I recently stumbled upon the blog of Véronik Avery, a knitwear designer for Interweave Knits. She provided a tip on how to sketch. Meet the Croquis Family. Also, if you have the Vogue Bible, like I do, there are forms in the designing section of the book. I totally forgot about these until Jen mentioned it one day.
My newest reference book - Best of Vogue Knitting - has a reprinted article with a form as well. If you are truly desperate, you can probably find a picture in a magazine or catalog and trace over that.
Croquis is French for sketch. Don't be a fool like me and pronounce it like I did the other day. I said crocus. It should be CROW-KEY.
The sketch is just a sketch. You are just getting a visualization of the idea on paper. All design elements are inter-related. As a design is being knit, your sketch may change if you need to change the various elements.
Upcoming: Design Process Part III: Swatch
4 comments:
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Very nice! I can't wait to see as this progresses! =)
Wow! That is some sexy design.
In addition to the Vogue Knitting you're using as a reference, also look at "Designing Knitwear" by Deborah Newton. Your process reminds me a lot of the one she outlines in detail and I think you'd love it - highly informative - sort-of-a "handknitwear designer tells all" manual to designing on your own.
~ hb33 ~
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