Over at the [Knitting Daily->] blog, they’ve been discussing the design process used by Michelle Rose Orne in her book, Inspired to Knit.  I haven’t gotten the book yet, but Michelle’s description of her design process intrigues me:

As a designer for the garment industry for many years, I used … mood or “story boards” when [...]

A little while ago, y’all learned not to ask me a certain question:
 

What should I knit?

And since I didn’t explain in that post what the second-question-I-won’t-answer was, now nobody will talk to me.  So, I guess I’d better clear this up today.
The second question I get asked by knitters, which I will not answer, is
[knitter [...]

There are two knitting questions that I get asked on a regular basis which I will not answer.  Just don’t even try.
Not that I don’t know the answer, or I don’t have an opinion.  It’s just that I have found that giving an answer usually leads me into more trouble.
Question #1:

What should I knit?

I used to actually [...]

This weekend, I taught a class on "Fixing Mistakes," and was gratified to see several new-ish and/or returning knitters becoming much more confident about their knitting abilities.  I truly find that rewarding – as you may have gathered, knitting has been a passion of mine for over 20 years, and I love to expand other knitters’ horizons.
These knitters had [...]

The most important piece of knitting advice I ever found was in the Holiday ‘87 issue of Vogue Knitting.  (I must have found it while I was knitting those lousy boyfriend sweaters.)
A wonderful knitter wrote a letter to the editor which made a very strong impression on me, and it greatly influenced my knitting success.  In [...]