Doves Cry is a love song. This shawl is a bit of a love song too – it’s the warm, sweet embrace of new love, the wings that allow you to take flight and sail away on an updraft. I offer this shawl as a tribute and thank you to an important artist. Enjoy making this project, and perhaps knitting your own thank you or goodbye into it. Make your own art and send your own message with Doves Cry.
Yarn
Approx 430 – 630 yards of fingering weight yarn. Sample shown in gnarledpaw yarns Better Boffo!, 55% Bluefaced Leicester/45% Silk, in colorway Smashbox. {read our interview with Liz from gnarledpaw}
SIze
Small (46” wingspan) and Large (60” wingspan)
Dimensions (AFTER BLOCKING)
For smaller shawl – 46” wingspan and 25” depth, for larger shawl – 60” wingspan and 33” depth.
Needles
US #6. (This shawl is easily adaptable for any weight of yarn and any size needle, just use a needle larger than called for to achieve a similar airiness and drape. For example, Better Boffo is a fingering weight yarn and gnarledpaw recommends a US#0-1 size needle).
Notions
Stitch markers, tapestry needle.
Gauge
18 sts and 32 rows 4” in stockinette on US size 6 needles.
Shawl
errata added on June 22, 2016
Work a garter tab cast on as follows {see our Garter Tab tutorial}:
With US #6 needles, CO 3 sts.
Knit 6 rows, turn work sideways, pu and k 3 sts into purl bumps, turn work again, pu and k 3 more sts along CO edge – 9 sts.
Set up row (RS): K2, pm, k1, pm, k1, pm, k1, pm, k1, pm, k1, pm, k2.
Next row (WS): K2, p to last 2 sts, slipping markers as you come to them, k2.
Work Stockinette Section
*Row 1: K to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to end (6 sts inc’d).
Row 2: K2, p to last m, slipping markers as you come to them, k2
Repeat last 2 rows a total of 5x.(39 sts; 7 in first and last sections, 11 in each middle section)
Work Garter Divider
Row 1: K to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to end (6 sts inc’d).
Row 2: k to end
Repeat last two rows a total of 2x. (51 sts; 9 in first and last sections, 15 in each middle section)
Work Eyelet Section
Row 1: k2, (yo, k2tog) to 1 st bef m, k1, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, (yo, k2tog) to 1 st bef m, k1, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k1, (yo, k2tog) to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k1, (yo, k2tog), to last 2 sts, k2. (57 sts; 10 in first and last sections, 17 in each middle section)
Row 2: k2, p to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 3: K to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to end. (63 sts; 11 in first and last sections, 19 in each middle section)
Row 4: k2, p to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 5: k2, (ssk, yo) to 1 st bef m, k1, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, (ssk, yo) to 1 st before m, k1, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k1, (ssk, yo) to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k1, (ssk, yo) to last 2 sts, k2 (69 sts; 12 in first and last sections, 21 in each middle section)
Row 6: k2, p to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 7: K to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to end. (75 sts; 13 in first and last sections, 23 in each middle section)
Row 8: k2, p to last 2 sts, k2
Row 9: k2, (yo, k2tog) to m, k1, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, (yo, k2tog) to 1 st bef m, k1, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k1, (yo, k2tog) to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, (yo, k2tog), to last 2 sts, k2. (81 sts; 14 in first and last sections, 25 in each middle section)
Row 10: k2, p to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 11: K to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to end. (87 sts; 15 in first and last sections, 27 in each middle section)
Row 12: k2, p to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 13: k2, (ssk, yo) to m, k1, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, (ssk, yo) to 1 st before m, k1, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k1, (ssk, yo) to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, (ssk, yo) to last 2 sts, k2 (93 sts; 16 in first and last sections, 29 in each middle section)
Row 14: k2, p to last 2 sts, k2.
Work above rows once.
Work Garter Divider
Row 1: K to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to end.
Row 2: K to end
Repeat last two rows a total of 2x.* (105 sts, 18 in first and last, 33 in each middle section)
For smaller shawl repeat from *to* a total of 3x (Stockinette, Garter, Eyelet and Garter). For larger shawl repeat from *to* a total of 4x
For both sizes, work Stockinette Section as foll:
Row 1: K to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to end.
Row 2: K2, p to last 2 sts, slipping markers as you come to them, k2
Repeat last 2 rows a total of 5x.
Work Garter Edge
Row 1: K to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to m, m1r, sm, k1, sm, m1l, k to end.
Row 2: K to end
Repeat Row 1 one more time. BO loosely, weave in ends and block to shape.
About the Designer: Afifa
I started knitting as a child and was reintroduced to it a few years ago by my fabulous friends who are never not knitting.
In the last few years, I’ve become quite the knitaholic, have amassed an alarming amount of yarn and have started designing my own patterns.
I love this pattern and am so happy that it is a written one as I get totally lost in charts Thank you
Hi there, I wanted to add this to my Ravelry library, but there is no link on this pattern, although there is on other patterns in this newsletter. Is a link possible???
Thanks for All the Knitty loveliness. Roz
Here you go https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/doves-cry. It’s missing unintentionally so I’ll fix it tomorrow. I apologize for the inconvenience! Thanks for your interest 🙂
Beautiful pattern! I must put it on my list, the sooner the better.
That’s great! What yarn are you thinking of using?
Good question! Anything Madelaine Tosh would be perfect.
ooh it’d be beautiful with those lovely variegations!
Thank you so much for the written pattern, as I have difficulties with the charts. (& no, I don’t need another person telling me how to read them)
It’s a lovely shawl, that I’m looking forward to knitting
Awesome! I’m glad you like it. I might have one OTN too 🙂
Lovely shawl! I wish there were charts, since I do much better with them. I may have to struggle along with the words, it’s such a nice piece.
it’s a lovely shawl isn’t it?
I prefer charts too (in general). but this shawl is so simple it really doesn’t need them. It’s just (yo, k2tog) or (ssk, yo) and then either garter or stockinette stitch.
I hope you give it a try!