The Moirai (AKA The Fates) - December Myth Box

Traditionally, Myths are stories that are shared orally. Passed from voice to voice, ear to ear, and as such, sometimes details change. Some details have also been left out of this written version to keep it more concise. Happy Storytelling friends!

This Myth box contains 

• 3 100g/191yd 80/20 Merino/Alpaca Worsted Weight
  
• Stork Scissors Stitch Marker
• Fated Shawl Pattern

If you choose Local Pickup, you will be emailed when the order is ready and at the shop for you to come pick up. 

Preorder opens November 1 and closes November 30. Orders will be shipped early September.

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The Moirai are the sisters that are the personification of destiny. They guide the thread of life from birth to death. 

The day we are born, we are visited by three Goddesses: Hera, Goddess of Marriage and Childbirth, Eileithyia, Goddess of Childbirth and midwifery, and the Moirai Clotho. Clotho, the Spinner, arrived to the birth with her distaff full and would spin the thread of life on her spindle. When the baby was born, Clotho set her spindle down for her sister to come the next day.

Lachesis, the Alotter, arrives the next day to take the yarn and measure it. She would witness the highs and lows of the new life, the trials and tribulations, joys and sorrows. With the yarn measured and spindle empty, Lachesis sets it back down for her sister to come the next day. 

The final Moirai to visit, on the third day of the new life, is Atropo, the Inevitable. Atropo arrives to the fresh yarn of life, still attached to the Clotho's spindle. She takes her scissors, and cuts the thread from the spindle, and thus the life's fate is sealed.