Reflections on the work.....

Good morning , A new day, a new blog.

A designers work can be as variated as the days of the seasons. 

A good designer eventually learns something new about the trade every session. It can be a matter of perspective or just a new technique. Anything new that can be used later to create something. 

All design involves a lot of brainstorming and sketching. Sketches done do not always end up as clothing or accessories, they might as well go into the "draft-bank" and be repurposed later into something else.

Not all of it is even "catwalk material" ,  

Knitwear for example does not often end up in fashion shows to be noticed by the media, There might be the occational accessories that are not always even hand made . 

Machine knit is also a "thing" and produces results much faster than anything done by hand . Therefore it is also suitable to mass produce a lot of identical things . 

On the other hand , knitting by hand is a rewarding process that can even be meditative in itself. Letting the  mind roam free for more ideas or just to solve upcoming problems.  

The hand knit items are much more personal as there are not many made the same way. Different types of yarn and colors affect that part mostly.  Two persons knitting up the same pattern will most probably have two very different and very unique  results. 

Enough for now, I will probably cover the non-knit designing in another article later when i have time  ;) 

Have a fantastic day ;

Nina

 

The basic process on making an DIY knit pattern.

Getting started with something; I am starting with my works.

Here below the process on a DIY knit pattern is explained very quickly.

Mentioning in the first article i am an knitwear designer also means i create DIY patterns which crafters can download from Ravelry and later on from this blog also, to knit by them self ; here is an example :

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/evening-roses

The amount of work going into one of these is much more than most people imagine. It includes the design process, draft, knitting up a full sized example in atleast one size , calculating sizes if there are more than one , write up the pattern line for line (in all sizes) and make graphic charts for it as well, putting it all into a PDF file , have sample photographed and then  have the pattern test knit in all sizes applicable by more than one person, before it finally can be published.

Sounds simple ? Well, it is more time consuming than it is complicated, and then the sizes part needs a decent mathematics skill.

An example of a project photo would be like this:

That´s enaugh for today;

Have a fabulous day everyone :
Ninetta,  aka LaceChick

Introduction

A new blog. It is like a new beginning, anything can happen.

First:  Who is NinettaDesign ? Who is behind Ninetta´s Designs ? 

A normal everyday chick. A knitwear designer and a freelance contractor. 

Design interested, history geek, a music enthusiasist who plays several instruments, a photography amateur, nature lover , all of these apply and many more. 

On this professional part of my blog you may find Design , Music or Photography.  I may or may not separate these later; moving a blog between domains is a tedious and time consuming work. I might even just work this up again from scratch, who is to know..... 

Or I might  feature other Designers, Musicians or Photographers on here. Who knows. 

I am not going to write up an essay of any kind today, this is more intended to be an intruduction of what is to come.


Have a Fabulous day; 
Nina