New Patterns

I’ve been working on new patterns the last few days.  This is quiet work which requires a lot of thought, a lot of retracing of steps, and work at the old spreadsheets to get the numbers for all the sizes.  You don’t need all the sizes to get a sample knitted, but if you don’t work out the numbers at the outset, you often find yourself with problems with one of the non-sample sizes that cause all sorts of problems when you go to write the final version.  I have had too many problems of that sort in the past and now I work out as much as humanly possible before I send my sample pattern to the knitter.

I’ve got an eclectic mix of things going on here in terms of new designs.  I’m finishing off a mini-collection of girly girls things as well as working on some unfinished things, and starting a new collection concept.  I can’t say anything, but this is luscious stuff!  This is also a time when I discover new things.  Sometimes they aren’t new new, but are new to me.

And have I mentioned the new pattern format and new pattern names?  This is huge!  More to come later.