Two Versions of a Pattern

 

This is "Lacey" by Christine Allan and I loved it enough to do it on back to back table runners.  Both fabrics are white monk's cloth and, on runner #2 I used Caron's Simply Soft in bone.  It looks to my eye as a golden beige and I use it often, either alone or to complement other colors.  I love my bold colors but I also love the look of one color yarn for the whole pattern.

Runner #1 shows the same pattern but I decided to do some shading, something I'm not particularly good at but admire it on other people's work.  I used 3 shades of grey in the pattern but saw right away that my second choice of color was too much like the center.  I persevered anyway and I still like it a lot.  The next time I try shading I'll be more careful with my color choices, though.

I also used less of the pattern on runner #2 and that's okay.  It's good for us to pick and choose.

Just a note:  I use Christine Allan's patterns a lot but there are thousands of great patterns out there.  The "Candlelight" pattern came from Monk's Cloth Lady and I've had great luck with the patterns she sells, too.