I really had to have this Koigu as soon as it came into Purl. The acidy yellows and greens interrupted by streaks of tomato red were pretty exciting to me. I thought it might be cool to see how this whacky,  kind of  psychadelic yarn would look in a traditional lace pattern. So, of course, I turned to Barbara Walker, queen of stitch patterns.

My first love was the Milanese Lace pattern (Barbara Walker 2nd Treasury of Knitting Patterns). Sadly, I saw from my swatch that the Milanese Lace wasn’t going to work for this project - way too busy - but I will definitely revisit it with a solid Koigu.--Whitney