My family always loves an excuse to get together. My kids did wake up to little gifts waiting form them this morning. While many folks know that it's my busy season, I try to still stay around my kids. They're growing up very quickly. It was exciting to hear that my stepsister gave birth to their third kiddo. They had been hoping for a boy and now he has arrived. Welcome, Alden :).
This week has been very busy with work. Thankfully, a nice little distraction is Aroha Knit's Initiate Knit Design. It's a free program that generally runs over 10 days and follows Francois' process of designing knitting patterns from the spark to written instructions. I follow the Facebook group for this program. She had a class that goes into more depth and it's $247 - $297. It's not too expensive for a live and recorded program. She said it takes most people about six weeks to complete. It's tempting...if only there could be more time in a day. Here is a link to the class enrollment: Swatch Studio.
One big goal is to actually publish a few patterns this year and I'd like to do so with a great sense of purpose. I found a charity that I'd like to donate half the net after fee (paypal, ravelry, etc fees) proceeds to. A family member has agreed to model for me. Now I just have to get patterns fully designed, edited, and tested. Any takers? I'll give you the yarn if you'll test for me. I want to get the pattern out in May, which isn't much time. May is national Foster Care month and I'd like to help those kids. Can I get a pattern out in time? I'm hoping a few of the crocheters in my group will help me. Please shoot me a message. I'll be sending a message out to my Meetup group.
Here is my sketch:
Here is my swatch, I'll probably play with it more :).
I know this sounds crazy, but I'm also looking at a tech editing class for knitting patterns...much more expensive and will I actually start doing that work? Some designers take the class so that their patterns are more accurate. I love the idea of helping the knitting community and being able to do work from anywhere. Here is a link to Joeli's classes: Joeli Creates. If you take one of her classes, please let me know what you think about it. I'm really tempted, but time is not my friend.
Lastly, I get to test for a designer I greatly admire. I've just started. Thankfully the main body of the shawl is simple. A mindless knit is a really great. I ordered special yarn for the test that will take a little time to get to me, so I'm starting with some lovely alpaca lace that a European yarn company accidentally sent me instead of the fingering weight wool I requested. It's in my favorite Tiffany blue color...who will get this shawl....I'll post picks in a week or so.
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The special yarn is coming from New Zealand and it sounds so luxurious: Harnie Hoolie Designs. It will make for a nice gift as well, or maybe I'll keep it. It's a blend that includes mink and cashmere. I can't wait to knit with it...when will it get here already :).
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