Just before Christmas, I participated as a designer in the Indie Gift-along on Ravelry. One of the best parts was the chance to get to know other designers and become familiar with their work. Alicia Landi of Woolen Diversions is one of my new favorites and she kindly let me interview her recently! Read on to learn more about her and gaze at some of her fabulous and wearable designs... Why did you start designing knitting patterns and what are your favorite items to design? I started writing knitting patterns because I had particular items I wanted to design for myself and thought others might like to make them too. I enjoy both writing and teaching and knitting patterns feels a little bit like teaching people through writing. My favorite items to design are accessories: socks, hats, cowls, and mitts. I have a few shawl and scarf ideas kicking around as well.
Where do you find inspiration for your designs? Sometimes a design is based just on something I want to knit or wear: usually something pretty simple to work with a fun detail or two to keep things interesting. Most of my knitting gets done on the run so it needs to be good multitasking knitting. Since I’m a biologist, I’m often inspired by nature as well, like with my Dissipative cowl. Can you give us some hints on upcoming designs for 2014? 2013 was an unfortunately slow year for designs as I began a new job and worked on wedding planning and writing a science publication, which cut into my design time. This means I have a whole backlog of designs I’ve been itching to get developed. My first will be a sister pattern to Dissipative, a coordinating hat.
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