Odenwald

Shawl 4 in the Mythplaced series, based on the work of Herbert Niebling.

Odenwald is a semicircular shawl of lace and mesh, with lilies of twisted ribbing enclosed by a canopy of oak and beech leaves.

Odenwald or the Forest of Oden is where the Nibelungen saga is primarily set, and which seems fitting for a design drawn from his work as Niebling stems from Nibel, meaning Mist, and his lace often had an ethereal, otherworldly quality.

1. Sizing: the pattern is one main size, though extra wedges can be added to make more than a half circle, and the edging can be repeated to soak up a little extra yardage.
2. Yarn: the design suits lace to sport weight yarn, of solid, gentle semi solid, or gradient colouring.
3. Yardage: this varied significantly between testers. Both tests in Yearning used 1 skein on 2-2.25mm needles. Tests on fingering weight yarn used ~ 1400m or more.
4. Pattern is charts only with written notes, though the early rows have been written out to get you underway.