I finished up my "Pumpkin Picking Shawl". The pattern is Samen by Stephen West. I decided to call it my Pumpkin Picking Shawl because while I was knitting it the Fall colors made me want to go pumpkin picking. Blue thinks I did a good job :)
I really loved knitting this shawl. I did most of the knitting on the road. We have taken some day trips lately and I took it with me everywhere we went. It is a very easy travel knit.
The yarn I used was Shibui Cima. It is a 70% superbaby alpaca, 30% fine merino wool. The yarn is held doubled and the finished knit is so incredibly soft. I love it is so much and I know I'm going to get a ton of use out of it. I got the yarn from Chelsea Yarns. The colors I used were Poppy, Mineral, Clay, Field, & Caffeine. I used one skein of each, but I had to cut the last garter ridge short 2 rows or else I was going to run out of Poppy (bright orange). I also made a mistake on one of the wedges. I forgot to do an additional repeat. But I am calling it a happy mistake because I was very glad to stick to one skein of each color.
In alpaca news this little guy has a name. Meet "Arrow".
Melody on the left and Spicy in the middle are both due soon, so we are sticking close to the farm and hoping for some healthy little crias any day now.
