So i might have come to a bit of a stand still again! Always the case, one good thing however is i have now fully got the hang of Pinterest and i love it, it's a fantastic place to find inspiration for future products, however it tends to just fill me with pure jealousy at all the amazing and original ideas that i wish i was constantly having. I think i have been mainly trying to focus too hard on trying to produce a piece of knitting, i really miss fine art, drawing and painting, and other techniques such as illustration, graphics and print. However i have been drilling it into myself that i need to be knitting as much as possible to make sure that i am up to scratch when i return to University, i have been scared that when i return i am going to be at a poorer standard.
I finally managed to get into Uni last week though and it has actually done me the world of good! I caught the train to Huddersfield with Dean and we went into Uni, i collected the work that i had done for my final exam, they had been keeping it there for me since i left last year. Ive just had so much going on i haven't really had chance, i managed to have a chat with a load of tutors though which was what i really needed to do and i have gathered lots of information about my return in September. It made me feel slightly more confident about going back. I got told i don't have to focus on just knit if i don't want to and that final year is about finding my own passion so i will be able to carry on with drawing and print or embroidery if i wanted to. This is VERY good news for me! :) I do enjoy knit however it wasn't really what i intended on doing when i first started University.
If you haven't already tried Pinterest i recommend it to anybody, the link to my page is http://pinterest.com/vickipoem/ or alternatively click "follow me on Pinterest" to the left of this page.
Another App i am addicted to which is only available on smart phones at the moment as far as i am aware is Instagram, it is another site a little bit like twitter and Pinterest, again like Pinterest it is specifically for uploading images but there are options to add different effects and filters to your images to give them special effects such as greyscale and many more interesting looks, i like it as i love photography however i wouldn't really consider myself a professional, however some of the filters and borders give the images that bit more professional appearance. The image of the knitted coasters below was taken with Instagram.
