Hello, and welcome back to GeoCrafts. I'm Sarah, and once again, I have a new design for you. This is the third, I guess, in my Untominal series, although I did originally envisage these as a collection, but they definitely all have kind of an autumn theme, so I thought I'd release them all as the fall colors are coming on here in Vermont, and also the New York sheep and wool festival is happening this weekend, and I know many of you are going to be attending that, or, you know, on-looking virtually as I will be, and enjoying it that way. So this pattern is for a scarf. It's a very large scarf, and the name of the pattern is fiery foliage. Again, I wanted to capture that Untominal feel, and certainly with the color palette, it does that, but I also wanted that reflected in the name. The yarn is from Neighborhood Fiber Company, out of Baltimore, and Carita Collins, the owner and had dire there, has created some lovely gradient packs, so this one is knit with her DK gradient pack in the color way, called Shades of Vermilion. Vermilion is an orangey red, and so this certainly, again, reflects that and reflects the, the fiery foliage kind of vibe. It goes from a very electric neon yellow, but a very warm yellow, through to sort of yellow speckled with orange, into some other variations of that, getting more and more orange here, into a color that I have sort of jokingly referred to as pumpkin spice latte. You can see these kind of gingerbread colors here. It's kind of warm brownie orange, and then into some lovely deep saturated reds all the way around, into this lovely burgundy at the end. So really pretty palette, and I like these kind of big shawls and wraps that have a lot of colors in them, because the more colors you have in them, the more things you can wear it with as an accessory. So I could wear this with red, I could wear it with a neutral, I could wear it with an orange shirt, high GG. Sorry, I'll shout out to GG made it if she's watching. But you could wear this with purple, you could wear it with any complementary color of any of these shades, so purples and blues would also work well with this. Any kind of neutral like a beige or a brown, even a dark green, right? Dark green works well with orange and with dark red as well. So I think there's a lot of options. And of course, if this isn't your palette, if you're not the kind of a fall palette, where corrita does make a number of other beautiful gradients in that DK gradient pack. The DK gradient pack is all you need, just one pack of that yarn, and you can make this shop, and it does use up the whole gradient pack. So I'm trying to balance kind of an economy and an efficiency in choosing the yarns that I work with. I'm trying not to pick things that are, you know, the most expensive, the most luxurious out there. And I think neighborhood fabric company yarns are definitely a great value. But I also want to make sure that you're using up all of the yarn that you get. Part of the way that you're going to be able to fully use up that DK gradient pack is you get to make two pump pumps. This scarf does come to a point at each end. And so to enhance the design and also to keep the scarf in place, I added pump pumps for weight. And so this way you don't have to add, you know, a pin or a shawl cuff or anything like that. I'm not going to put it if you wanted something decorative, but this really does stay on nicely. It doesn't kind of fall off or or slide off the shoulders once you have it in place. So to make this, it's another sequence knit. You're going to start at the latest color again. And you do one texture that's that's closer. It's a little finer. And then I'll actually unwrap this so I can show you more clearly. As you knit along that texture becomes broader and broader. And so you get more of a diagonal almost a diagonal ribbing. As you go. So you can see that shifts gradually. And again, I just wanted to kind of evoke, you know, the dappled light through the different colors of the fall leaves. And I was trying to do that visually. The other great thing about this being a sequence knit, of course, is that it is reversible. I should say that not all sequences are fully reversible, but this one is. So it looks the same on the front and the back, which as I've said before, is great for people like me who have trouble getting dressed properly and looking put together and always end up having their thing on inside out if there's an inside out. But with this, you don't have to worry about that. I'll stand up so you can see it on me. I did have a chance to work with a model a couple of weeks ago and get some professional shots done. Well, she was a professional. I'm not a professional photographer, but we did the best we could. So, but it is pretty generous. I believe it's about 90, I think it's 100 inches exactly from point to point. So it's pretty large. It's not super wide, but it's wide enough to wear it as just a wrap. It will cover the darks where it, like that, with a dress or something or going out in the evening. And then of course, you can wrap it around. You can just wrap it around like this. The palm palms hang down back. It might be tempting for someone to come up behind you though, pull a lot of pop on. I don't know. Or you can kind of start at one end. And then wrap it around this way. Once or you can even go a couple of times and then get it all snuggly up around your neck. You could also wear it up over your hair and your ears to give you more coverage. And then tuck this down under your coat. So it would be really nice and warm and snuggly. This yarn is a super wash base. But it's applied three or four times, I think. So it's very, very soft, but the extra plies also make it very sturdy, so it will wear well. And as I've said before in my reviews of the neighborhood fiber company yarns, you know, the saturated edition on this is just unbelievable. I don't think my little laptop camera can really do justice to this, but the yarn kind of has this glow to it the way that create a does her dying. And it's just absolutely amazing. I haven't really seen anyone else in the field and the yarn field that's able to accomplish this with their die technique. I've seen, you know, yarns that are kind of shiny because they have some mohair or some silk content in them. But I would say this is actually a different effect. It's more about the saturation on the color. So it almost looks like you're turning your monitor saturation up when you when you see her dies or when you see her yarns in person. They're really beautiful. So again, this is called the fiery foliage scarf. It is the second in an intentional series that I'm doing with neighborhood fiber company yarns. The first was inner harbor earlier this year. That was another big wrap. And I have ideas for two more and I hope that we can bring those out over the winter. So this is the second pattern and what I hope is going to be a series of patterns for a neighborhood fiber company with their yarns. It started with inner harbor, which was another large wrap that I released earlier this year. And like that one, I was going to donate a part of the sales of this pattern to a local charity. In this case, it's going to be great kids farm in Baltimore. They work with children and farming and teach kids about, you know, local produce and farming in their area. And so you know, that's a cause that's close to my heart as someone who tries to grow her own vegetables and visit farmer's markets. You know, that's really important. Something to teach kids as well. So I hope you'll join me in supporting them either by making a direct donation yourself or by buying this pattern. And then I will donate half of the proceeds to them as well. And that's going to be an on an ongoing basis. It's not just going to be a one time donation. So anytime you buy this pattern, you'll be helping to support great kids farm. So thank you very much. I hope you're enjoying your fall knitting experience, whether you have a lot of festivals to go to or local events, whether you're like me or watching online as some of these things take place and just enjoying other people's photos and experiences. There are so many indie buyers and independent designers that are coming out with great patterns and yarns to celebrate autumn and to celebrate the long dark days ahead. And so I hope you will just enjoy me enjoying that this time of year. It's one of my favorites for sure. So I hope you can get out and enjoy fall, whatever that means for your area. And the cool nights ahead and take up a special knitting project and make something beautiful for yourself. Join me next time for more craft talk. Hopefully we'll have some other topics coming up soon and looking forward to that. Thanks.