Designing Knits For Babies From Scratch

Hat and booties.

I wanted to knit some booties but didn't have a pattern so what I did was draw the shape of the bootie side-on, then drew what I thought it would look like as one flat piece. They're really quick to knit and a good pattern for beginners to use if I can just work out how to write out the pattern in a way that others can easily follow and understand. (I'll try to find the piece of paper I drew it on and post it later).

Get 7 PEOPLE together for a CLICK-STICK workshop. $15each FOR 3 HOURS to play around with or share designing ideas.
If you can find SEVEN people and a PLACE to do a workshop, then you get to be there for FREE. You set the theme. Spinning-Knitting, 
There is no reason why we couldn't draw a design for a garment or sculpture and then nut out between us how to go about making up a knitting pattern for it, whether it is for something functional or fanciful.  

PS. The hat is not my own design BUT the booties are.

Knitted Tea Cosy with Flip-Top Flower Motif Lid

Tea cosy from hand-spun wool

Playing around with odds and sods, function and form, art and aspect..... its all part of the adventurous learning curve for something bigger and grander....Like say a collaborative work for entering into one of the NZ'S many exhibitions?????

Filling in time till the winter projects get going

Commercially dyed hanks of yarn

I am not a big fan of commercial dyes and therefore am not very enthusiastic when it comes to producing dyed wool. However I have a large quantity of commercial wool yarns that I sometimes need to dye to a specific colour for certain projects. It would be great to get together to do some eco-dying specifically targeted towards hand-spun or commercial wool hanks.