I have a skein of Berroco Ultra Alpaca in my stash.  Just one.  So,
looking on Ravelry to find a pattern appropriate.  I was looking for
something relatively quick, but something I’d actually wear.  And since
I only bought one skein (really? I now know better) it’d have to be
something kinda small.  And stash… well, don’t let that word fool you.
My stash is a shoebox sized plastic container with 4 balls of yarn in
it.

Debated between the Darkside Cowl and the Noble Cowl and in the end the
Noble Cowl won.  I like the slouchy-ness of it.  The pattern calls for
size 6 needles, but I’m using size 8.  I also cast on 30 less stitches
(2 pattern repeats) and we’ll see how that goes.

The alpaca feels … scratchier, but I did just finish knitting with
cashmere.  I’m using dpns… which is taking some getting used to.  I’ve
already dropped some stitches off the ends *sigh*  Out of practice.

Anyway, here’s the link to my Ravelry project page.

Lessons Learned:

• knitting lace on dpns
• don’t buy just one ball of yarn