It’s already midwinter, but I’ve only now completed my autumn shawl for Ysolda’s 2015 Shawl Club. This particular club installment is called Malton Oolite, named for a sedimentary rock formed in England during the Jurassic era, characterized by egg-shaped ooliths. But as you can see, there’s nothing egg-shaped about the design Dulcinea is modeling, since I used the yarn I received from Ysolda’s club to make a different, much easier shawl.

The custom-dyed Titus yarn is a fluffy and textural blend of British longwool and alpaca. Ysolda describes the yarn as follows:

Spun in Yorkshire from a blend of Lustrous British Longwool, Titus was the first yarn from wonderful Leeds wool shop Baa Ram Ewe. We had it dyed in the mustardy gold I love so much and Joe from BRE took a third of the batch round to local dyer Victoria of Eden Cottage Yarns. Inspired by the color combination of flowers over leaf Victoria overdyed the perfect partner for some welcome harvest-time sunshine!

I love this combination of harvest colors, and I like the fact that this shawl has taken me out of my comfort zone, since I usually wear jewel tones and charcoal gray.

In related news, my kitty Mithril wants it to be known that he can model handmade textiles just as well as Dulcinea. Here he is getting clumps of black cat hair all over the quilts I made for my nieces this Christmas. These quilts are a modification of Elizabeth Hartman’s New Wave pattern, made with cheery Lizzy House prints. Amy Wade from the Denver Metro Modern Quilt Guild provided the long-arm quilting.

In my next post, I’ll share my final creation from Ysolda’s 2015 Shawl Club, which is not even remotely related to a shawl.