I had so much fun playing around and learning on Saturday that I spent Sunday afternoon messing around with more mini-shawl shapes. I didn’t use any patterns, just cast on and figured out what I needed to do to make certain shaping things happen.
It was so much fun that now I’m wondering if I shouldn’t take one evening or weekend day a week and use it to just play around with different techniques or stitch patterns or whatever.
I’m mostly a product knitter, but maybe I can interject a little process knitting into my life 🙂 We’ll see!
Do you like to play around with your crafts or hobbies? Or are you more results-oriented? Do you ever try to go counter to your nature on that, and if so, how does it work out for you?
Quite A Yarn 
Interesting thoughts. I am a product knitter. Never thought about the process. Maybe this is why I don’t design. If you enjoy the process, will you start thinking of designing?
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I have done a little designing. I did a cowl, and also designed a shawl but never published the pattern. Was just thinking about finishing that back up and putting it out!
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I think it sounds like a great idea!
I guess I’m process knitter. I enjoy picking out the yarn and pattern and knitting the item. But once it’s done I’m ready for the next project more than excited with the finished item.
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You make such beautiful and adventurous projects 🙂
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Wonderful research you are doing!! Can’t wait to see what comes from all of it.
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Me too! Maybe nothing, but maybe it will lead somewhere 🙂
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Oh that is such a great idea! I know I’m too much of a product knitter to ever do it soo will live vicariously through you
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Well, we’ll see how long I can keep it up 🙂 Hopefully once a week won’t kill me.
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I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you
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🙂
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How fun! I am a little bit of both.
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Both is a good balance 🙂
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I think being willing to take the time to mess around like that is necessary for a designer. This is probably why I will never be a designer. I just want to get to it!
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I am mostly like that myself! I just want to do the projects. But I want to try messing around with different techniques at least a little bit of the time. We’ll see if I can stick with it!
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Process resulting in product for me! I tend to have just one or two projects at a time (obsessive, much?), so I do all my experimentation on it, and hopefully end up with a product that I can publish.
I love your little minis experimentation, very fun!
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They were! I’m hoping to do more of that. Not specifically the shawl shapes, but just general experimenting 🙂
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I want to love the idea of this, but I think I’m too much of a product knitter to really enjoy it. I’d rather just choose a project that has something new and try to figure it out that way. Like last year was “year of the stranded colorwork” where I made an effort to try and do a lot of stranded colorwork projects to improve my technique there.
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I mostly do that too 🙂 I definitely prefer doing projects. But I’m going to give this a try and see if I like at all. Maybe it’ll stick, maybe not 🙂
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