ConnieLene – KnitDesigner

I do have a very large stash of yarns some of which is in New Zealand – and I am going back to New Zealand for a holiday – and to create a piece for the Alpaca Expo 2009 and maybe to begin my piece for WoolOn at the the Alexandra Blossom Festival.

Each piece I create is unique – that is even if the style is repeatable – the way I use the yarns within any piece is not. I work from an overview idea maybe of colours, or fibres or an idea or picture that arrives as I am knitting. I may begin with a concept which alters as I go as the yarns can speak for themselves.

These two events have caused me to pause and focus on the design process prior to picking up the needles as the yarns required are New Zealand Alpaca and New Zealand wool. I have found a great source of New Zealand Alpaca and I know that my yarn will be waiting when I arrive in NZ. I found just what I wanted at Wonderful Alpacas and they have been very helpful in making certain that I will have the yarn I need as soon as I arrive.

I am focusing on the Fashion Parade for the Alpaca piece and maybe the Special Occasion section for the WoolOn creative Fashion event.

I have sufficient New Zealand wool to begin my WoolOn piece here in the Netherlands before I leave and complete it on my return. I am experimenting with felting my knits so it may be that I will create a felted piece.

I am leaving the summer of the Netherlands for the cold damp miserable winter in New Zealand – the bonus is that I am also going to spend a great deal of time with my wonderful daughter and that special grandson of mine.