When I start a new design I have an idea in my mind of where I want things to go. Sometimes I even have a very crude outline of the design. I have stitches in mind. This is all well and good until two weeks into working on a design element, it is not turning out the way I want it to be.
Then I spend some time thinking about all aspects of the design. First and foremost. Can I turn it into a design element? Would I actually wear it with that particular design element? Can I further modify the design element to make it look better? Can it be blocked out? Would it look too wonky? Would anyone else want to wear it? Sometimes this takes weeks. Sometimes just the length of a television show.
All I know is that 2 weeks worth of stitching comes out in about 40 minutes. This includes winding the yarn into balls. Sighs! Then I pick up the next yarn and try something totally random and different.
If at first you don’t secede, skip the chocolate cake. Pick up your yarn and needles to try again. With the hopes that it will come out even better than the first design.
Enter the design world at your own risk. Please leave your egos at the door.
