Tanumshede is the second shawl in a series of three shawls on the theme of World Heritage Sites.
Tanumshede is known for its Bronze age rock carvings, with various motifs featuring longships, animals and people. These were carved into the granite rocks 1800-500BC. There are close to 1500 known rock carvings in the area, and more are being discovered. The Tanumshede rock carvings are in Bohuslän, Sweden – not very far from where I grew up. I’ve always thought they were quite beautiful in their simplicity, and have tried to capture the bold lines of the carvings in this shawl.
The original carving that I based the shawl on can be found at Massleberg. The picture below shows a longship carrying a dear with very large horns.
Tanumshede is a rectangular shawl/stole knit using one skein of Buttercream from Yarn Chef. I used the colourway Chateau because it looks like the gray granite in Bohuslän.
The pattern will be available on Oct 15 as part of the Seasons of Lace series.
