Designer: Kristy Howell
The fairy Melusina (or Melusine) falls in love with a mortal and agrees to marry him on one condition: he must never see her on Saturday, when she takes her bath. Enchanted by her beauty, he agrees, but eventually breaks his promise and spies on her at her bath. He discovers that from the waist down, she is a fish, a serpent, or a dragon. When Melusina learns that he has broken his promise, she vanishes.
The Melusina Scarf is based on Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Pi shawl construction, which begins at the center of a circle and works outward in concentric rings.
Materials: 300 yds [274 m] sport-weight merino/tencel or other wool blend yarn
Yarn Details: 50% superwash merino, 50% tencel, worsted-spun 2-ply, 15 wpi, 1280 ypp.
Needles: US7 [4.5mm] 32” [80 cm] circular
Gauge:14 stiches / 24 rows per 4” [10 cm] in patterm after blocking
Finished Size: 10” [25 cm] deep, 80” [203 cm] around bottom.
Other: tapestry needle for darning in ends, 2 stitch markers.
Yarn Details: 50% superwash merino, 50% tencel, worsted-spun 2-ply, 15 wpi, 1280 ypp.
Needles: US7 [4.5mm] 32” [80 cm] circular
Gauge:14 stiches / 24 rows per 4” [10 cm] in patterm after blocking
Finished Size: 10” [25 cm] deep, 80” [203 cm] around bottom.
Other: tapestry needle for darning in ends, 2 stitch markers.
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