Mother of the Hero

Sitting in the shadow of the stone there was a woman, bent over her knees; and as Húrin stood there silent she cast back her tattered hood and lifted her face. Grey she was and old, but suddenly her eyes looked into his, and he knew her; for though they were wild and full of fear, that light still gleamed in them that long ago had earned for her the name Eledhwen, proudest and most beautiful of mortal women in the days of old.

--J. R. R. Tolkien, the reunion of Húrin and Morwen, from The Silmarillion

The Mother of the Hero shawl is a crescent shaped shawl knitted from the top down, with a diamond patterned body worked in garter and stocking stitch and interspersed with lace leaves, increasing in frequency into a leaf lace border. Worked in a wool/alpaca blend worsted weight yarn, it is a warm wrap large enough to wear with the wings tied in the back as a practical heart warmer, but shallow enough to wear around the neck and shoulders as a generous scarf.