Spruce up your summer wardrobe with the new Montego Shawl, a lightweight mesh triangle wrap designed with beginners in mind. Find the free pattern with a helpful tutorial video in this blog post!
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Crochet a Mesh Triangle Shawl
Crochet works great for any season but really shines in the summer. It’s simple to create breezy mesh patterns that invite those warm summer winds. The Montego Shawl celebrates summer’s potential with a simple but engaging stitch pattern finished in a playful picot border.
A triangle shawl is a perfect project to practice your newfound crochet skills. The Montego Shawl pattern uses simple stitches – like double and treble crochet – while challenging you to incorporate increased stitches and follow a repeating pattern. After completing your stitches, be sure to block your mesh triangle wrap to get the full effect of the drape.
I chose Lion Brand’s Truboo for the Montego Shawl design to take full advantage of the bamboo yarn’s drape and light sheen. This yarn can be tricky to work with, so take your time making stitches and consider switching to a metal hook over wood to prevent splitting. Add a 4mm crochet hook, a pair of scissors, a tapestry needle, and a locking stitch marker to your project bag, and you’ll be ready to make a mesh triangle wrap!
Get the Montego Shawl in an all-in-one kit from Lion Brand, which includes the PDF pattern and all the yarn you need. Add in your extra notions to get stitching the easy way. GET YOUR KIT HERE!
Pattern Testers
I had the pleasure of working with an amazing group to test the Montego Shawl. Each one is slightly different and shows off the versatility of this fun pattern. Draw inspiration from their amazing makes, and consider following them on Instagram.
COLUMN 1
- Evelyn of @purlatheart used Lion Brand Truboo
- Heidi of @mycrochetjungle used one strand each of Hobbii Rainbow Cotton and Alpaca Blaze together throughout
- Nadia of @lochvia used Rosarios 4 Principe Real Ecofriendly
COLUMN 2
- Sarah of @stitchedbysarahs used Lion Brand Truboo
- Jasmine of @loveleighlady used Lion Brand Truboo
COLUMN 3
- Lola of @lolas.creationz used Stylecraft Natruals
- Autumn of @Autumns_crafting_corner used Lion Brand Truboo
- Megan of @elizabethfiberarts used Kelbourne Woolens Mojave
Get the Montego Shawl:
- Get the ad-free printable pattern HERE
- Find an all-in-one kit HERE
- Shop the yarn for this pattern HERE
- Add this pattern to your Ravelry Queue HERE
- Pin this pattern to your Pinterest board HERE
Montego Shawl Details
MATERIALS
- Lion Brand Truboo, 4 skeins total. The original sample is made in the color “Coral”.
- 4mm crochet hook (like this one!)
- Scissors
- Tapestry needle
- One (1) locking stitch marker (I love THESE ONES)
- Blocking supplies
FINISHED SIZE
67″ wingspan x 37″ depth
GAUGE
16 dc x 7 rows in pattern = 4”, blocked
ABBREVIATIONS
Ch = chain
Dc = double crochet
Pic = picot
Rep = repeat
RS = right side
Sc = single crochet
Sk = skip
Sl St = slip stitch
Sp = space
St(s) = stitches(es)
Tch = turning chain
Tr = treble crochet
Tr-Fan = treble fan (see Special Stitches)
TrV-St = treble v-stitch (see Special Stitches)
V-st = v-stitch (see Special Stitches)
WS = wrong side
SPECIAL STITCHES
- Fan (fan): (dc 1, ch 1, dc 1, ch 1, dc 1) in same st
- Picot (pic): ch 3, sl st in sc at base of ch
- Treble Fan (tr-fan): (tr 1, ch 1, tr 1, ch 1, tr 1) in same st
- Treble V-Stitch (trv-st): (tr 1, ch 1, tr 1) in same st
- V-St (v-st): (dc 1, ch 1, dc 1) in same st
PATTERN NOTES
- Ch-4 at beginning of row counts as dc + ch 1
- Ch-5 at beginning of row counts as tr + ch 1
- When adding a new skein of yarn, work the current skein until there are 5” left. Work the next stitch until the last step, then yarn over with the new skein to complete the stitch. Weave in both tails at the end of the project.
Need a little help making your Montego Shawl? Use this video as a guide while you’re stitching!
