Such pretty yarn

I've started my clapotis! The yarn is intensely gorgeous and I'm having fun watching it as it goes by. Can you see how shiny it is? (This is my first time knitting with a silk blend -- wow.)



I've been purling the drop row, and twisting on both front and back, before and after the drop stitch, so it's slow going, but so pretty I don't mind.



The colors remind me of the month-old ricordia that I found at Blue Sierra:



and again, in the sunlight this time: