Now that your excel spreadsheet is prepped and ready to go and you’ve started adding your pattern I’ll offer some tips and tricks I’ve found that help. It’s a great idea to add additional sheets to your file, so you have somewhere to work on different parts of your design. Just click the Plus sign …
Excel
The Super Interesting, Enchanting and Totally Enthralling Navigation of Excel for pattern making- there’s a party up in here! (Part 1- Basic Setup)
If you’ve read my previous posts you know that I use Excel a LOT in my pattern making and you also know that I tried very hard NOT to use Excel in my pattern making until I realized how versatile and easy it was to use. I’ve had some requests from friends and local knitters to share some step-by-step …
An idea pokes its head out of the shadows and sniffs the air tentatively…. (Beginnings: Pt. 4)
After giving away 2 scarves, totaling 156,400 stitches and 9+ months of work, and finishing the Mantle of Fierce Majesty, I decided it was time, finally, to make a scarf for myself. To invest that much time, however, I knew it needed to be something I truly loved. And though many fandoms could claim that …