Montego Shawl Pattern
SETUP ROWS
ROW 1 (RS): Ch 5 (counts as chain + dc + ch here ONLY), in 5th ch from hook [(dc 1, ch 1) 3 times, dc 1], turn. (5 dc)
ROW 2 (WS): Ch 4, dc in dc at base of ch, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, fan in next dc, mark center st of fan, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, v-st in 3rd ch of tch, turn. (9 dc)
ROW 3: Ch 4, dc in dc at base of ch, dc in next ch-sp, dc in each st and sp to ch-1 sp before marked st, ch 1, sk ch-1 sp, fan in marked st, move marker to center st of fan, ch 1, sk next ch-1 sp, dc in each st and sp to tch-sp, dc in tch-sp, v-st in 3rd ch of tch, turn. (19 dc)
ROW 4: Ch 4, dc in dc at base of ch, dc in next ch-sp, dc in each st and sp to ch-sp before marked st, ch 1, sk next ch-sp, fan in marked st, move marker to center st of fan, ch 1, sk next ch-sp, dc in next dc, dc in each st and sp to tch-sp, dc in tch-sp, v-st in 3rd ch of tch, turn. (27 dc)
ROW 5: Rep Row 4. (35 dc)
ROW 6: Ch 5, tr in dc at base of ch, tr in next ch-sp, ch 1, sk 1 dc, (tr in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc) to next ch-sp, tr in ch-sp, ch 2, sk next dc and ch-sp, tr-fan in marked st, move marker to center st of tr-fan, ch 2, sk next ch-sp and dc, tr in next ch-sp, ch 1, sk 1 dc, (tr in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc) to tch-sp, tr in tch-sp, trv-st in 3rd ch of tch, turn. (25 tr)
ROW 7: Ch 4, dc in tr at base of ch, dc in next ch-sp, dc in each st and ch-1 sp to ch-2 sp, dc 2 in ch-2 sp, dc in next tr, ch 1, sk next ch-sp, fan in marked st, move marker to center st of fan, ch 1, sk next ch-sp, dc in next tr, dc 2 in ch-2 sp, dc in each st and ch-1 sp to tch-sp, dc in tch-sp, v-st in 4th ch of tch, turn. (51 dc).
BODY ROWS
ROW 1: Ch 4, dc in dc at base of ch, dc in next ch-sp, dc in each st and sp to ch-sp before marked st, ch 1, sk next ch-sp, fan in marked st, move marker to center st of fan, ch 1, sk next ch-sp, dc in next dc, dc in each st and sp to tch-sp, dc in tch-sp, v-st in 3rd ch of tch, turn.
ROW 2: Rep Row 1.
ROW 3: Ch 5, tr in dc at base of ch, tr in next ch-sp, ch 1, sk 1 dc, (tr in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc) to next ch-sp, tr in ch-sp, ch 2, sk next dc and ch-sp, tr-fan in marked st, move marker to center st of tr-fan, ch 2, sk next ch-sp and dc, tr in next ch-sp, ch 1, sk 1 dc, (tr in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc) to tch-sp, tr in tch-sp, trv-st in 3rd ch of tch, turn.
ROW 4: Ch 4, dc in tr at base of ch, dc in next ch-sp, dc in each st and ch-1 sp to ch-2 sp, dc 2 in ch-2 sp, dc in next tr, ch 1, sk next ch-sp, fan in marked st, move marker to center st of fan, ch 1, sk next ch-sp, dc in next tr, dc 2 in ch-2 sp, dc in each st and ch-1 sp to tch-sp, dc in tch-sp, v-st in 4th ch of tch, turn.
Rep Rows 1-4 eight more times. Final row has 339 dc. Remove marker. Proceed to Border.
BORDER
ROW 1 (WS): Ch 1, sc in dc at base of ch, ch 5, sk ch-sp and next 3 dc, (sc in next dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc) to next ch-sp, sc in ch-sp, sl st in next dc, ch 5, sk next ch-sp, dc, and following ch-sp, sl st in next dc, sc in next ch-sp, (ch 5, sk 3 dc, sc in next dc) to last 3 dc and tch, ch 5, sk 3 dc and tch-sp, sc in 3rd ch of tch, turn.
ROW 2 (RS): Ch 1, [(sc 3, pic, sc 3) in next ch-5 sp] across row, sl st in last sc of row. Fasten off.
FINISHING
Weave in all remaining ends.
Pin shawl to final dimensions and lightly steam block. When blocking, I placed rust-proof t-pins into each picot to help them stand out (see more on this in the tutorial video).
Prefer an ad-free, printable pattern? Get the Montego Shawl pattern HERE.
Thanks for joining me in making the Montego Shawl. My mother recently made one in Berroco Vivo that is divine!
Share your mesh triangle shawl with me on Instagram using #MontegoShawl. Then pop over to the TLYC Makers Facebook group and share there, too – we can’t wait to see it!
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Hi Toni, thank you so much for this beautiful pattern. I’ve just started working on it and spotted a couple of things with regard to working in the spaces in the written pattern that don’t tally with the video tutorial.
Set up rows – in Row 4 it says to dc in each st and sp (both before the marker and afterwards) but in the video you only say to dc in each st (not sp).
Body rows – in Row 1 you say to dc in each st and sp, and again in the video you say to only dc in the st (not the sp).
The stitch counts work if you follow the video tutorial but not if you follow the written pattern so I’ve now just worked from the video tutorial, but thought it was worth a mention in case you wanted to check it out and re-check the written pattern.
Thanks and hope this is helpful x
Thank you for bringing this to our attention! 🙂
Hello 👋 I’m brand new to crochet and your site and YouTube channel have been amazing as learning guides.
I’ve read your post about yarn substitutions, and I have a question. I have a 4 weight yarn that is 120yds/2.5oz that was gifted to me specifically for this project by someone even less familiar with crochet than I am. Could this yarn still work for this pattern? Is there any adjustments I should make to account for it? I think using the yarn’s suggested hook at least, but anything else, or should I use a different yarn? Thank you!
Hi! Great question. I don’t think the yarn you were gifted is the best choice for this pattern. It’s a bit too heavy, and the magic of this shawl pattern is in its lightness. Instead, I’d recommend trying the Omar Wrap. It’s made for worsted weight yarn and is versatile enough to accommodate nearly any fiber. Take a look here.