SO fiddle
Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions
by Nick Craver
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/overcast/jquery-ui.css">
<div class="content">
<form>
<div class="item">
blablaform stuf
</div>
<div class="item">
blablaform stuf
</div>
<div class="item">
blablaform stuf
</div>
<div class="item">
blablaform stuf
</div>
</form>
</div>
CSS
.item { border: solid 1px #ddd; }
.wrapper { border: solid 1px red; padding: 2px; }
JavaScript
jQuery.fn.wrapSet = function (interval, wrapElem) {
for(var i = 0; i < this.length; i+=interval) {
this.slice(i, i+interval).wrapAll(wrapElem);
}
return this;
};
$(".content div.item").wrapSet(2, "<div class='wrapper'></div>");