i don't like stockinette stitch

so, i cast on for a new project. it's based on the brown top by Lana Grossa, but i am going to change the collar, knit it more shawl-like. the yarn is a gift i got a few (10?) years ago and did not have any idea what to use it for. the colour is something in between first two and the last photo.



now i ~only have to make my way through the seas of almost plain stockinette, ugh...