This is from Anna Dalvi’s blog post :

The stories of the Norns have always fascinated me.

The three sisters live in a remote area of Aasgard, under the first root of Yggdrasil. They live in a dark cave, and in front of the cave is a well. The root of Yggdrasil snakes around the well. Each day the sisters collect water from the well and mix it with the magic clay and the coarse sand surrounding the well. They create a paste with which they cover the root to prevent rot and to preserve the life force of the tree. Yggdrasil is the world tree – central to the nine worlds of Norse mythology.

Every morning after caring for the tree, the sisters start to spin. But the thread they spin is no ordinary thread; it is not only the thread of life for all human and divine life, but also the thread determining the fate of the universe. It is the norns that measure time and control the past, the present and the future.

Their names stem from their work. Urðr represents the past, Verðandi the present and Skuld that which will happen. Together they represent destiny.

The home of the Norns, at the well, in the shade of Yggdrasil’s root is a holy place. There are three reasons it is a holy place; this is where Yggdrasil is cared for so that no rot could spread in the universe. It’s where Urðr, Verðandi and Skuld spin the thread of life and death. And it’s where the Norse gods go every day to discuss and lay plans to postpone the destruction of the world – Ragnarrök.

Skuld is the Norn representing the future, and since the future is dark and unknown for us mortals, I choose to use “Sleep Comes Down” in dark blues and black.

The Norns are responsible for spinning the threads of life for all living things, and our lives are all intertwined.

Absolutely loved this knit.

1. EASY
2. CLEAR
3. QUICK
4. WELL-WRITTEN PATTERN
5. BEEEEEEEEEEE-A-UUUUUUUUUUU-TIFUL
6. ORIGINAL
7. INTRIGUING
8. GREAT CONSTRUCTION

I have NOTHING negative to say about this pattern.
I give it an E + (excellent).

I love the yarn! So pretty and shimmery! You know the toothpaste adds where there are little diamond twinkles floating around to show how sparkling bright your teeth will be? That’s how this yarn is - in the sun the little sparkles dance all around! STUNNING!!!!!!

And this yarn + this pattern = SERENDIPITY
I cannot say how much i really really love this shawl!!!!!!!!!!

My vision of the future is ever changing and right now it is scary and mysterious and very uncertain. Yet there’s always hope, right?
So here i have a tonal shifting color that’s solid enough to let the gorgeous pattern shine through. It’s shades of mysterious fear - inspiring blood-red crimsons. Yet isnt red also bold and corageous? I’m knitting some courage into my future! and the hope, ever present, with the threads of silver woven through-out!
LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only thing i didnt like was the blocking of it :(
had a horrible time of it and am disappointed i couldnt get anymore heigth out of it. I really suck at blocking!
Pre-block / per-block/ postblock measurements =
54 X 14 / 78 X 20 / 75 X 17.5