I’ve had an Idea with a capital I. It came to me one night as I went to bed, and I was so excited to start that I couldn’t get to sleep for ages.
It’s a nice feeling, that flash of inspiration, though it is of course always followed by having to actually do the thing – or let it wither on the idea vine, which I’ve definitely let happen before now.
Anyway the idea was this: what if I wrote a series of knitting patterns for scarves with affirmations, encouragements, and otherwise powerful messages? And I knew the first one I wanted to make: you don’t need permission.
It’s a message to myself first. I don’t need permission to write my first knitting pattern, to test it and perfect it, and ultimately to sell it. I can just do it!
It’s one of those rare occasions where the idea in my head translated pretty much exactly into real life. I tested the letters only, no border or edging, and knitted it in a mix of stranded and intarsia colourwork. That was phase one, and it took about a week all in.
I’m making a few tweaks – hardly any, really – and test two will be done double-sided which will be neater, cosier, and solve the problem of having a right and wrong side.
The first test, without the narrow borders I intend to add, used 11g of purple and 83g of green. I think the second one will use about 100g of each. If it goes over I’ll adjust the pattern – using a few grams of a second skein would not be sensible.
Wish me luck!
