Well, now I’ve left the design aside for so long, it’s kind of hard to get back into the swing of things. Today, that’s what I’ll be trying to do. Where was I? What was I thinking? What was I doing? Hum….
Let’s go back to the beginning. Here’s my first sketch, definite proof that the inability to draw is not an obstacle to get a pattern accepted by Interweave Crochet. So, don’t be afraid if you’re sketching is not very good, it can’t possibly be worse than mine. Obviously I’d try to get something a little bit better if I was planning on submitting this anywhere.
Now, what have I done so far? I started an Excel sheet for all my calculations. Although the basic concept is the same at the beginning of every sweater, it usually quickly turns out all over the place and totally messy to everyone who’s not in my brain.
But the thing is, I don’t have a mathematical brain at all, some of the simplest things I first have to write down on a piece of paper to make sure I don’t mix up what do divide by what before putting them into my spreadsheet.
So, I have all the main numbers for the body (not the sleeves yet). But I still have to think about how to handle decreases and increases in the pattern. And here’s the one big difference to knitting design. In knitting it is easier to get rid of 1 st at a time. In crochet, you have to take your stitch pattern into account, it must remain symmetric, it should still be centered once you’re done with your decreases and it shouldn’t look sloppy if you decrease by fractions of a pattern repeat.
This is when I get out the graph paper. Sometimes it is enough to draw out small sections of a pattern, sometimes I tape a bunch of sheets together to be able to visualize my stitch pattern within my pattern (if that makes any sense). Every time I do this, I wish I had taken the time to teach myself some sort of graphics program to do this part a little faster. So far, I have not done that, neither have I decided which one I should learn. So, pen and paper it is.
Most of that work is still to be done, but here’s how I sketched out the shoulder/neckline in one size.
Well, now I have to get down to adjusting all that to fit my pattern, decide how to work de- and increases, and start on calculating my sleeves.
Un nouveau modèle Citronille qui m’a bien fait jurer hier, mais au final, ce n’est pas si mal que ça (tant qu’on ne regarde pas à l’intérieur). Plus d’info sur le blog des Citrocopines.
Wieder was genäht. War ein ziemliches Gefluche gestern, aber am Ende sieht’s dann doch ganz ok aus. Man darf nur nicht die Innenseite anschauen. Anleitung wieder von Citronille.
