when in ca. 1897 the Queen gave a lace shawl as a present to American abolitionist Harriet Tubman. From there, knitting patterns for the shawls were printed in English women's magazines where they were copied in Iceland with single ply wool.
In around 1897, when the Queen bestowed a lace shawl upon American abolitionist Harriet Tubman, knitting patterns for the shawl began appearing in English women's magazines. These patterns were then copied and used with single-ply wool in Iceland.