For now, the castle is shelved.  I have dithered over it all weekend, to the point of starting a prototype three times!  I took a bunch of pictures this morning - but none of them look like anything.  Despite thinking about lace and how different things will (or won’t!) go together, things look...well...childish and as though they were just thrown together - like I didn’t know what I was doing. 

Which I don’t :)

I still love the idea and I still want a wool blanket - but perhaps I’ll do the blanket now and save the castle for some other time.

It’s funny how, when you get going on one thing, you loose track of everything else.  I haven’t worked on another project in a week and believe me - that’s extraordinary.  The last time that happened was with the Meanderthal Shawl back in July which, in contrast to this, actually produced something :)

Ack!  Pay no attention to that grumpy knitter behind the curtain.  She needs more coffee and a steady diet of small, easy projects for a while :)

Potholders, anyone?