30+ Easy Crochet Shawls

Janne Kleivset
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Discover a range of easy crochet shawls, where simplicity meets style.

This collection of free crochet shawl patterns is perfect for crocheters looking to add a handmade touch to their wardrobe, regardless of their skill level.

From airy designs perfect for spring evenings to snug wraps for winter warmth, these easy-to-follow patterns will guide you through creating beautiful, functional pieces that showcase your crochet skills and personal style.

Let’s get those hooks moving and transform yarn into your next favorite accessory.

30+ Easy Crochet Shawls

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Materials Needed to Crochet Easy Crochet Shawls

If you want to crochet easy crochet shawls, you’ll need a crochet hook and some yarn. These two things are necessary to finalize your crochet shawl wrap.

When you’re picking out your yarn, make sure to consider its weight and fiber content depending on what you plan to crochet. Cotton yarn are great for many crochet shawls, but consider using acrylic, self striping yarn or wool for some as well.

You’ll need anything from 1 yarn cake with fingering-weight yarn to multiple skeins of dk weight yarn or worsted weight yarn.

You can use all different colors to crochet your shawls and with a fun color combination you can crochet your unique shawl.

As for the crochet hook sizes, choose the right hook size based on the yarn weight of your yarn. It’s important to have a comfortable grip on the hook so that you can enjoy the process.

Once you have these materials ready, you can dive into the world of crochet and create your crocheted shawls.

Here is a list of the basic crochet supplies you may need:

Read through your pattern to check if you need any specific supplies.

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30+ Easy Crochet Shawls

Stitches Used In Easy Crochet Shawl Patterns

Beginner-friendly crochet shawls often use basic crochet stitches. The same goes with many free crochet triangle shawl patterns and lace shawl patterns.

These basic stitches are great to know (including abbreviations):

There’s also a few popular stitch patterns with a simple stitch repeat that are popular to use for easy crochet shawls:

Ways to Decorate Your Easy Crochet Shawl

Many easy crochet shawls can be decorated even though the pattern doesn’t call for it.

Popular ways to decorate crocheted shawls are with either tassels or fringe.

These are great ways to customize your crochet shawls even as a beginner crocheter.

30+ Easy Crochet Shawls

Best Easy Crochet Shawls to Make

When it comes to easy crochet shawls, there’s so many free crochet patterns for crochet shawl patterns to choose from.

There’s a range of easy shawl patterns to choose from, like shawls using self striping yarn cakes (like Lion Brand Mandala), boomerang shaped shawls, lace crochet shawls, rectangle shawls and triangle shawl crochet patterns.

Browse through this great pattern collection and find your favorite gorgeous shawl today!

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    Janne Kleivset

    Janne Kleivset

    Founder, Crochet Pattern Designer & Owner of Joy of Motion Crochet.

    Janne has helped millions of crocheters find their next crochet project with more than 250 free crochet patterns and 110 crochet tutorials on her blog.

    With more than two decades of crochet experience, and crochet designing since 2011, she's been featured on multiple prominent sites such as Lion Brand Yarn, in crochet magazines and the OML "Make" book.

    Learn more about Janne.

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