Dawn Brocco's Life & Design Blog

Am 5" into the lower ribbing on this new cardigan in Alpaca Boucle. Am planning on 8" worth, and should have that done by later today. I ran the Fibonacci numbers to make sure I would get a balanced design. For those unfamiliar with Fibonacci, one begins with one and adds the number before it to it to get the next number, so: 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34 etc.

When things are sized to the dimensions of Fibonacci numbers, they have visual balance or harmony.

So, I've planned 8" for the lower rib in black and 13" for the upper body in the fuchsia / orange tweed.

It's a good thing I've started this simple cardigan, as mom is coming on Sunday for a few days to see her mom about an hour away, as grandma isn't doing well at all lately. She's in the hospital again, and it's not looking good. Grandma is 87, and though she's a fighter, the body can only bounce back so many times and each time lately, has been weaker and weaker.

So, some simple knitting is the least of which my nerves will desperately need to handle this, though a couple of stiff drinks or a valium would be more like it, if I was so inclined, which, unfortunately, I'm not.

Am making progress on that booklet of designs. Retook some photos several times yesterday until I got ones that worked well. Patterns are written and proofed. So, now, just adjusting photos to do and printing samples until they all look good. Then off to the copy editor. I'd like to have it available in a couple weeks, so knitters will have time to knit the designs up before winter hits.

Is it my imagination or are knitters slow to pick up their knitting after this summer? The beginning of September usually begins the 6-month busy knitting / ordering season, as April to August is pretty much dried up, but not this September. I wonder what's up.