Unsettled Paths

I ran with the London Fog project for only one day.  I was still feeling out of sorts yesterday and struggled to set myself to one thing.  I understand why and it will get sorted out but it might take a bit to settle.  

In my unsettled adventures, I pulled out some books.

I also pulled out some yarn that I had focused on a few months ago.

I have seen a few patterns like Thea Colman's Cinnamon Bourbon where she plays with "stripes that are not stripes ".  I am fascinated by these stripes that are not stripes.  

I hit the books pretty hard yesterday.  I love these classic stitch dictionaries but what I have drooled over is is lace patterns.  I never really paid much attention to the many other sorts of stitches in them.  It.  Is.  Fascinating.

These are all two colour patterns and are very interesting.  I am kind of leaning to the third one because what I want, and most likely need is a design that uses a fair bit of the second colour. I would probably run out of yarn if I don't use a significant bit of the cream yarn.  

I might swatch the last one to see if I like knitting it today. I might also knit on the London Fog sweater or maybe I will knit on the grey sweater with the Mrs Hunter's pattern lace  

Which is what I ended up knitting on yesterday.  Who knows where my slightly unsettled path will take me.