Warming Hearts Knitted Shawl Wrap

This knitted rectangular wrap pattern is a lacy beauty!

The best part about shawls is that they're like a blanket for your shoulders: cozy and warming, like a stitched hug. That is doubly so in the case of the Warming Hearts Knitted Shawl Wrap because it's lined with lace hearts! Knitted prayer shawl patterns like this one are especially comforting for a sickly loved one, so we recommend knitting this up as a gift for someone in need. Since this shawl only takes two balls of yarn, it's an inexpensive way to show someone that you care.

Intermediate

Knitting Needle Size10 or 6 mm, Circular Knitting Needles

Yarn Weight(5) Bulky/Chunky (12-15 stitches for 4 inches)

Gauge15 sts = 4" [10 cm]; 18 rows = 4" [10cm] in Stockinette stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side). CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size needles to obtain the gauge.

Finished SizeShawl measures about 26½" [67.5 cm] wide and 70" [178 cm] long.

Materials List

RED HEART® Dreamy™ yarn: 2 balls 8372 Rose
Susan Bates® Circular Knitting Needle: 6mm [US 10] 32" [80 cm] circular needle
Stitch markers
Yarn needle

Shawl

Notes

Shawl is worked back and forth in rows.
The Shawl begins and ends with Seed stitch lower and top borders.
Each row of the main section is worked with Seed stitch side borders and separators with Heart Panel patterns worked between the borders and separators, as shown on the pattern stitch layout diagram. See diagram here.
Heart Panel patterns can be worked by following written instructions or reading charts. Read right side rows of charts from right to left and wrong side rows from left to right.

Pattern Stitches

Seed Stitch (worked over an odd number of sts)

Row 1 (right side): K1, *p1, k1; repeat from * to end of row.
Row 2: K the knit sts and p the purl sts, as they appear.

Repeat Row 2 for Seed stitch
Single Heart Panel (worked over 23 sts)

Row 1 (right side): K9, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k9.
Row 2: Purl.
Row 3: K8, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k8.
Row 4: Purl.Row 5: K7, k2tog, yo, k5, yo, ssk, k7.
Row 6 and all wrong side rows: Purl.
Row 7: K6, k2tog, yo, k7, yo, ssk, k6.
Row 9: K5, k2tog, yo, k9, yo, ssk, k5.
Row 11: K6, yo, k2tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, ssk, yo, k6—25 sts.
Row 13: K7, yo, ctd, yo, k3, yo, ctd, yo, k7—23 sts.
Row 14: Purl.

Repeat Rows 5–14 for Single Heart Panel.
Double Heart Center Panel (worked over 35 sts)

Row 1 (right side): K9, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k7, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k9.
Row 2 and all wrong side rows: Purl.
Row 3: K8, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k8.
Row 5: K7, k2tog, yo, k5, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k5, yo, ssk, k7.
Row 7: K6, k2tog, yo, k7, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k7, yo, ssk, k6.
Row 9: K5, k2tog, yo, k9, yo, cdd, yo, k9, yo, ssk, k5.
Row 11: K6, yo, k2tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, ssk, yo, k6—39 sts.
Row 13: K7, yo, ctd, yo, k3, yo, ctd, yo, k3, yo, ctd, yo, k3, yo, ctd, yo, k7—35 sts.
Row 14: Purl.

Repeat Rows 5–14 for Double Heart Center Panel.
Special Stitches

cdd (center double decrease) = Slip next 2 stitches together as if to knit the 2 stitches together, knit next stitch, pass the 2 slipped stitches over – 2 sts decreased.
ctd (center treble decrease) = Slip next 3 stitches together as if to knit the 3 stitches together, knit next stitch, pass the 3 slipped stitches over – 3 sts decreased.
ssk (slip, slip, knit) = Slip next 2 stitches, one at a time, as if to knit to right needle, insert point of left needle through front of stitches, knit these sts together through back loop – 1 st decreased

Instructions

Lower Border

Cast on 101 sts. Beginning with Row 1 of pattern, work in Seed stitch for 6 rows.

Main Section – Heart Panel Patterns

Row 1 (set-up row – right side): [K1, p1] twice, k1 (for Seed stitch side border), place marker, work Row 1 of Single Heart Panel, place marker, [k1, p1] twice, k1 (for Seed stitch separator), place marker, work Row 1 of Double Heart Center Panel, place marker, [k1, p1] twice, k1 (for Seed stitch separator), place marker, work Row 1 of Single Heart Panel, place marker, [k1, p1] twice, k1 (for Seed stitch side border).
Row 2: Work in Seed stitch to first marker, slip marker, purl to next marker (for Row 2 of Single Heart Panel), slip marker, work in Seed stitch to next marker, slip marker, purl to next marker (for Row 2 of Double Heart Center Panel), slip marker, work in Seed stitch to next marker, slip marker, purl to next marker (for Row 2 of Single Heart Panel), slip marker, work in Seed stitch to end of row.
Row 3: Work in Seed stitch to first marker, slip marker, work Row 3 of Single Heart Panel to next marker, slip marker, work in Seed stitch to next marker, slip marker, work Row 3 of Double Heart Center Panel to next marker, slip marker, work in Seed stitch to next marker, slip marker, work Row 3 of Single Heart Panel to next marker, slip marker, work in Seed stitch to end of row.
Row 4: Work in Seed stitch to first marker, slip marker, purl to next marker (for Row 4 of Single Heart Panel), slip marker, work in Seed stitch to next marker, slip marker, purl to next marker (for Row 4 of Double Heart Center Panel), slip marker, work in Seed stitch to next marker, slip marker, purl to next marker (for Row 4 of Single Heart Panel), slip marker, work in Seed stitch to end of row.
Row 5: Work in Seed stitch to first marker, slip marker, work next row of Single Heart Panel to next marker, slip marker, work in Seed stitch to next marker, slip marker, work next row of Double Heart Center Panel to next marker, slip marker, work in Seed stitch to next marker, slip marker, work next row of Single Heart Panel to next marker, slip marker, work in Seed stitch to end of row.
Row 6 and all even rows: *Work in Seed stitch to next marker, slip marker, purl to next marker (for next row of Heart Panel), slip marker; repeat from * 2 more times, work in Seed stitch to end of row.
Rows 7–294: Repeat Rows 5 and 6, working the next row of each Heart Panel pattern in each row, until there are 29 hearts in each column of hearts, or to desired length.

Note: A longer shawl may require more yarn.
Top Border

Work in Seed stitch for 6 rows.Bind off in pattern.
Finishing

Weave in ends. Block piece to measurements.