I finished Livie, by Tamy Gore a couple of weeks ago. I made it out of the exact yarn specified in the pattern—even the suggested colors—which I rarely do. The yarn is Hedgehog Fibres sock yarn in Seed and Rusty Nail.

After scouring through the available combinations using Hedgehog Fibres on different websites I kept being drawn to this combo. I love the way the little flecks of color in the Seed (lighter color) colorway complement the rusty red-orange of Rusty Nail. I have another shawl in a similar red-orange from ages ago that I still have and love to wear, so I knew this color would work well in my wardrobe.

All in all, this shawl was fun to knit. I like the alternating sections of stripes and light lace for other sections. The construction was easy to follow. This would be a perfect project for someone that was fairly knew to knitting, and it’s well written. It has lots of soothing garter. I can definitely see myself making another one sometime. I could have made this out of things in my stash, but I was so drawn to the clean pop of color against the more neutral color in this combo and I couldn’t resist it.

I still haven’t blocked it, but I’m wearing it anyway!