Silky Tie Wrap WIP

I'm not getting very far very fast on this Silky Tie Wrap, a knit-along with the Multidirectional Yahoo Group. I've finished the back and started on the first side. The pattern, designed by Iris Schreier, can be found in the January issue of Creative Knitting. I am knitting it with a hand-painted rayon rik-rak yarn in the colorway Cedar Moss, from the seller lotusblossom on eBay. I couldn't pass up the deal on this yarn - an 8-oz, 600-yd skein for $12.50! Both older daughter and oldest granddaughter have expressed an interest in it, so I'd better get back to work!