This is a very pretty light gray & pale yellow variegated yarn from the Pigeon Sock selection.  Its actually a mistake skein - which is why it gets to stay home with me. 

One of my favorite colorways is Waxwing - which consists of 2 shades of yellow, one pale & one darker & 2 equally varied shades of gray.  This skein was well on its way to being a Waxwing, but was stopped in the process, as it was accidentally dyed with just one shade of gray & one shade of yellow.  It works out wonderfully though, as while i contemplated making Swallowtail, i really wanted a gray yarn.  I remembered this mistake skein & grabbed it from my stash.  The gray & yellow are similar tones & that keeps the yarn looking sophisticated & simple, but with just a hint of added interest. 

The Swallowtail Shawl, by Evelyn Clark, was originally published in Interweave Knits, Fall 2006.  It was a project that i was immediately drawn to the first time i came across it. 

i frequently dug through my magazines & found the pattern when contemplating a new project.  I have spent lots of time perusing the finished Swallowtails on Ravelry.  But as a yarn shop owner, i was forever knitting samples for the store & never just because i wanted to make something. 

Now, it is 2009 & i am not stocking my shop full of samples & there is not a baby in my belly, i am free to knit as i please. 

Swallowtail it is!