Hallgrímssjal

DESIGNER: Monique B. from A Passion For Lace…  is a Dutch designer who is passionate about lace and makes amazing lace shawls often inspired by the Shetland tradition. You can see more of her beautiful work on her website, here.

Hallgrímssjal is a shawl inspired by Hallgrímskirkja in the centre of Reykjavík and was created especially for my Love Story yarn by Monique. State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson‘s design of the Hallgrímskirkja church was commissioned in 1937. He is said to have designed it to resemble the basalt columns, mountains and glaciers of Iceland’s landscape. The design is similar in style to the expressionist architecture of Grundtvig’s Church of Copenhagen, in Denmark, completed in 1940. It took 41 years to build the church: construction started in 1945 and ended in 1986, with the landmark tower being completed long before the whole church was finished. […] The church was originally intended to be less tall, but the leaders of the Church of Iceland wanted a large spire so as to outshine Landakotskirkja (Landakot’s Church), which was the cathedral of the Catholic Church in Iceland.

Size: one size – 133 cm / 52” wide and 100 cm / 39” deep at the center

Gauge: 25 sts = 10 cm / 4” in Stocking stitch after blocking. Gauge is not crucial but will affect the yardage needed.

Wool: Love Story Einband from Hélène Magnússon, pure new wool (100% Icelandic lambswool), fine lace weight, 1 ply, 25 g skein = 225 m / 246 yds
Total yardage: 756 m / 827 yds (4 skeins)
Natural grey: 2 balls
Askja blue: 1 ball
Hafra beige 1 ball

Needle: 3 mm / US 2.5 circular needle, 80 cm / 32” long

Notions: darning needle, markers, lifelines, blocking board, pins and/or blocking wires.

Techniques: lace, chevron and eyelets

Pattern:  Once you’ve made your paiement, you will receive an email with a link to download the pattern PDF. Your PDF will also always be accessible on your Icelandic Knitter account under Downloads. We don’t send patterns by snailmail.

Errata: no mistake was found in this pattern.