As Mystic Junction draws to a close, it’s time to look ahead towards the next Mystic KAL. Next up, we’ll be getting back to my favourite topic – folklore and fairytales.
Sea Witches are witches who can help or hinder sailors out on the stormy sea. They draw power from the moon, tides, and the weather, and were believed to have complete control over the seas. They even have the power to control the fates of ships and seamen.
They can control the wind by using a rope tied into three knots. When the three knots are tied in the proper magical way, the wind is bound up in them. Witches gave, or sometimes sold, these magic knots to sailors to help them experience safe voyages. The release of one knot brought a gentle, southwesterly wind; two knots, a strong north wind; and three knots, a tempest.
The Mystic Sea Witch shawl can be knit as a circular or semi-circular shawl. And this time, I have teamed up with the Yarn Fairy to bring you an absolutely fabulous kit to go with the KAL.
She’s offering 5 different gorgeous gradient kits, along with some remarkable swag. My shawl is knit in the Stormy colour way, but really I think it will be beautiful in any of the other ones as well. I’m particularly drawn to Calypso.
To join the KAL, you can purchase the Mystic Sea Witch pattern here ($6.00 until the release of the first clue)
In the Nordic Sagas, Kraka was a woman who was tasked to solve an impossible riddle – she was summoned to the Viking king Ragnar, and was asked to appear neither dressed nor undressed, neither hungry nor full and neither alone nor in company. Kraka solved the riddle by covering herself in her long hair and a fishing net. She bit into an onion, not considered to be food, to show she was not fasting. Then she made a dog accompany her.
Kraka’s Shawl is a Moebius Shawl, which is an impossible shape with only one side and one edge. The shawl shows the fishnet and Kraka’s hair. It is fully reversible. It’s knit with a reversible cable in the center, which is then joined together with Kitchener stitch. The stitches for the lace pattern is then picked up around the outside edge, and is finished off with a contrasting border in moss stitch.
The pattern is available exclusively as a kit from Craftsy.
FINISHED (BLOCKED) SIZE
Width: 8 in [21 cm] (adjustable)
Circumference: 64 (73, 81) in [163 (183, 203) cm]
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