I've been trying to design something. Any sort of something. I'm fairly new to knitting, having only been doing it for a few years (it's not essential to what I do on
Simply Knitting) and have finally reached the stage where I fancy designing something. Kirstie gave me a stray ball of
Rowan Damask, which is really a beautiful yarn, soft and silky without being completely smooth. I had an idea, sat down with my knitter's graph paper to work it out and then… nice idea, but it didn't work with Damask.
Back to the drawing board, or at least the knitter's graph paper, to come up with another stitch pattern. Idea 2 didn't work either. I'm either going to have to take the idea to another yarn, or keep on with the Damask and try new things. As I like the Damask, I'll probably keep plugging away with that. Kirstie, meanwhile, has come up with all sorts of beautiful things to do with the ball she has, and she makes it seem so easy! My friend Claire is also now writing
her own knitting patterns, and I'm really impressed with her creativity.
As a knitter, it's easy to dismiss simple patterns because they're so trouble-free to knit, but I'm quickly learning how hard it is to manage even a simple design!
Have you designed a pattern? Did you begin with the idea or the yarn? What sort of modifications did you have to make (if any) as the design progressed? I know the overall idea I have for the Damask will work, it's just finding the right pattern in which to execute it that's the problem.
