When we were developing Chroma, we discussed its merits in the realm of faux fair isle. (That is, stranded knitting where the yarn does the color changing for you.) For some reason, I've always associated the words 'faux' and 'bas-relief' - perhaps it's the silent letters, perhaps it's just the mashed-up remnants of art school. But whatever the reasons, that planted the seeds of a Greco-Roman inspired faux isle pattern. Given that the medium of architecture (espectially in antiquity) was stone, Chroma was sure to inject new life into an old theme! And what resulted are the two Architecture Hat and Mitts sets. Each of these two kits is a separate pattern. The first one, Columns, was inspired by columns of the Ionic Order...

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I had an epiphany last night. I spent Saturday cleaning my closet and pulling out my stash. Last fall I had organized my stash. I was inspired by my Sock Summit's purchases. As I laid everything out on the living room floor, I pulled up Ravelry.  I have been very slow catching on to the tools available to me in Ravelry. I just learned how to search for projects based on the yarn weight. I decided to see what I could find to use up my collection of lace yarns. After clicking on the Patterns button on the main Ravelry page, I put "lace weight yarn" in the Search block. That's when I realized that organizing my stash isn't really the challenge - it's the assigning of projects that takes time and a lot of consideration. Without a plan, my stash would go back into my closet looking much more appealing but likely to sit there forgotten. A terrible fate for yarns I love. I still need to make notes in my Springpad system, but look what I found for my lace yarn collection.

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