Design: Hélène Magnússon
To travel from the human world to the Elves world, the Elves women lay their shawl in a swamp and step on it. I always imagined how it would go if I was going to do the same, how the shawl would get heavy with mud and distorted, would even get a hole in it…
The “I’m not an Elf woman” foulard starts like a top-down triangular Icelandic shawl using a traditional motif but then takes a life on its own and shifts color and shape.
Finished measurements: 164 x 61 cm / 5.4 ft x 24″
Wool: lace, 2 plain colors and 1 variegated in the same tones.
Wool used in the sample shown: Love Story Einband by Hélène Magnússon: 100% new wool, pure Icelandic lambswool, very fine lace, 1-ply, 25 g/skein = approx. 225 m/ 246 yds: 1 skein of each color
- A: Askja blue
- B: hand-dyed Love Story for Icelandic yarn Club 1
- C: Viking rust
Gauge: 10 cm / 4” = 25 sts and 35 rows in garter st before blocking.Gauge is not essential but will affect the yardage needed. If you knit too loose, you may not have enough yarn.
Needles: 4 mm / US 6 circular needle, 80 cm / 32” long.
Crochet hook 3 mm / US C2 or D3Notions: darning needle, markers, blocking board, pins and/or blocking wires.
Techniques: lace, knitted back and forth, knitting in the round
Pattern: Once you’ve made your paiement, you will receive an email with a link to download the pattern PDF. We don’t send patterns by snailmail.
Errata: No mistake has been found in this pattern