Hugin and Munin are the two ravens that belong to the Norse god Odin. They fly all over the world, Midgard and Asgard, and return to Odin and tell him what they have seen.
I’ve always found the story of Hugin and Munin fascinating. I mean…. imagine having your own private minions who scour the earth for interesting information and then whisper it all into your ear. So when I met up with Hasmi of Rocky Mountain Dyeworks in Banff last summer and she told me that she was rebranding her company to Raventwist, I knew I had to knit a Hugin & Munin shawl out of her yarn.
She sent me a few different skeins to play with, and I settled on Tyr in a colourway aptly named Raven’s Wing. It is soft and wonderful to work with. And with that colourway, the design just came together. I knit large feather motifs on the shawl for the wings of Hugin & Munin.
When Hasmi knit her version of the Hugin & Munin shawl, she used Torc – a high twist fingering weight yarn that has a very nice drape to it. And she knit hers in red.
The Hugin & Munin lace shawl is a top-down shawl with large lace feathers, symbolizing the ravens’ wings. It is available as a kit from Raventwist (along with a number of other goodies), or just as a PDF download from me.
