Lyanna's Shawl pattern

Downloadable PDF My adventure into design sparks from novels; this one is from George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. When Martin’s high-spirited, headstrong character Lady Lyanna Stark of Winterfell catches the eye of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen at a tournament, the prince crowns her the Queen of Love and Beauty, scandalizing the court and Princess Ella Martell, Rhaegar’s wife. Lyanna and Rhaegar run away together; Lyanna’s betrothed, Robert Baratheon, rises in rebellion; Rhaegar dies by Robert’s war hammer; and Lyanna succumbs to a fever after extracting a promise from her brother Eddard amid the smell of blood and roses. This Orenburg warm shawl, whose construction I learned from Galina Khmeleva, uses Snowflake and Strawberry motifs to reflect Lyanna’s northern heritageand love of blue roses. The neutral shade of yarn reflects House Stark’s colors of Gray and White. I added Ice-Blue beads for Lyanna and Ruby beads as a nod both to HouseTargaryen’s colors of Red and Black