The Montrose Shawl

  • a woman wearing a green sweater holds a purple and cream striped asymmetrical triangle sweater out behind her
  • a striped purple and cream shawl sits on a brick pillar
  • a white woman with light brown hair wears a cream and purple striped shawl wrapped around her neck
  • a woman with light brown hair wears a purple and cream striped shawl around her shoulders, her back is to the camera
  • a close up of a purple and cream striped sweater draped over an arm
  • a white woman with light brown hair and glasses wears a purple and cream striped shawl looped around her neck over a green sweater

Do not adjust your monitors, this cozy confection of a shawl really is stripes on stripes!

The Montrose takes garter stripes and two-color brioche—two of my favorite squishy textures—and alternates them up the length of an asymmetrical-triangle shawl. It’s long enough to loop comfortably around your neck, drape around your shoulders, or secure with a shawl cuff to make sure the ends are on full display.

Montrose’s quest for stripes was only aided by a pair of stripe-friendly yarns. Feederbrook Farm’s Entropy DK is a springy, BFL two-ply yarn that adds gentle shifts from color to color. Brooklyn Tweed’s Arbor provided a neutral canvas with the perfect toothy texture. Together, they make a shawl that’s lofty, plush, and stripey as can be.  

Feeling like you want to color inside AND outside the lines this season? Montrose might be just right.

a woman with light brown hair holds a triangular purple and cream striped shawl behind her.