
So for this new-ish venture I consulted good old George Koleff's book on geometric pattern making. It's a really thorough look at traditional shoe and boot styles, and also gives info on pattern grading, last making, size comparison charts etc.
At first when I sat down to this task I was a bit overwhelmed, I had to turn off the radio and stop getting out of my chair when it got too hard. The instructions are pure geometry - 'measure a line at 83 degrees to the H-L line, which is half the C1-C line, plus 7ml for women and men but not for children's boots ........' It was a bit tricky, but I persevered and lo and behold by the end of it I had a recogniseable boot pattern.


In other news, the studio is rather chilly now in the mornings, I had to get my Cottage Industry fingerless gloves on today. Also the broad beans and carrot seeds are up, garlic is mostly all planted, and I'm loving 'Around the World in 80 Gardens' on ABC 1, tonight at 8:30, but alas I will miss tonight's episode as I'm off to see Dylan Moran.
2 comments:
Dylan Moran is totally worth it. We saw him in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago and he was fantastic!
ahhhhh Dylan..........
mmmm Dylan..........
..... sorry, lost concentration there....
pattern looks cool (I'm teaching how to draft pants patterns tomorrow) sometimes geometry turning into 3D is just magic
I want to see the pattern close up
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