This pattern is running about 1 week behind due to a software glitch.

This crescent shawl is worked from the center top down and out. Increases along the center stitch and the edges create triangular shape of the shawl. You can easily increase or decrease the number of pattern layers to adjust the size as desired.

Pattern directions will be both written and charted.

MKAL starts May 1, 2015 with weekly updates

This shawl was inspired by tales of the Valkyries. Valkyries are female spirits of battle. The word Valkyrie means literally “Chooser of the Slain”. They apportion victory in battle according to Odin’s commands, and scour the battlefields for those who are particularly brave, or show particular skill in the arts of combat. When the Northern Lights were in the sky, the Old Norse said that it was caused by the light reflected from the shields the Valkyries were beating their swords against. Valkyries are often called swan maidens, and are said to be able to become swans with the aid of feathered cloaks. In her role as swan-maiden, the Valkyrie can travel through air and through water. It is known that the swan was popularly associated with the concept of augury. If one could capture and hold a swan maiden, or her feathered cloak, one could extract a wish from her. This may be why sometimes Valkyries are known as wish maidens. This shawl design is an interpretation of those cloaks.

Errors found:
The full pattern is up in the charted version. On the charts it appears that rows 98 - 100 got skipped. All the rows are there the last chart is just miss-numbered.