Hello and welcome to our lovely readers, new faces and old friends :)
A few days ago, I discovered that Deramores is having 20% off all DK yarn until midnight Sunday. This of course includes the Stylecraft Special DK (my new favourite yarn as you all probably know by now), so my brain started ticking over on bigger projects I could potentially do to justify purchasing more of the delicious stuff.
After reviewing what felt like the entire internet, I decided I wanted to do something pixelly and rainbow and bargello-style - so I can do little squares and JAYG, and pick up and put down between orders :) We also will actually need a few lap blankets for the new house at the lake for next winter, so large lap size was probably the way to go. Of course, bargello style is not easy to translate into a pieced work as it asks for different widths of piece whilst maintaining height.
Today I actually picked up some grid paper (which printed not square - just imagine they are square please!), coloured pens and my inspiration pictures and came up with these:
1. IRREGULAR WAVE
Inspiration:
Rough Sketch
2. TWIST AND TURN
Inspiration:
Rough Sketch:
3. Hypno-Diamonds
Inspiration:
Rough Sketch:
What do you think? Which one should I try to make first?
If you're interested, I could also do up proper graphs so you could use these layouts too :)
I love all these, but if I had to choose I'd go with the Irregular Wave first... : )
ReplyDeleteHard choice !!!! Maybe I'd start with the irregular wave too ... Good luck and take care !
ReplyDeleteTwist and Turn is my vote :)
ReplyDeleteI think I would go for the third one, because I'm not sure if it is possible to get the 3D effect in crochet. But you can give it a try and prove otherwise ^_^, I'm easy to convince ^_^.
ReplyDeleteI like the diamonds. Wow, what a project!
ReplyDeleteThe Twist and Turn is fantastic and would certainly be quite a challenge!
ReplyDeleteHi Michelle!
ReplyDeleteI love all of them, but I would start with the first one!
Looking forward to finding out what you will choose!
Have a nice sunday!
Ingrid xx
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My favourite would be the twist and turn - I was mesmerised!
ReplyDeleteThe second design - twist and turn - is my favourite.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing behind-the-scenes design processes and am glad that I am not the only one who uses coloured pencil sketches. Interesting to compare your design sketches with the original sources of inspiration. I like the effect of the irregular wave - fascinating - but I love the twist and turn because it combines the dynamics of the irregular wave with the symmetry of hypno-diamonds.
ReplyDeleteOoh, these all look amazing! I like the second one, the twists and turns. I know that in quilting the third one is called "Around The World" (because I too have sketched this out to do as a pattern one day, lol). I just love the second one, visually it invites you in and it leads the eye off into the distance where who knows what beauty may be found. Go 2, go 2, go 2, go 2! LOL.
ReplyDeleteWhatever you make, I know it will be "mucking farvellous" and I can't wait to see it. <3