Thank you to the designer for the wonderful pattern. This was my first shawl project and instructions were very clear on how to go about it.
10.04.09. I am knitting this from the yarn that was left from my son’s dinosaur sweater. The colors are hard to capture on camera. In real life they are navy blue and buttery yellow. I would not choose them probably for this project if I was buying yarn specifically for this shawl, but I just wanted to try this pattern so I used what I already had. The yarn is Rowan cashsoft DK and is very soft and warm.
I am planning to add lacy edging to the shawl, such as one in popular shawl on Ravelry called Ulmus. Ulmus is actually the reason I am trying this pattern. Both shawls seem to be knitted in the same way, so my plans are to knit Ulmus after this one in the colors of my choice. All that said, I really like how this one comes out. It is very comforting and warm and colors are very wearable. :-))
10.10.09. Finished the shawl and LOVE IT! I tried to add a border like the one in Ulmus, but it did not look right for the this yarn weight and it was almost invisible in dark navy yarn and I did not have enough of yellow. So, I just did a tiny border in navy. I would love the shawl to be a little bigger, but I run out of yellow yarn.
I am very pleased with a result and happy that I used yarn that went unused for 2 years.

11.22.11 I am doing “Wear a Shawl Challenge” on my Blog and took some new pictures of my shawl for that purpose.