designing (not)
Although I am not a huge fan of Escher, I must admit it is intriging stuff. Especially the drawings where the foreground is as much important as the background.
For example this one:
ore this one:
I thought: that must work for socks as well. So I designed some motives with the idea: foreground/ background: equally important.
Starting with these meanders:
The last one could work: but it had to be a repeating motif of 6 stitches:
The most left motif had that repeat.
But then in the very depth of my mind I recognized the motif: I had definately seen this one before. So I started looking and finaly I found this picture at my flickr favourites. Not completely the same: it's better.
So why bother?
This is the motif I am knitting. Designed by Anna Zilboorg. It can be found in this book
![](http://<a href="http://www4.clustrmaps.com/user/77a4e2bc"><img src="http://www4.clustrmaps.com/stats/maps-no_clusters/astridpersons.typepad.com-thumb.jpg" />){kind=link}
Wat ontzettend knap bedacht en ontworpen!
Posted by: Tijm | 02/02/2008 at 08:08 PM
Ja, soms is iets wat je graag wilt ontwerpen al uitgevonden door een ander!
Posted by: Hannah | 02/02/2008 at 09:06 PM
I love this play of colors. does it make you dizzy knitting it, or is it easy pattern to memorise?
Posted by: hpny knits | 02/03/2008 at 04:20 AM
@hpny knits: it is a very easy pattern to memorize. If knitting drives me crazy: I frog it!
Posted by: astrid | 02/03/2008 at 11:13 AM
O man,wat ingewikkeld!!!!!!!!!ik zou echt helemaal knetter worden!!!wat knap,echt super knap!xoxo
Posted by: Dees | 02/05/2008 at 09:20 AM