Spin A Yarn for Ewe

So other then finishing Icarus I really haven't been getting much done. I am working on the Raven but it is really a daytime knit as it is not a pattern you can memorize as you have knits and purls on both sides and so far it has not been one I can just look at the knitting and figure out. So it has been relegated to weekend when I have time to sit and knit. Or at least I did until this Christmas stuff started creeping into my prime knitting time. I decided the other day that I needed something easier to knit on at night since not knitting at night had left me twitching.

I started on a Shetland Triangle, simple pattern with great results, but the yarn I wanted to use was too variegated.

See when I started knitting lace I was seduced by the multi-colored lace skeins only to find out that a lot of patterns get lost in it. I mean I thought this skein would work as the colors were all in the same family but after a few rows I just knew it would never work. So what is a girl to do but design something herself. Yes, I have finally gotten the nerve up to try something of my own design. Something that will work with the variegated yarn and still look nice plus it had to be something I could memorize at least part of, you know TV knitting, and use just one skein of yarn with only 880 yards. It seems like a lot of indie dyers will dye lace yarn but only do 1 skein at 880 yards. Well, that doesn't work for most lace patterns. So I am hoping this will do the trick of using this one skein, make a descent size stole and still look nice. Wish me luck.