It’s been a long time since I’ve written a blog post. It seems that I’ve contained my socializing to these days. It’s fast. It’s easy. And it requires very little of me. I’ve been a lazy blogger stuck in a coma of sorts. And a lazy designer to boot. OK, that’s not entirely true. I’ve been hard at work helping other people reach their self-publishing goals but I’ve ignored by own. I made it my New Year’s Resolution to get back on the horse. And I have, just not in a momentous way.
Most of what I’ve been doing is designing graphics. Stitch diagrams. Charts. Layout. Schematics. You name it. So why not design something graphicy for myself?
The Beginning of an Idea
Last summer I found myself sitting in the park coming up with ideas – you know because my brain and hands can’t keep still even in a peaceful, serene environment like a park – to make T-shirt designs for a potential . I’d come up with a long list of ideas, some of which are holiday related, that I wanted to roll out as the year went along. Well, two of the ideas time has come and gone in the wake of working on graphics for other people. I did manage to squeak out one idea before St. Patty’s Day approached which you can see here:
I started with the idea that I thought it would be cool to come up with a line of T-shirts (and other gear) that would include a stitch diagram of something as both a design concept and a way to sell a pattern of something in picture format. I’m starting out small here: a clover. It’s an easy shape to design in both crochet and graphic form.
Do I think this concept is sellable? I don’t know. I’m testing it out. Call it an experiment of sorts. We’ll see how it goes.
What do you all think of this idea? Am I crazy? Am I a genius? Am I wasting my time? Either way, if you like the shirt, you can buy one in my !
I’m oddly drawn to the :
I think it’s a great idea! I have a pin with a heart in crochet symbols and my web address on it, and people seem to really like it, so I bet this does well! It’s a very cool design, brava!
I like it! This would be great with flowers (for spring maybe) and possibly birds???
I just realized we’ve had a meeting of crocheting Amys
Flowers: it’s on my list already.
Great minds think alike!
We should rename this the Amy Post: All Amy’s All the Time.
I love it! Definitely a great concept. I can’t wait to see what else you come up with
I have some really cool ideas in my head, stuff that’s really stylish. This design, well, what can I say, it’s for St. Patty’s Day. All green is not my fav.
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Very cute – I like it. I can see it with maybe a couple of spring flowers, but not the birds. It’s nice the way it is, though.
I wouldn’t add flowers or birds to this design, lol. That would be over the top.