I was super excited when I found the Taos Tunisian Crochet Shawl pattern on the Lion Brand website since very rarely are Tunisian crochet patterns featured. However, while the pattern was simple and suitable for beginners the suggested yarn was not. The Shawl in a Ball yarn is slightly textured and very thin which made the creation of the Tunisian foundation row difficult since it was hard to identify the back bumps after creating the initial chain of 56.