Designed by Meli Alness

Strength Song is knit flat in one piece with minimal neckline shaping and a beautiful advanced-beginner-level lace pattern. It looks best in solid or tonal colorways and only requires 2 skeins of Reywa Fibers Haven (100% yak down, 2-ply fingering) for the sizes listed. The pattern includes instructions for modifications for larger sizes.

Yardage

Size 1: 600 yds/150 g (sample shown in UV Rays; model is 5’4”, bust 34”)

Size 2: 800 yds/200 g

Finished Dimensions

Wingspan: 37”/94 cm [49”/114 cm]

Shoulder to hemline: 13”/33 cm [17.5”/44.5 cm]

Kit contains:

• 2 skeins of our Haven 100% yak down in fingering

• Strength Song Pattern

While recovering from 7 days in a coma, two surgeries, and an unplanned international move, I was painfully aware of my weakness in nearly every aspect of life. The task of caring for two young children felt impossible. As I feebly fought depression and despair, my counselor reminded me of long-ago Paul, who, for Christ’s sake, delighted in weakness, “for when I am weak, then I am strong.” Owning my weakness to my children could be powerfully beautiful. And then the healing challenge: create something with the appearance of weakness but powerful in beauty. Three years later, here it is… Strength Song