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.
