Friday, November 29, 2013

designer doodling

All my knitting and crochet projects are complete, today! Hard to believe, but true. In order for me to catch-up on the writing portion of my design adventure, I made the statement:
NO NEW PROJCTS GO ON A NEEDLE UNTIL ALL THE PAST PATTERNS ARE WRITTEN.
That means completed and published.
I am the procrastinator when it comes to writing, so I had to make that statement out loud.

That does not mean I can't create. While gong through my e-mails this morning and making a Christmas shopping list for later today, I was doodling.
Look! Ruben's Alpaca Hat will have Aztec Designs! After designing the x's and o's, I have colored the paper just to get the real impression.

I think this will be a Great Hat!
He wants the hat to be a square beret with ear flops. I know this is probably hard to imagine but trust me, this hat will be truly original, warm and beautiful.

      repeat 12 stitches      
x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x
                                                     
x     x     x x x x x x x     x     x x x x x x x    
    x x x     x x x x x     x x x     x x x x x     x
  x x   x x     x x x     x x   x x     x x x     x x
x x       x x     x     x x       x x     x     x x  
x           x x       x x           x x       x x    
      x       x x   x x       x       x x   x x      
x           x x       x x           x x       x x    
x x       x x     x     x x       x x     x     x x  
  x x   x x     x x x     x x   x x     x x x     x x
    x x x     x x x x x     x x x     x x x x x     x
x     x     x x x x x x x     x     x x x x x x x    
                                                     
x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x   x
                                                     
    x x x     x     x x x           x x x     x     x
  x x x     x x x     x x x       x x x     x x x    
x x       x x   x x       x x   x x       x x   x x  
x     x x x       x x x     x x x     x x x       x x
    x x x           x x x     x     x x x           x
                                                     
          repeat 16 stitches          
knitting in the round requires both designs to be compatible
144 can be divided by 16 = 9 and 12 = 12
192 can be divided by 16 = 12 and 12 = 16