Getting the Muse out of your system
16 Sep 2012 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursulas_alcoveSo I was working on a design late last night until 2 am. I figured every detail out, how much yarn I'd need, colors, how to go about making it, everything. My muse was sparked by a lady I've met numerous times. We just call her the weaver from Yellow Springs. Everyone knows her. She does renaissance fairs. Long ago she was kind enough to talk to me about some of the fairs. Well, Wild Fiber Magazine did a feature interview with her. Looking at her color palette is always inspiring. She plays with the whole rainbow and quite well. Well, it was inspiring. It got my creative juices flowing and they won't stop. Must turn brain off somehow.
I got one design sketched out. Jennifer and I went over this year's color palette. I have been wanting to do some jackets for a long time. Got that design all pinned down. Picked out yarns and dyes. Ready to start some trial pieces once this shawl is done. Finally got to sleep, but woke up way too early with more ideas I needed to try. I got out a little granny square peg loom and a basket of yarn. Yesterday I'd been pondering what the heck to do with the Berrocco Suede yarn I was given in a dusty rose. I poured over Ravelry yesterday. I didn't like the knitted items but woven was okay. I had no other colors to mix it with and I'm not interested in buying more of the stuff. So I had an idea about a textured shawl where each square is a different material. Well the suede turned out nice but took a whole hour to do one 6.25" square. A proper shawl would need 48 squares. I am not about to spend 48 hours on a shawl that I can only get $150 for at best. Got that out of my system. I also did a second square out of a cotton boucle. Just in case the Suede was fussing and took me longer than it aught. The boucle took just as long and was an inch larger than the first square, owing to the stretch in the suede. Concept failure. That's why we do prototypes. Finally got that out of my system.
Now I'm tired and useless. I made a bit of lunch and seriously attacked the kitchen. Did bunches of dishes, cleaned surfaces, etc. Jen is working on a roast and while that cooks, I need to attack apples. Must start canning. Gonna make some apple butter. Hopefully will go to bed early without more inspiration that I can accomplish in a day.
I got one design sketched out. Jennifer and I went over this year's color palette. I have been wanting to do some jackets for a long time. Got that design all pinned down. Picked out yarns and dyes. Ready to start some trial pieces once this shawl is done. Finally got to sleep, but woke up way too early with more ideas I needed to try. I got out a little granny square peg loom and a basket of yarn. Yesterday I'd been pondering what the heck to do with the Berrocco Suede yarn I was given in a dusty rose. I poured over Ravelry yesterday. I didn't like the knitted items but woven was okay. I had no other colors to mix it with and I'm not interested in buying more of the stuff. So I had an idea about a textured shawl where each square is a different material. Well the suede turned out nice but took a whole hour to do one 6.25" square. A proper shawl would need 48 squares. I am not about to spend 48 hours on a shawl that I can only get $150 for at best. Got that out of my system. I also did a second square out of a cotton boucle. Just in case the Suede was fussing and took me longer than it aught. The boucle took just as long and was an inch larger than the first square, owing to the stretch in the suede. Concept failure. That's why we do prototypes. Finally got that out of my system.
Now I'm tired and useless. I made a bit of lunch and seriously attacked the kitchen. Did bunches of dishes, cleaned surfaces, etc. Jen is working on a roast and while that cooks, I need to attack apples. Must start canning. Gonna make some apple butter. Hopefully will go to bed early without more inspiration that I can accomplish in a day.
