This pattern is part of the Icelandic Yarn Club 1. It is exclusive to the Club until March 24th, 2020. You can sign up for my newsletter to be the first to find out about future clubs.

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 typical top-down Icelandic shawl using a traditional motif but then takes a life on its own and shifts color and shape.

Finished measurements: 61 cm /24” wide, 164 cm : 5.4 ft long

Yarn used: 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