Whenever Shawl Design Inspiration Hits You
The last weeks I felt stuck. All my shawl design inspiration seemed to have disappeared suddenly after creating so many patterns this year. I felt desperately for creating something but just couldn’t get into designing at all. I felt empty and out of ideas, and like I had said anything left to say or now.
I thought well, then let’s do something for my classes instead. Go and study! Browsing my music collection for background sound I came across an 80s post punk song I hadn’t been listening to in years: Fugazi, Waiting Room.
And suddenly, it was back.
Bam!
I was listening to this song. This lyrics.
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
I’m from the waiting room
Sitting in the waiting room
Sitting in the waiting room
Sitting in the waiting room (tell me why)
Because, they can’t get up…
Shawl Design Inspiration: Knitting in The Waiting Room
Inspiration is like a budding flower. It needs nurturing, patience, and appreciation. I sat there listening to this song and suddenly knew what I was about to create next: shawl knitting patterns suitable for any waiting room. Suitable to comfort you and make you feel productive even when you impatiently are waiting for something.
Knitting in the waiting room.
Next thing I remember was I created a mood board for the project, putting it up in my Sample Knitting Group on Facebook.
I asked potential sample knitters to comment with their yarn selection, stating I’d design patterns based on their selection.
The rest is history. The project started, and six out of ten projects have been assigned only 24 hours after I put up the mood board.
Every pattern of the Knitting in the Waiting Room project is named after a (post) punk song. There are ten patterns in the first batch, and we even have an official Youtube playlist for the project!
- #01 A Place Called Home
- #02 Afraid of Heights
- #03 Everlong
- #04 Progress
- #05 The Pretender
- #06 Along The Way
- #07 True North
- #08 Generator
- #09 Waiting Room
- #10 The End
Did I mention how much I love my job? <3
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