“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail” -Edwin Land
Let’s talk about that part of my personality that stops me from reading the directions and just going for it, yea that part. I shared in a previous post that I wanted to learn design right? The best course of action would be grab a book or take an online course, but that is too much like right. Oh no, we can’t do that *insert blank stare*
Instead of figuring out the math so the cowl came out the size I wanted, I just casted on until I could comfortably join in the round. Yup you read it right, who does that??
That would be me and of course it’s too wide, well duh had I done some home work instead of just casting on. The original plan was to just alternate stripes, I found a video tutorial to show me how to avoid the jog when knitting stripes in the round and got started. The knitting was going well, but I got bored and decided to try some color work. Now this part I think I did a dayum good job at, did I write down what I did? NOPE smh.
I started out with changing the color every 2 stitches which created columns if you will. Then I decided I wanted checks so I changed color every 4 stitches, after 4 rounds I did the opposite which created the little squares. *insert cheesy grin* I was very proud of myself in that respect. My floats even looked good
I just need to find me a class on Craftsy and figure out the math part and try it again. Like they say, if at first you don’t succeed, try doing some research, wait I said that! LOL! But you know what I mean. 
Knit on my fiber friends…knit on
~GG
This is Gorgeous you did a awesome job I love it!!
Thank you!
Nice colorful floats. Thanks for sharing the Edwin Land quote….I’ve been learning how to apply this to my life journey. Looking forward to your future cowl designs. 🙂
It looks great!
Thank you!!
I think we have to throw caution to the wind sometimes and learn from what works and what doesn’t! Beautiful Cowl and great colorwork. I’m taking the pattern writing class over on Craftsy right now. It doesn’t really teach you about how to work out the math but certainly helpful for aspiring designers. Keep up the awesome work!
oh thanks, any ideas on working out the math?
Hm, It looks like the craftsy class Sizing Knitwear Patterns by Faina Goberstein is aimed more at sweaters but I’m sure that the skills would transfer to most knitted objects. I’ve also found the Yarn Councils website really useful when looking for standard sizes.
you Rock!! thanks!