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The Design Process – Sweater Finished!

Sorry to keep you guys waiting so long, but here is the long awaited picture of the design process sweater! It’s not the best picture in the world, but you get the idea. Here’s a details shot: And now we can compare the sketch to the final product. How did I do? I decided to [...]

The Design Process – Finishing

I felt so bad about my design process project sadly sitting on the couch, all hidden away. So I did something about it. I got out the tapestry needle and started sewing! And now we enter into one of our last installments on the making of the garment. My next topics will briefly touch on [...]

The Design Process: Buttonbands

Finally! I am nearing the end of my little series. Not that it’s a good thing, it’s just exciting to finally be able to show you the final project and compare the original idea to the final product. I have to say, I think it’s going to be pretty close to the original concept, which [...]

The Design Process – Blocking

As promised, I finished up the left front this weekend and am finally able to proceed with the series. I know I had mentioned talking about picking up stitches, but how could I leave out the very important process of blocking! Shame on me! I know there are people of both the wet block camp [...]

The Design Process – Finished, no – more math, yes!

Yay! The back is finished and I’m ready to move onto the front! If this was a pullover, I could just cast on the same amount of stitches and follow the back numbers until I got to the front neckline, but no such luck. I need to figure out how many stitches to cast on [...]

The Design Process – Yet More Math

After working the bust increases, it’s now time to shape the underarm seam for the doleman-like sleeve. Instead of using a set formula for the increases, I drew out a chart to make sure the shape is what I wanted. I wanted the increases to be worked over 2″, which according to my row gauge [...]

The Design Process – More Math

Sorry for the delay in the series! Last week, I was so busy with work (it’s market week – ugh!) that I was hardly able to knit a stitch. Even if I had tried to knit a stitch, I was so tired I don’t think I would have been able to. Buyers zap the energy [...]

The Design Process – Math

Math, the bogyman of the knitting world! I’ll try to explain the best I can, and I hope it is somewhat understandable. Instead of doing everything at once, I’ll try to break it down into smaller pieces and only as I work on each section. My numbers tend to change as I’m working anyway, so [...]

The Design Process – Gauge

Let’s talk about gauge. Now I know what some of you are thinking – ugh! not another lecture about gauge! Well, yes and no. When designing a pattern, a gauge swatch is the key to all my numbers. Without it I would be completely lost, have to rip back 50,000 times and would probably be [...]

The Design Process – Inspiration

Welcome to my first installment of a glimpse inside my design process! I will begin with a very short summary of where I find inspiration and then talk a bit about sketching and swatching the initial design. I also include dates so you can get a general idea how long the process can sometimes take. [...]