Gloria's tactical shawl collar present for her return from Israel
Wonk had noticed that Gloria almost always had a shawl with her, even in warm weather, then it was just very light. He was in the business, he knew the muted pastel colors she preferred. All he needed was a fashion person and since WTG tacticals was always getting custom requests, there were plenty of contacts familiar with weave to order.
He decided to meet with Janet Ambergris, grand daughter of Elspeth Champcommunal, a well know designer in her day. She was popular with the HNMNBie world, known for her work in cotton. And she was patient, seemed to appreciate that he wanted to design a one of a kind.
She had a CAD workstation, started with a basic outline of a collar shawl. Borders or no borders, she asked?
Wonk thought about it, Gloria seemed to be a boundary girl, I do this, I don't do that. Borders, he said. She touched a few keys and a border appeared on the collar shawl.
This is a lot like a tatoo. Unless all you plan to get is a butterfly on your ankle you want to plan the whole design, what do you want the shawl to scream?
Wonk thought about it. In many ways Gloria reminded him of a bird, not an eagle, more like a kite flowing in the wind. I would like for the basic design to look like a pair of wings. She smiled. Have at it, you will probably want this curve tool to start, try to keep it inside the border, the weave affects the structure.
He made the top of the wing an elongated "S" shape, worked on the bottom. Now the problem with a wing motif is always at the center. Do you join the wings, or leave them separate. Joining means you have to pull the eye down into the center of the design. Wonk felt up to the challenge, it could be done with just a few lines, a minimalist design. The more he looked at it, the more he wanted to add something to the bottom hem. He terminated the border along the bottom, a third of the way across and figured out how to put in "tail feathers".
When he was ready, he called Janet over. Coming along, she nodded. Since it is tactical, you want at least half your weave to be carbon fiber, we can use the cotton for color and softness. To do that, we will need to braid the thread, like embroidery thread, the two most common patterns are "S", see the "S" in the twist and the "Z". That choice impacts what your knots are going to look like. Here are a dozen knots with an S, here a Z. Which do you like?
I like the Z. Janet hit a few more keys and saved the work so far. OK, you could spend hours trying to work on a design, or you could pick your colors and let the AI make some suggestions, that is what I recommend. Wonk and the workstation puttered for a while until he was happy, he felt, the shawl on the screen was perfect for Gloria. Janet came back over, checked it out, made a few small suggestions and saved the design. The final product appeared very useful on screen, double sided, deep pockets; with the carbon it wouldn't be that heavy unless you loaded up the pockets. It will be ready in an hour she said, would you like a glass of wine?
When the weave was complete, she modeled both side for him, showed the look empty and with various items in the pockets. Happy? Wonk nodded.
When he had settled up, folded the shawl, and started to leave, Janet shook her head. She had been in the weave on demand business for 20 years, but nobody had ever come in, sat down, and created a shawl for his lady before. Gloria, whoever she is, must be a lucky woman.
He decided to meet with Janet Ambergris, grand daughter of Elspeth Champcommunal, a well know designer in her day. She was popular with the HNMNBie world, known for her work in cotton. And she was patient, seemed to appreciate that he wanted to design a one of a kind.
She had a CAD workstation, started with a basic outline of a collar shawl. Borders or no borders, she asked?
Wonk thought about it, Gloria seemed to be a boundary girl, I do this, I don't do that. Borders, he said. She touched a few keys and a border appeared on the collar shawl.
This is a lot like a tatoo. Unless all you plan to get is a butterfly on your ankle you want to plan the whole design, what do you want the shawl to scream?
Wonk thought about it. In many ways Gloria reminded him of a bird, not an eagle, more like a kite flowing in the wind. I would like for the basic design to look like a pair of wings. She smiled. Have at it, you will probably want this curve tool to start, try to keep it inside the border, the weave affects the structure.
He made the top of the wing an elongated "S" shape, worked on the bottom. Now the problem with a wing motif is always at the center. Do you join the wings, or leave them separate. Joining means you have to pull the eye down into the center of the design. Wonk felt up to the challenge, it could be done with just a few lines, a minimalist design. The more he looked at it, the more he wanted to add something to the bottom hem. He terminated the border along the bottom, a third of the way across and figured out how to put in "tail feathers".
When he was ready, he called Janet over. Coming along, she nodded. Since it is tactical, you want at least half your weave to be carbon fiber, we can use the cotton for color and softness. To do that, we will need to braid the thread, like embroidery thread, the two most common patterns are "S", see the "S" in the twist and the "Z". That choice impacts what your knots are going to look like. Here are a dozen knots with an S, here a Z. Which do you like?
I like the Z. Janet hit a few more keys and saved the work so far. OK, you could spend hours trying to work on a design, or you could pick your colors and let the AI make some suggestions, that is what I recommend. Wonk and the workstation puttered for a while until he was happy, he felt, the shawl on the screen was perfect for Gloria. Janet came back over, checked it out, made a few small suggestions and saved the design. The final product appeared very useful on screen, double sided, deep pockets; with the carbon it wouldn't be that heavy unless you loaded up the pockets. It will be ready in an hour she said, would you like a glass of wine?
When the weave was complete, she modeled both side for him, showed the look empty and with various items in the pockets. Happy? Wonk nodded.
When he had settled up, folded the shawl, and started to leave, Janet shook her head. She had been in the weave on demand business for 20 years, but nobody had ever come in, sat down, and created a shawl for his lady before. Gloria, whoever she is, must be a lucky woman.
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