adjustable.
I Want That Wrap
Carolyn Kinghorn designed this textured wrap with buttons on the shoulders so it easily converts to a poncho when buttoned.
Cedar Wrap
This buttoned shawl is knit with a 2 row ripple stitch. Quick knit in super bulky yarn. Designed by Susan B. Anderson. Rated very easy by most Ravelrers
Plaidaptation Poncho
Plaid poncho or wrap created of two pieces knit flat and then seamed and bottoned. The plaid is created by knitting horizontal stripes and then creating the vertical stripes by surface stitching into purl grooves with a crochet hook. Sizes S/M, L/XL. Worsted weight yarn. Plaidaptation designed by Aunt Ninny.
Patterns for Purchase
Monique Shawl
Shawl knit with cables, texture, ribbed borders, finished with fringe, and buttoned in place. Medium weight yarn. Designed by SusanKnitDesign.
Butterfly Lovers Shawl
Crescent shaped shawlette/shawl in 2 sizes worked in DK weight yarn. You can add a single button and wear it wrapped around the back or as a cowl. You just need a single skein of DK weight yarn to make the small size or 2 skeins to make the larger size shawl. Designed by lprajogo.
Cable Cape and Muff
Matching buttoned wrap and handwarmer with twined cables and dramatic collar. Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Sian Brown.
Intermezzi Shawl
Oversized blanket shawl with a Hugs and Kisses Xs and Os cabled motif running along one side. Buttons along the top edge allow this to be worn as a poncho, a cape, or a wrap - whatever suits your style. The pattern includes both charted and written instructions for the cable motif. DK weight yarn. Designed by Leah Prestamo.
Hertha Shawl & Sleeves
Versatile lace shawl with a shawl collar, that can be worn as a scarf around the neck, a shawl around the shoulders, or as a top if worn upside down and pinned together with a shawl pin. Matching sleeves in the same lace pattern with shadow triangles in half stocking stitch and half garter stitch. Designed by Linda Marveng.
