I like what you did with either tuberose pattern- and your yarn choice transformed it too. The staggering of the pattern made it much more dynamic, moving in all directions instead of vertical and horizontal. The Manzil mitts are so pretty- you seem to have a knack for matching stitch to yarn.
I love to read about design processes, and your design process. Your patterns always have the most lush textures and the colours and yarns you pair them with are perfect. 💗
(I'm currently almost finished with writing the pattern for my knot bag, and as with previous makes, one of the things that I find most challenging but also interesting is coming up with ways of representing and explaining in words and images particular details and techical stuff that are not so standard. I don't mean it in the sense I've invented something, cause I'm sure others use these techniques and write patterns for them, but in the sense I don't know of any standards as there are for more traditional crochet. I wonder how my future written patterns will develop and look like as I become more confident in the solutions I come up with. It's one of the things I'd like to write about here on Substack. Will have to take care of that! 🤓)
I’m so glad to know you enjoy these discussions. And thank you for your kind words about the designs. Textures are my all time favorites.
I understand what you mean. Some things that are relatively easy to do or show to someone in person, become very tricky to put down as instructions. Like you rightly said, they may not be available in the “traditional” vocabulary to borrow and simply write up. Even if you didnt invent the technique itself, you may be the first person inventing instructions for it.
My gut feeling is to go with it. That’s what iMO makes someone’s patterns stand apart from the rest and would attract a certain set of people who also love the same kind of things. ❤️
I like what you did with either tuberose pattern- and your yarn choice transformed it too. The staggering of the pattern made it much more dynamic, moving in all directions instead of vertical and horizontal. The Manzil mitts are so pretty- you seem to have a knack for matching stitch to yarn.
Awwwww! You are so kind. Thank you so much. Your comment pretty much made my day. ❤️
I love to read about design processes, and your design process. Your patterns always have the most lush textures and the colours and yarns you pair them with are perfect. 💗
(I'm currently almost finished with writing the pattern for my knot bag, and as with previous makes, one of the things that I find most challenging but also interesting is coming up with ways of representing and explaining in words and images particular details and techical stuff that are not so standard. I don't mean it in the sense I've invented something, cause I'm sure others use these techniques and write patterns for them, but in the sense I don't know of any standards as there are for more traditional crochet. I wonder how my future written patterns will develop and look like as I become more confident in the solutions I come up with. It's one of the things I'd like to write about here on Substack. Will have to take care of that! 🤓)
I’m so glad to know you enjoy these discussions. And thank you for your kind words about the designs. Textures are my all time favorites.
I understand what you mean. Some things that are relatively easy to do or show to someone in person, become very tricky to put down as instructions. Like you rightly said, they may not be available in the “traditional” vocabulary to borrow and simply write up. Even if you didnt invent the technique itself, you may be the first person inventing instructions for it.
My gut feeling is to go with it. That’s what iMO makes someone’s patterns stand apart from the rest and would attract a certain set of people who also love the same kind of things. ❤️
Thank you for the kind push, Kavitha! I'm excited about the process, so I'll just go with it. 😊