Merula is latin for Blackbird, Merel or Amsel. (Eng, NL or German). The pattern looks like the movement of wings. We often have blackbirds in our garden, even had several nesting. Some small birds made it, some didn’t. Darn cats…

Please read the pattern before you cast on. You might need to practice creating a nupp in a swatch.

There are 1560 nupps in this shawl.