Lliclla

I am making the Lliclla (large shawl) from Andean Inspired Knits by Helen Hamann (Interweave Press). A really interesting book ... the patterns are very creative with interesting use of shapes, and it's a good read with much information about the region and alpacas and their yarn.

The Lliclla is pretty easy knitting, mostly stocking stitch with mitred corners. The only tricky part is the beginning ... cast on 512 stitches. It was tricky keeping all the stitches on the needle the first few rows. I'm down to about 350 stitches per row now and it feels like just flying along!

The Lliclla in the book is done in earth colours, cinnamon, brown, etc. I opted for rainbow colours ... however I went for some variations on the rainbow, including turquoise and hot pink, for example. I am using mostly Paton's Look at Me, which was discontinued circa 2005.