A couple weeks ago, I saw this yarn from Old Crow ArtYarns on Etsy:
I love What We Do In the Shadows, and it’s pretty yarn, so I bought it. Then when it showed up, I thought it would be cool to use for something with a bat pattern. So I found this cowl pattern on Ravelry
I don’t think that really variegated yarns work well with detailed patterns like that, but I was so entranced with my cool idea that I gave it a try any way.
It did not work.
Oh well, it’s a cool pattern, which I will definitely make, but with different yarn. And the yarn really is beautiful yarn, so I will find something to do with it. Maybe some kind of planned pooling project? We shall see.
Quite A Yarn 
Both the yarn and the pattern are really fun but I agree, they don’t play well together.
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That’s one of our favorite shows! Along with Los Espookys and At Home with Amy Sedaris. I would have made that exact mistake.
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It is a great show – so hilarious! I had to try. I have not heard of Los Espookys or At Home with Amy Sedaris – will have to look for them!
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Yeah they don’t work together, but they’re so cool separately! I reckon the yarn should be made into something Halloween-y though, it’s just perfect.
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Yes, definitely!
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At least you tried, so you won’t wonder if it would have worked! I agree, they’re both awesome things & I look forward to seeing what you do with the yarn!
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Very true! Oh well, they will both work out as different projects!
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That is always the issue with lovely colorful yarns, finding a pattern that do them justice. I know you will hit upon the right yarn for the pattern and the right pattern for the yarn!
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Yes, eventually it will all work out 🙂
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The colors would be perfect for a bat but you are right. The bat pattern is hard to see in that yarn. I can’t wait to see what you figure out. I’m sure you will come up with something amazing! 🙂
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I hope so!
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Yes, no.
Planned pooling could be interesting, but you’d need to see they dye pattern on your skein to know if it wants to play along. It might not be distinct enough? I see big patches of the green and the dark. Is there speckle, too?
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Yes, there is a lot going on in this skein – maybe too much for planned pooling. I am thinking about re-skeining it just to get a better handle on the dye pattern. I actually have 4 others skeins of yarn that were dyed specifically to facilitate planned pooling – I just need to figure out stitch counts and so on. One of them even has a pattern that will give you the cool plaid pattern! One of these days I will get serious about it 🙂
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