Designed by Jo Cottle as Acorn Street Shop’s featured knit pattern for the 2026 Puget Sound LYS Tour.

The Cove is a triangular shawl inspired by the quiet intimacy of a coastal cove. Each section reflects the interaction between sand, water, and tide, with lace and texture mimicking the movement and stillness of water. The shawl guides you along a shoreline journey, beginning with bare sand, trickling freshwater, and building to the drama of swirling tidal waters. Color changes accentuate the transition from freshwater rivulets to ocean tides.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Intermediate

SKILLS USED
Knit, purl, kfb, k2tog, cabling, slipping stitches, I-cord bind-off

SIZE
Finished Dimensions Blocked (approximately):
Wingspan 82” / 208.5 cm
long edge 66” / 167.5 cm
short edge 40” / 101.5 cm
depth 24” / 61 cm

GAUGE
Swatch gauge blocked - Please check your gauge!
Garter: 26 sts and 48 rows = 4” / 10 cm
Shore Wash Lace: 24 sts and 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm
Tide Pools: 24 sts and 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm
Low Tide: 24 sts and 30 rows = 4” / 10 cm

MATERIALS
NOTE: The Cove is designed to use nearly all the yarn in each skein. If your gauge differs from the pattern, you may require additional yarn.

Serial Knitters DyeHouse Cherry Creek Sock
(80% SW Merino / 20% Nylon, 100 gm / 450 yds / 412 m)

For this shawl, I used two skeins of Cherry Creek Sock, one for color A, one for color B.

Sample used (approximately):
Color A: 436 yds / 400 m / 97 g in colorway Microburst
Color B: 423 yds / 388 m / 94 g in colorway North Sea

US 4 / 3.5 mm circular needle (or size needed to obtain gauge) in 24” or 32” (60cm or 80cm) length

Stitch markers, tapestry needle for weaving in ends