New project!

So I cast on a new project today (I know, I have finished so many projects that I've cast on), but I figured that I needed to get started on this if I was going to finish by Christmas (especially at the rate that I've been knitting). I finally started the Icarus shawl for my mom using the Alpaca with a Twist yarn that was originally from the Seascape stole that I ripped. It's going alright, i'm sad that it loks so awful at this stage, like wet ramen...