Beginner-Friendly Triangle Shawls

If you have never made a shawl before, start here. Both of these are worked in simple stitches that grow row by row into a triangle, so you can watch your progress add up fast.

Autumn-toned crochet triangle shawl in rust, gold, and plum stripes with long fringe along the edges, held open outdoors
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Easy Triangle Shawl With Fringe

If you have never made a shawl before, Kylee from Okie Girl Bling 'n' Things designed this triangle to be your very first. It works up in simple moss stitch rows that grow wider as you go, and the long fringe along the edges gives it that cozy, wrapped-in-a-blanket feeling I love for fall.

It uses about five skeins of worsted weight yarn on a J (6 mm) hook and finishes around 63 inches across, so it drapes generously over your shoulders. A variegated or self-striping yarn does all the color work for you, which keeps this a truly relaxing make.

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Soft grey crochet triangle shawl with lacy rows and tassels, shown from the back over black leggings in a field
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Tasseled Triangle Shawl in Two Sizes

Delia from Delia Creates put this triangle shawl together with a written pattern and a full video, so you can follow along however you learn best. It mixes rows of double crochet with airy openwork and finishes with sweet tassels at the points, which gives it a relaxed, everyday feel.

You work it in DK weight yarn on a K (6.5 mm) hook, so the fabric stays light but grows quickly. The pattern comes in a child and an adult size, which makes it easy to crochet a matching pair, and the adult version needs only about 650 yards.

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Lacy Gradient Shawls

These two lean on a single gradient cake to do the color changing for you, so the shade shifts slowly from one end to the other while you focus on the pretty stitch texture.

Berry pink and burgundy gradient crochet triangle shawl with ridged rows and a picot edge, held open against a wall
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Alexis Gradient Camel Stitch Shawl

Amber from Divine Debris built the Alexis shawl around the camel stitch, that squishy ridged texture you get from working half double crochet in the back third loop. It grows from the center out into a deep triangle, and a row of tiny picots trims the whole edge for a delicate finish.

It takes just one cake of fine weight cotton on an E (3.5 mm) hook, so a single gradient skein carries you from the first row to the last as the color shifts. It is rated easy, and you can swap the picot edge for fringe or stripes if you want to make it your own.

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Green to cream gradient crochet shawl with rows of cluster stitches and a scalloped lace edge, wrapped around the shoulders
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Blue Belle Cluster Stitch Shawl

Sarah from Rich Textures Crochet designed the Blue Belle shawl around rows of cluster stitches that bloom like little flower buds across the fabric. It is worked lengthwise as a long wrap, and a soft picot edge scallops along the bottom so it drapes with a pretty, lacy hemline.

It uses fine weight cotton on an E (3.5 mm) hook, which gives the clusters crisp definition and a cool, breathable drape. A single gradient cake shades the whole thing from one end to the other, and you can add fringe at the corners if you like a little extra movement.

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Textured Summer Wraps

Both of these are long, rectangular wraps built from a sampler of stitches, and both use cool, breathable yarn. They are the ones I reach for over a tank top on breezy summer evenings.

Cream textured crochet wrap with rows of bobbles, puffs, and lace finished with long fringe, wrapped around the shoulders in the woods
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Sampler Shawl With Bobbles and Puffs

If you get bored crocheting the same row over and over, Brianna from Life and Yarn made the Sampler shawl for you. It stacks up band after band of different stitches, puffs, bobbles, shells, and lace, so every few rows you get to try something new. The result is a richly textured wrap with fringe along three sides.

It works up in DK weight cotton-bamboo yarn on a 4 mm hook and finishes as a long 62-inch rectangle. It is an intermediate make thanks to all those stitch changes, but each one is explained, so it doubles as a gentle stitch workshop.

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Terracotta crochet wrap with airy openwork panels worn open like a kimono over a white top and jeans
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Summertide Openwork Summer Wrap

Jessica from Mama In A Stitch designed the Summertide wrap to be the layer you throw on over a tank top all summer. It is worked as one long panel of mixed openwork stitches, so it stays light and breezy, and it drapes so softly that you can wear it open like a kimono.

It uses a worsted weight cotton-blend yarn on a J (6 mm) hook and finishes around 16 by 65 inches. The open stitchwork keeps it airy for warm days, and you can add fringe or tassels at the ends if you want to dress it up.

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