Amanda Furlan: Inspirations of a First-Time Designer

re: Amanda Furlan: Inspirations of a First-Time Designer

SharonS@2 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:49:25 GMT

I started knitting (again) about a year ago when I decided to give up smoking. And it worked (yea). Anyway, now what inspires me is usually looking at something and thinking, I want to try that. Love things in soft fuzzy yarns. Sometimes I take a couple of things from patterns and work them together to make something I want. Love to knit handbags and clutches.

re: Amanda Furlan: Inspirations of a First-Time Designer

BrendaR@2 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:47:22 GMT

Brenda Rz, PA

When I see a pattern with a new challenge that I haven't tried before. I love knitting socks and am now trying a pair with a lacy pattern.

re: Amanda Furlan: Inspirations of a First-Time Designer

JacquelineV — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:50:48 GMT

When I want to knit but don't want to work on a project I have going I dump my yarn out of its crates and boxes onto the bed and sit in the pile and look at the colors and feel the textures until something comes to me. I usually try to speed the process up by flipping through books and magazines and modify what I see a little.

re: Amanda Furlan: Inspirations of a First-Time Designer

SigridS — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:45:42 GMT

Yarn, color & shape inspire me. I love to collect a single color yarn in as many textures as I can find. Then I look for an interesting pattern that can be adapted to using multiple yarns. Jackets & cardigans are what I most like to knit. Clean modern shapes work best. I admire and envy those who are able to come up with original designs.

re: Amanda Furlan: Inspirations of a First-Time Designer

Carol Y — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:32:40 GMT

My inspiration comes from many sources. It may come from from new fabric lines (I work in a quilt shop), or a quilt pattern. Often it comes from the yarn itself - what would make the most out of it? Sometimes I get inspiration from a person and their personality. Nature is also a strong influence.

re: Amanda Furlan: Inspirations of a First-Time Designer

Jessica-JeanI — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:07:48 GMT

Inspiration comes in all forms. Often it's a pattern I come across -in a book, magazine or online - and which I use as a starting point towards my finished project. Usually it's some yarn that seems to call out to me to make it into something. I rarely buy both a pattern and yarn with the intention of making a specific something. I rarely knit a pattern exactly as written. I have done so, just to prove to myself that I am able to follow someone else's pattern to the letter. It's MUCH more fun to play with the pattern and change bits and pieces to suit myself!

re: Amanda Furlan: Inspirations of a First-Time Designer

Jenni — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:52:41 GMT

sometime it's yarn - sometimes it's colour, This weekend it was the LYS' annual sale, and the Hanne Falkenburg (sp?) Mermaid kit. Actually, "inspiration" doesn't often enter into the question - usually it's "compulsion": I MUST have something - several somethings - in progress

Jenni In Edmonton - who knit last week even if it was at or above 30 degrees Celsius (mid to high 90's F)