[Knitting] Design Question for those of you who care to weigh in....

[kniteracy]

Over lunch today, I realised I was nearing the end of the first spiral pattern repeat on filceolaire's vest. Now, I'd spoken to clothsprogs over the weekend, and he shored up my opinion that I don't want to repeat the braid band at the bottom of that pattern on every repeat: it'll look too much like stripes.

What I'm wondering now is, do I want to offset the repeat by 50% every other row? If you haven't seen the garment or you need a refresher, here's the post I wrote when I began it. It includes the spiral motif and my sketchy pattern. And here's the latest progress report, which will give you an idea of what the spirals look like in this wool.

I'm leaning heavily toward offsetting the spirals. The chart is an even number across, so it will be very simple to do, and I think it will somehow look more natural than just rows and rows of spirals. What do you think?

(no poll; just tell me in comments!)

Comments

[artbeco.livejournal.com]

Offset, I think. It'd be interesting to play with the possible design interactions if you flipped the spiral every other row, too. It'll be a beautiful thing you're creating. :)

[telynor.livejournal.com]

Take a look at Jane's possible mock-ups, above.