Pattern Writing

I've spent the weekend writing out the pattern for some doll clothes that I made. My notes to myself as I made the first set were confusing when revisited for the second set. It turns out that pattern writing is hard, and I have a new respect for the designers who can write clear, unambiguous directions. When I'm done I'll put it up on Ravelry. Not that I know how to do that either, but how hard can it be?

When my little sister was, well, little, she had a doll that Mom sewed clothes for. Later, when Mom was an empty-nester, she bought two similar dolls to sew for, because she enjoyed sewing. The dolls, the patterns, and a box of doll-sized oddments are now at my house, because I have this recurring delusion that sewing is something I will do, be able to do, like to do. (I hate to sew. My children used to go outside to play whenever I had to sew something).

Eventually it dawned on me that I could knit something for them while waiting to wake up blessed by the Sewing Fairy. I knit, and ripped, and tweaked, until I was pleased with the results. Then I was startled to realize I had accidentally re-created the Chanel suit. Huh.

Wikimedia Commons, Chanel Haute Couture Suit, 1965