So I finished something this week. Something knitted. Something knitted with Fibonacci numbers even.
Want to see it? Well, you can’t. That is you can’t see it very well because I haven’t been able to get any decent pictures of it. One of the banes on my existence as a budding knitwear designer is the modeling phase. In this age of selfies and instagram and an entire generation that believes the person with the best facebook profile picture wins at life, you would think I could find a decent photographer on any street corner. And you would be wrong. You might also think that I could find volunteers willing to wear my knitting and thereby freeing me up to be the photographer. Again you would be wrong.
I’m cranky.
I have this pretty cool scarf thingy that I’m dying to show off and that picture above, that cruddy picture that doesn’t even show the whole scarf? Its the one I have that is even in focus. I’ll have you know that to get this practically useless picture taken I had to wait for people to come back from lunch, offer a food bribe, and then wait not-so-patiently in an office for about thirty minutes.
I’m frustrated.
But I will persist. I always do. Any success I have managed to accumulate in life seems to come from persistence. I can be a stubborn little cuss when it comes to getting something I want. There will be decent pictures of this scarf thingy
…which is a pretty neat but super simple knit that uses the Fibonacci number sequence to create an asymmetric shape…
and when I have them I’ll rush right here to show what it looks like. Also I’ll have the (free) pattern for any knitters out there who want to be Fibonacci fashionable.
I’m tenacious.
I will get decent pictures. I know a certain someone who comes back to town on Monday and she takes great pictures. She won’t make me wait until she gets back from lunch and she won’t require a food bribe (or any other kind of offering) and she will even fuss with my ridiculous hair until it looks somewhat respectable before pointing a camera at me.
Until she comes back we have to wait. Yeah, I know. I really suck at waiting too.
"There is no failure. Only feedback." - Robert Allen
16 Comments on "A Finished Off Fibonacci"
Fibonacci is fun. Did a couple of scarves using that math sequence and felt so proud to have mastered it. The balance is so perfect–don’t think you can make a mistake with it. What I haven’t figured out yet, and truth be told haven’t tried, is the circular increases. I understand that the sequence defines the winding of conch shells, for example, and flower buds and all kinds of nature’s beauties.
Yes I agree. Fibonacci is quite fun. Its the kind of math that makes sense, has real world applications, and best of all you can actually see it in action!
That Fibonacci spiral is tough to do in knitting. Its a bit easier to make with crochet…. Any chance you hook too?
You may be able to set up your phone using a timer for a photograph. If all else fails lay it out on a table and photograph it flat :). Can’t wait to see the pattern. I know nothing about this method.
I’ll get it and I get those pics done at my standards. I don’t think I’m too picky… but maybe I am. lol
Its just frustrating to me because the modeling/photography stage is the only place where I need another person. I can design, knit, blog, publish all on my own. But for pictures of the finished thingy, I need help. I’m too much of a control freak to ever enjoy needing help. So sad. So true. And I’ll probably never change!
No, phones are not cameras. There is just no substitute for a quality glass lens. Sorry you had to give up photography. Its my second favorite hobby.
I’m with you on the picture problem. From the pic you shared it looks gorgeous. I anxiously await a better shot and of course the pattern!
Me too.
{{looks around in a grumpy sort of way}}
Just hate being put off.
One knit club in the area meets at a local college in the Fashion Department. There are mannequins available, always ready to wear any garment 😉 I can get much better pictures using my “silent models”.
I’ve given serious thought to a mannequin model. I don’t particularly like having a mannequin around; I think they are creepy. But that would solve my problem and I made end up with a creepy mannequin in one of my closets.