knit design: uncertainty is beautiful?
too much planning is not always a good thing, the sweater i'm designing (hereon will be referred to as "alpakka sweater") is a living proof of that.
fold-in hem, all nice and lovely but frogged yarns are equally delicious!and the luck only went this far. i knew i wanted to have a sweater with funky color combo, so with a purply blue hem, and a burgundy one as the next layer of color would be interesting, but the result? no. it was screaming "i'm still in the primary school" way too loud! so, i ripped out everything and that was that.
i have become friends with knitting frogs.
it did not really stop there. i actually crossed out most of the original ideas and started over. sometimes, too much planning can limit one's creativity. so, i'm just going to "knit with the flow"; whatever comes to mind is going to be expressed in my stitches. as long as i'm keeping the gauge and the tension straight, which luckily, i had my calculator by my side at all times. whew!
orange and purple? odd but sweet.
i was not kidding about the calculator, it is your best friend, right next to the frogs...
Comments
I like both versions of the design so far, but I agree about the color combination in the first. I find them very tough to plan.
posted by Colleen on September 14, 2005 03:03 PM
How exciting. I really like how the second version looks. I can hardly wait to see more.
posted by Stephanie on September 14, 2005 03:14 PM
It's great that you are flexible enough to let the knitting come to you, rather than force the knitting. Good luck with it!
posted by Purly Whites on September 14, 2005 03:43 PM
Lovely colour combination. Keep going with the flow and experiment. Have fun creating a work of art.
posted by francoise on September 14, 2005 03:44 PM
I love that you are going with the flow of the sweater and not writing out the complete pattern beforehand. Wonder if it will change your knitting experience and keep things interesting to the end? PS - I just used this yarn for the first time in my SYNO scarf. It will make a SOFT sweater!
posted by Diana on September 14, 2005 03:58 PM
The burgundy, orange and pink look great together, they remind me of that funky lovely company Oilily. I think if you follow your gut, you can't really go wrong!
posted by Steph on September 14, 2005 05:09 PM
When you plan, the colors never come out like you think. You'll definitely like the color scheme better if you just go with the flow. I like how it looks so far.
posted by Saun on September 14, 2005 07:24 PM
Hang in there! I love the colour combination of the burgundy, orangy, pink one. Had want to knit a Trivoli in those colours with leftover yarn but afraid that there may not be enough.
posted by Siow Chin on September 15, 2005 04:05 AM
The colors are beautiful - I cant wait to see how it progresses!
posted by MeBeth on September 15, 2005 03:54 PM
beautiful colours- but it is amazing how playing around with the placement/positioning makes so much difference to the look. Have fun experimenting! the yarn sounds divine..
posted by Di on September 15, 2005 11:28 PM
I'm loving the orange border on the purple! I'm going to withold judgement on the pink edges until I see more of where you're going with them. They've got potential, I just can't quite picture what they're doing yet. But the orange and purple? I'm really liking those.
posted by katie on September 16, 2005 10:51 AM
With all the planning we often do when knitting, sometimes it's nice to let go and do a little "improvisational" knitting. I love your yarn and color choices and look forward to watching them play out.
posted by nona on September 16, 2005 11:01 AM