Oh dear. I'm behind on my patterns....I have several that are in progress, but I haven't gotten any of them to a point where I'm comfortable posting them publicly. I have a spouse out of town and a couple of other significant deadlines. But, whining aside, I want to clarify the rules under which I'm operating. My intent is to post a pattern a day -- one different pattern for every day of the year. However, I have to give myself a little leeway...I'm not committing to the daily creation of a unique pattern, because there are some days that's just not possible. So if I get behind, like I am right now, I will have to post patterns for every day that I've missed. (It's a little like self-flogging, but not as painful and aesthetically more rewarding.) This same situation occurred over the holidays, and I know if I get a chance to focus on the pattern project for a couple of hours I'll be able to finalize some of the patterns that are WIP (Works in Progress).
I've done a bunch of new drawings for my patterns, but haven't had the chance to scan/trace/manipulate them to my satisfaction. I'll try to get that done tomorrow. I'm getting a little behind, and I don't like it.
I've been kinda into helices lately. (The answer to my question posed yesterday, "Is 'helixes' even a word?" is no, for those of you who care.)
Once again I take my inspiration from Henry's doodling on his school papers. Here is his drawing, which is not exactly a classic herringbone, but certainly looks like it. He didn't know what herringbone was until I told him.
I also took the liberty of scanning the front of Henry's schoolwork page, because I thought it was quite amusing. Especially the last answer. He gave me permission to use it, although he didn't really understand why I would want to.