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How to Fold a Triangular Shawl

how to fold a triangular shawl by planetjune

If you’ve been bitten by the shawl-crocheting bug, it can be easy to build up quite a collection! As part of the Accessories CAL (in the PlanetJune Ravelry group), I thought now would be a good time to discuss how you store your shawls. I used to hang mine in my closet, but I quickly ran out of hanging space, and now I prefer to keep them all neatly folded in a plastic storage box.

Triangular shawls, in particular, can be a bit tricky to fold for storage, so here’s my method to turn any size and style of triangular shawl into a tidy rectangle.

Step 1: Hold your shawl with the point facing down:

how to fold a triangular shawl by planetjune

Step 2: Bring the top left corner across to the top right corner:

how to fold a triangular shawl by planetjune

Step 3: Bring the bottom point up to the top left corner:

how to fold a triangular shawl by planetjune

Step 4: Bring the top right point across to the top left corner:

how to fold a triangular shawl by planetjune

And that’s it: a perfect rectangle. If your shawl is large, you may want to fold it in half again before you store it (but I think you can figure out how to do that without a photo…)

So now you can go from this:

Cozy Mesh and Palm Leaves shawl crochet patterns by planetjune

to this tidy little stack of crocheted loveliness!

Cozy Mesh and Palm Leaves shawl crochet patterns by planetjune

And – in case you’d like to make a few more shawls so you can practice your folding technique – you can find all my shawl patterns here 😉

6 Comments »

  1. Lori said

    Thank you for this tutorial. My ? 4 u is “How to fold a Shawl w/fringes” ???????? please help me. I want to store a family heirloom (so to speak) it’s a Shawl that belonged to Great Grandmother. It is vey delicate and it has fringes. So any help you could provide …would be greatly appreciated.
    Thank you in advance

    • June said

      I don’t think there’s just one ‘correct’ way to fold anything, so I wouldn’t worry too much about it, but when I have a shawl or scarf with fringes I make the first fold(s) so that the fringes are on top of the rest of the fabric, and then continue to fold so that all the fringes are kept safely inside the folded piece and aren’t dangling free.

  2. Joan said

    Hi
    Thank you so much,I enjoy the easy way to fold shawl and putting this is writing.

  3. Gail said

    Thank you so much for this tutorial! I just crocheted a shawl for my sister’s mother-in-law and needed to know how to fold it nicely so that I can put it in a gift box. You answered my question perfectly! Thanks again!

  4. Miriam P. said

    Ah, June. Your blog is like a calm center to my work-day. I enjoy reading new posts during my lunch break. Thank you for letting us all visit your Planet whenever we want to!

    • June said

      Aww, thank you for the lovely sentiment, Miriam – I’m very glad you feel that way! I’d like to think that PlanetJune is a pretty tranquil place to hang out 🙂

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