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Our first stop in Thailand was in Bangkok - a city that I guess you either love or hate! Despite the traffic, noise and pollution, I loved it and hope to go back. The highlight of our visit for me was the royal palace and temples - this is a view from the river, which is the way most visitors approach it. |
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The overall impression inside the buildings was that everything was shining - mainly because of the bright colours and the fact that shiny stones and gilded areas were used in many of the designs. This one could be converted to make a lovely border pattern. |
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More subdued stonework would be an excellent basis for a lace pattern. Using DesignaKnit it would not be possible to convert this as a picture, so start with a grid and draw on it the stitches that you want to make the lace holes. Either manually or using the lace tool convert into a lace pattern suitable for your machine. |
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Across the river at the temple of the dawn there were many very simple designs made up like mosaics - this one was small pieces of tile. If you are a beginner with DesignaKnit, just start with a grid and dot the colours onto it to represent the different pieces of tile. Build it up into a repeating pattern and the result could be very effective. |
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Design ideas were everywhere. This lovely flower was on the pillar of a lamp post. It would also be possible to use the flower just like the artist did for this, but it is so much easier to take a design which has already been stylised. Below is a three colour jacquard motif converted from this picture which will be on the DesignaKnit Link disk in August. |
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