I spend a lot of my crafting time following and refining knitting patterns of my own design. But it's important for a designer to try out others' patterns as well, because there are always new techniques to discover and approaches to explore through someone else's artistic style. It's like the relationship between reading and writing... Continue Reading →
I realize it's been almost 2 months since I last wrote (I got it in just under the wire). No, I have not been knitting all that much during that time. But yes, I have recently picked it back up. The lesson I've learned (not for the first time, and not for the last time,... Continue Reading →
Over the next several weeks / months, I will be developing and introducing a new Kniterative Design. It's... *drumroll* ... A horse! (Of course!) I actually began designing it earlier this spring, but it was slow-going while I finished the last few months of grad school, and I didn't want the updates to read "Well,... Continue Reading →
Whew. As usual, my professional life has been a whirlwind. I'm in my second year of grad school for speech-language pathology and my second week of my first off-site clinical placement, at a hospital. I now spend 3 days a week mostly power-walking the med/surg and rehab floors, seeing lots of inpatients, and occasionally sitting,... Continue Reading →
My process has always been an iterative one. I follow patterns that I wrote, but often I change things as I go along, hopefully for the better. For example, I've tried out many different ways of doing the eyes. At first, I sewed them on - after cutting the shapes out of felt or crocheting... Continue Reading →
Well, Banjo the knitted dachshund is now finished, but I've got a lot of work ahead of me this summer. The animals currently in the shop are looking a little lonely; I need to add to my selection! I think my focus, for the time being, will continue to be dogs. They're a good summer... Continue Reading →
Spring (semester) is over, and summer (semester) has begun. The season has changed, and so have the textbooks and topics. Being a grad student, my concept of time is wholly related to the semester schedule, due dates, readings, and tests. I had less than a week between my last final and the start of my... Continue Reading →
Today's work in progress is very pink. Observe: Right now it looks more or less like a mound of fluff, but someday soon, this will be a pink bunny. When I was originally designing my knitted bunny pattern, years ago, I began with the back legs. Anyone who has ever seen a rabbit run across... Continue Reading →
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