waves & whirlpools

January 2016: Here’s another of my crazy creations. The yarn was calling me to create something with lots of color.

Design process: I started with the yarn: Dragonfly Yarns (Purples, Blues, & Cognac.

Kept seeing this lovely wave of color but just couldn’t get it.

Started with an unusual hemline band.

February 2016: The body, after ripping the entire thing twice I came upon the idea of using German short rows to create waves but they were going in the wrong direction: vertical vs. horizontal.

Then, everything got flipped 90 degrees and everything suddenly worked.

March 2016: The star shown here was originally my 'palette' but now has been incorporated as the center back. The "swirl" of squares and short rows to create a circular pattern. The center of the circle is a wrapped stitch marker. Once wrapped, the squares were sewn in and embroidered. There will be embroidery on these squares. This center makes the rest of the vest possible since turning everyt

March 2016: As I’ve been knitting, ends that needed to be woven in became a problem. The traditional methods created too thick a fabric due to too many ends that had to be woven into the same sets of stitches (overlapping each other). So I decided to “run” the ends up the individual rows. It actually has a very nice finish as you can see in the photos.

April 2016: The project is about 70% complete. I’ve sewn everything together and I’m pleased with it so far. I’m working on the bottom of the back which is being knit in waves similar to the ones in the photo above. I’ve added onto the border band and it is now a neck band.

May 2016: FINISHED! Final details: small spiral / circular embellishments in soft waves. I am very pleased with the completed

waves & whirlpools

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