{"id":1553,"date":"2013-12-01T00:14:10","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T00:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2014-03-06T23:05:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T23:05:35","slug":"interview-and-givaway-with-christina-loman-aka-redraveler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/interview-and-givaway-with-christina-loman-aka-redraveler\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview and givaway with Christina Loman aka redraveler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christina blogs at feelgoodknitting<\/a><\/p>\n

What is your design process?
\nMost of the time I get an idea I love and then I get impatient and start in on it right away! Sometimes I\u2019ll shop it around a bit to companies first, or wait until I get a submissions call for the perfect yarn. I generally get the \u201cbig picture\u201d in my mind first, then swatch. Once I decide it\u2019s actually feasible I\u2019ll write up the pattern, then knit it, tweaking as I go if I decide the pattern needs it. Photos and tech editing usually happen about the same time after the sample is done, and sometimes I\u2019ll do a test-knit too.
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\nWere you skeptical of the \u201cabundance\u201d ideas, or did they seem just right?
\nI wasn\u2019t so much skeptical as clueless. It wasn\u2019t a concept I\u2019d heard of before, but I love the idea. The momentum and enthusiasm involved in having a huge group work toward the same mutually beneficial goal seems like such an obvious thing in retrospect.<\/p>\n

What have you learned from the Knitalong promotion?
\nIt is absolutely amazing what enough people can pull together in a short amount of time! I also now know about all sorts of amazing designers I never knew were out there.
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\nAny repetitive motion disorders due to knitting or crochet? How do you deal with them?
\nI do have a touch of carpal tunnel, although with the day job I generally don\u2019t have enough knitting hours each day for it to be a problem often. If I go on a major knitting or crochet marathon, regular stretch\/rest breaks definitely help. Switching needle sizes or between knit and crochet also seems to help.<\/p>\n

Did your husband give you a lot of input on the designs in your Operation Gratitude e-book?
\nHe did! I was constantly peppering him with questions about what he was allowed to wear and when he would actually wear it while he was in Afghanistan. I also asked for lots of input on what he thought servicemen would actually want to wear. He even named the Commando Watch Cap and Scarf. He got way into it!
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\nI admire your romance text on your patterns, you put a lot of information in one paragraph that is terse and friendly \u2013 how much editing does it take to write like that?
\nMy day job involves teaching English to non-native speakers, so getting the important information across quickly and simply is actually a pretty critical skill for me. That part doesn\u2019t tend to take long anymore. It\u2019s \u201cselling\u201d it that I struggle with – I always feel a bit silly and braggy, and wind up rewriting those parts a dozen times before I settle on something. I still never quite feel happy with it, but there comes a point where you just have to move on!
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Would you like a copy of Christina’s pattern “lovely<\/a>“? Tell me in the comments which of her other patterns<\/a> you most appreciate. I’ll put the comment numbers in a hat next Saturday and announce the winner then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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