High on the list of things I love in the world of knitting are patterns by Jared Flood. His designs are classic and his patterns are well-written. When Lorna's Laces announced that he would do a lace weight yarn in their color commentary series series I bought the yarn and pattern immediately. The yarn is a lovely deep purple and the pattern is an extremely light-weight shawlette. I finished knitting my Rock Island Shawl in less than two weeks, unfortunately it took me another several months to get around to blocking it.