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May 24, 2005

All or Nothing

I've been noticing lately that I get creative spurts that come on all at once. Lately I've been working on my final project for design, but I've also been planning a sweater (I've given up on patterns; they drive me nuts and are often wrong; if I have to do all the work anyway, I'll design exactly what I want), working on a garden design for the far-off future when we have a yard again, and designing three web pages.

Maybe I need to work on spacing this out a bit better.

Here are some of the planning drawings I've done on my project. It's a materials resource center, to hold and display all our materials samples (they're in a closet now, and the purges happen often because of no space).

I've got two levels in my design (required; some people have more but that didn't happen for me): a gallery level:

And a ground plane underneath.

The elevation shows that I've been taking modern architectural history this quarter, doesn't it?

While in San Francisco the other evening, Noel and I paid a visit to Imagiknit, which closes at a ridiculously early hour. When you have to kick people out of the store, you're closing too early.

I got a couple of things to play with: a laceweight alpaca ($5 is expendable to see whether I have an allergic reaction)

And this weird thing called "Magic Ball" by Be Sweet, in the "Fire Ball" colourway. It's mohair, which I do not have a problem with (unless it has been stored in a bin with wool, which I have encountered). I'm thinking of crocheting a bucket hat out of it. It was very expensive as an experiment, but I'm considering making a lightweight winter-warmth cardigan for dressy occasions from it or a similar product, so a sample to see how it works up was worthwhile. If I can get a tight, decent fabric out of it I might even make a pullover evening sweater to be worn without a blouse underneath. But I think all those ribbons and things will be kind of itchy, if not allergenic.

And now to bed, and tomorrow to spend the whole day in studio.

Posted by ayse on 05/24/05 at 10:34 PM