Starry Starry Night

I do love structure...routine..lists...order..
My carefree days of summer vacation were balanced well with knitting projects comprised of highlighted charts or involved patterns.
Throw in the newly routined, highly-structured days at the beginning of the school year, and even my brain needed a break.
Enter Art Yarn.
I have to say in the past I would often "not get" art yarn and its randomness made my head hurt. Since the start of the school year, I had absolutely no desire to sit and fiddle with a pattern and knew I was ready for knitting to be "fun" again, rather than a mental challenge.
I stumbled on some art yarn through Ravelry/Etsy inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night and I was hooked! I had to have some!


There's not a whole lot of it (120 yds) but enough to make a decent scarf. I'm just trying to find the right stitch that will require minimal thought and show off the beauty/funkiness of the yarn. I tried St st and even with knitting the first 2 and last 2 sts in each row, still curled. Any other suggestions?

Crockpot Sunday Update:


NFL Week 2 had me making some beef stroganoff in the crockpot.
Source: Fix it and Forget It Lightly

Beef Stroganoff
(mine wasn't the "light" version since I just used the full fat versions of soup/sour cream)

• 1 1/2 lbs. lean beef stewing meat, trimmed of fat
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper
• 1 lb. fresh mushrooms
• 10 3/4-oz can 98% Fat Free cream of mushroom soup (I used regular)
  
• 1 cup water
  
• 1 cup Fat Free sour cream (I used regular)

1. I floured and then seared the pieces of beef, then deglazed the pan with some white wine and combined with the rest of ingredients(except sour cream) in a 4 quart crockpot. You could skip the sear of the meat and just combine all ingredients (except sour cream) and add to crock pot.
2. Cook on low 6-8 hours.
3. Stir in sour cream.
4. Cook on high for a few minutes to heat sour cream.
5. Serve over egg noodles along with some crusty bread to mop up the sauce.

Serves 4-6

My notes:

• I know my version was not so "light" (I just used what I had on-hand) but was very good!
• I added more garlic than it called for and next time would use about half as much mushrooms and a little more beef. But add/reduce to your personal tastes!
• It was delicious and reheated 2 days later quite well!