I really want to work on something with a lot of color and I've always loved tile work. I was thinking of designing a fair isle with these for inspiration ..... Some of these would keep the colors all blue - the first and last picture for example. Or, if you worked from the Dome of the Rock, you could a gold body (maybe alternate rows or do 1x1 rows of different golds to keep the body from looking flat) with an intricate yoke and edges?
Here's some initial color picks from Knitpicks in Palette ...