An autumn shawl

I finished my baktus shawl earlier this week and haven't really taken it off since.  I am working my way through all the cream, green and brown coloured clothes in my wardrobe, which look so delicious topped off with a little autumn-coloured shawl.

I love this pattern, I love this yarn, and I love the finished item.  So darn satisfying when that happens.

The pattern is this one, for a little shawl or a big scarf, called a baktus.  It was simplicity itself to make, and caused me no stress at all other than a frustration that I couldn't knit faster and get it done sooner.

The yarn I used is a 4 ply sock yarn called Superba Safari by Rico.  I am addicted to sock yarns and would knit everything out of them if I could.  I bought this one while I was in Switzerland last year, purely for its beautiful brown and green shades.  You can also buy it online from quite a few UK yarn shops if you have a rummage.

I do love shawls, and they are one of the best reasons to enjoy this cool, blustery time of year.  Most of the time I wrap myself up in a big, red and blue striped, Cath Kidston shawl, but sometimes I wear a pashmina - I have a pale blue one and a pale pink one.  Now I've got the option of my autumn baktus as well, and that makes me very happy.

Other shawl love at the moment consists of:

• this incredible, circular shawl that my mother has knitted for my sister's first baby, due early next year.
• this little leaf-edged shawl
• this bird print shawl from Cath Kidston
• Suse's two most recent shawls - this one, and this one.
• this very pretty foxglove-edged shawl

And I've finished my autumn shawl just at the right time.  The cherry tree in the garden is dropping rich golden coloured leaves which match my new shawl, and I am off to Kew this weekend in search of even more autumn colour.  Wearing the shawl, obviously.