Who woulda thunk?
By JC | December 1, 2010
I had the best time today writing up the pattern for a scarf I plan to knit.
This is odd. Most designers (myself included) would say that pattern-writing isn’t their favorite task. Rather, it rates far below sketching or swatching, and somewhere near envelope-stuffing.
Apparently, though, it’s been long enough since I last wrote or tech-edited any patterns that pattern-writing now counts as a fun change of pace. Of course, I enjoyed drawing a bunch of charts. Some will actually go in the pattern; some just helped me see what the pattern needs to say. But I actually enjoyed writing the pattern too: figuring out a clear and yet reasonably concise way to get the message across.
Wanna sneak peek?
a short little crescent
The yarn is Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine. I fell in love with the stuff when I knit Jolie, and bought more with the idea of swatching for a sweater… but wound up designing a scarf instead. (These things happen.)
This is just a swatch, of course. The real scarf will have the same pointed ends, but it’ll be substantially longer and a tad wider. And it’ll have some short-row shaping to create a gentle crescent curve. I’m picturing the final result as long, drapey, frilled a bit on one edge, and perhaps with a tiny corkscrew effect from the short rows. Or maybe a big corkscrew effect. It depends on how many short rows I decide to throw in. After all, I can re-write parts of the pattern if I want.
Who woulda thunk pattern writing could be so much fun?
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