My current project is a Wing Shawl, which is a striped shadow pattern. It is by Vivian Hoxbro and uses New England Shetland yarn. The colors are Garnet, Chianti, Poppy, Brass & Straw. It is 100% wool. The pattern is worked with size 3 needles, which I have never used before. After a couple rows I finally was able to knit! The CO method was also new to me, as it was a knitted cast-on. That took several tries before I was finally able to CO all 219 stitches :)