Before I started designing, I sometimes wondered where pattern designers got their ideas. I thought I'd never be able to design because I just wouldn't have any clue what to design. Now I find myself thinking up ideas at all kinds of random times. Like yesterday, for example. Granted it's very cold here at the moment which does turn the thoughts to warm woollens sometimes but driving along yesterday I found my mind straying from the motorway to knitting.
'What to design next?' I pondered. 'I've done three pairs of socks in a row, maybe it's time for a change. Mitts are good, I like mitts, but it's too cold for mitts. How about mittens? I haven't designed any mittens yet and they are on my to-do list'.
But what kind of mittens? It was early evening and the clouds were making interesting patterns in the darkening sky.
'Stranded colourwork? That's always fun, but there are so many out there, and it's fiddly. What about slip stitch?'
An idea had begun to form. Mentally I rummaged in my stash for yarns that could become slipstitch mittens, and by the time I got home I knew what my next design would be.
So what's on the needles right now? That's it - a hat!!!
'What to design next?' I pondered. 'I've done three pairs of socks in a row, maybe it's time for a change. Mitts are good, I like mitts, but it's too cold for mitts. How about mittens? I haven't designed any mittens yet and they are on my to-do list'.
But what kind of mittens? It was early evening and the clouds were making interesting patterns in the darkening sky.
'Stranded colourwork? That's always fun, but there are so many out there, and it's fiddly. What about slip stitch?'
An idea had begun to form. Mentally I rummaged in my stash for yarns that could become slipstitch mittens, and by the time I got home I knew what my next design would be.
So what's on the needles right now? That's it - a hat!!!
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