If you do your own patterns, how did you start? Are there basic formulas for creating certain types of items such as ponchos, hats, etc.?
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If you do your own patterns, how did you start? Are there basic formulas for creating certain types of items such as ponchos, hats, etc.?
On 5 Jun 2005 21:46:03 -0700, internetchick spun a fine yarn
I don't know HOW to explain, or where to begin in telling someone else how to design knit or crochet patterns, I just 'do' it! I'm not sure it CAN be 'taught' or explained.... Sorry to be of no help! Noreen who's been designing since the age of 11 ish....
I do .. it all depends on what you want to make and what shape you want to end up with. W/ crochet .. pretty much anything goes. Before I start a design I consider the finished product, the shape and the stitch. The backpack that I posted in my blog today I made 'on the fly' I just made it up as I went along.
me too. :) and I agree. You first have to get a feel for the stitches, what they do, how they act when put w/ other stitches. If you know what you are doing it's simple to make a flat line curve or a curve line flat, you know what happens when you increase one kind of stitch and increase another. There really is a feel to it.
I'm doing a blanket now. I did it with the the count of the stiching about 200 or 280 crochet links then single crochet into the links. After that I added clusters with a sc next to each one. After that its a tc (treble crochet),after that repeat from single crochet. It getting to look good. Pam-Doggirl3
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Noreen and Kat, I think You both explained it EXACTLY how it is! You have to feel how the stitches works, and then do it how you "feel". I crochet and knit much without patterns, but I cannot say that I make my own patterns either. I have to "adapt" the work while i work, and have never patience to write it down. So when finished; I cannot explain exactly what I have done, therefore I have not made any pattern!
BUT let me say it VERY load and clearly: The results are NOT ALWAYS good! AUD;-)
I think that if you have some experience working with different yarns ( how they work up) and following patterns ( for garment or afghan measurment), you can experiment on your own with your own designs. Some people can design as they go along, some need to put on paper, or draw it out, etc.
I have done my own patterns for scarves and afghans during the years just by learning stitches and trying to covert them to certain measurments for what I am crocheting. Sometimes I end up frogging a lot but when I am done, I am usually happy about it.
Go for it! Try doing something simple and go from there. You will be proud of yourself in the end. Let us know if you try.
Diane
And I'll just add, at the bottom of all the replies here, that Elizabeth Zimmermann herself said that Knitters (and crocheter's too!) are the smartest people in the world, and tend to figure out complex patterns and mathematical equations by 'feel'. HTH, Noreen
I don't write them down either .. except for sleeves! While no 2 bags have to be exactly the same ... 2 sleeves on the same sweater should be! hehe btdt ... always saying "but I'll remember *this* time."
That's precisely why I've always kept a crafting journal! Noreen
Well!! My answer will not be specified for Crochet alone . Had a a new pupil yesterday. She wants to learn weaving , she got a small loom , bought wonderful hand spun wools ,,, and she wants to make `Something` with them ,,,I suggested that for practice , she uses cheaper and more common materials ,,, amd as for designing ..Set up some questions ? What is my goal ? what is it i want / Can Do ????? Do i make this thing just 'to make a thing ? or just to make That Thing? or do i want to enjoy the making ? to learn from the making ? I know this might seem irrelevant to your quest , but this are tiny steps to your design abilities ? The first times i tried to design clothes i taught myself to divide them into parts and thougght how i would `design ` that part ,,, later i learned how to combine those parts .....Sometimes it helps to design dolls clothes , sometimes it helps to cut and glue newspapers Cutting ,, it is all a training of the mind ,,Some people can `see` better how colors will look together ? or Forms ? some can`t ... so make up little excercises to teach this parts you you aren`t so experted in ..
Now hold yourself ; SPEAK with the materials , Listen to the materials ,,, Work with not against things.
To explain my syem ,,,, A poncho can be flatted to rectangle or triangle ,,,, a hayt is a pot +brim etc.. mirjam
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Very good advices, Mirjam!!! AUD;-)
Hi Ladies,
You are so talented, more so then I ever thought of being. If I don't have a pattern in front of me, I'm completely lost. DH has told me to design myself, but it's not in me like it is him. He had made up some graphs for me when I was knitting as he wanted certain things in a sweater. He also plays piano by ear and I can't even play reading the sheet music. LOL
Hugs,
Nora
Nora, I can't read a single note of music! But I can STILL read and write Gregg Shorthand, lol! Hugs, Noreen
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I have a good positive feeling that someday we'll be able to say... we knew you back when... LOL! Good luck! Hugs, Noreen
Really??? I am impressed!
Hugs, Katherine
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