Bliss

This dress went through so many obstacles before becoming what it is. First there were going to be big cables on the bodice, then there were going to be flowers in the same color here and there with a i-cord stem attached between them, then the flowers were going to be another color, there were going to be buttons added to the straps, hated the color I chose for the dress, and on and on. Lots of frustration. Lots of "I don't know what the hell I'm doing".  I still don't really know what the hell I'm doing when it comes to designing, but I LOVE the way Bliss turned out.
Without fail, it's this gorgeous photo that sells the dress. Satya was crabby that day, I was crabby that day, I wanted tons of flowers, couldn't find the exact location that I envisioned (have I mentioned that I'm a PITA?), etc. But my dear friend Stacy is beyond brilliant and what she is able to produce blows me away.
Her photographs are "like buttah". That's how I like to describe them. Creamy, perfect color combos (ok, the dress color helped that!), just amazing. I can't thank you enough Stacy, muah!
So, something that I've learned in the past month is that I know little to nothing about designing. Nothing about construction. I have great ideas and have NO idea how to bring them to life. I always think, oh that will be easy, you just do this and this and this, without ever thinking, oh but that is so not how you construct that. There's also a time issue. I'm a total procrastinator. Plus I am very low on time that I can spend desiging, or knitting for that matter. Do I ever take that into consideration? Nah. I like to torture myself by pulling close-to all-nighter, practically knitting with my eyes closed and then get very stressed out when things don't turn out the way I expected them to.
So I've learned a lot. There are a lot of things I need to change about my process. And the first thing I'm going to do is to just sit and KNIT. Someone else's pattern. Maybe another after that. Maybe read through the myriad of books that I have taking over my house and learn a thing or two about construction. Knit gauge squares. What a concept! (actually, I've gotten a lot better with that). I have a new design in my head for a toddler summer top, but NO CLUE how to construct it. Going to take my time on this one. No deadlines :)
Whatever happened to the Year of the Cowl, you may ask? Yeah, that got thrown by the wayside with all the Petite Purls work I had to do. I still have plans for it, but won't do anything publicly about it until the fall. I have a great plan, we'll see if I can pull it off. Yes, again, if you don't remember, my middle name is Ambitious :)
Finally, I want to thank everyone that checked our site out yesterday. We got the site hit numbers today and wow! They totally exceeded our wildest expectations! Amazing! We are off to a great start.
Ok, now I'll go back to my blogging every 6 weeks or so! jk!

Comments

[gloriana]

Beautiful! I am going to have to break my "no more knit dresses for my daughter" resolution and knit this one. Great work.

[georgia]

congrats!! the site is really, really cute! i loved all of the patterns. i wish i had a little girl in my life to knit that dress for.

[Dorothy]

Hi,
Love the dress, Bliss. It's so sweet. Your model is awesome!

[Michelle]

BEAUTIFUL dress! Just lovely, and Satya looks gorgeous :) Great job!

[Terrie]

Well, for all the frustrations you had designing it, Bliss turned out amazing! The pictures of Satya wearing it are wonderful :)

[Regan]

Thanks for sharing your lovely pattern.

[Vera]

Lovely!

[Rima Aranha]

Beautiful! She looks adorable!

[monkesymom2004]

Its beautiful! Had to knit it myself! As you have seen pictures! ;) Love your blog!

PS I love the color you choose! Hard to find little girl things in any color buy pink or purple these days!