I decided to knit a sweater with Shirley Padden’s Craftsy tutorial, Handknit Garment Design.  I was fascinated to watch how my sweater evolved.  I started with one idea…

I thought, “looks like pajamas.”  Padden has you work in pieces, so I started that way, but quickly decided I had to work in the round.  If I can avoid seaming, I do.  After I did the first round of “bells,” I felt I needed another row.  This is when I discovered the pattern increases by 1 stitch per repeat by the end of the pattern, so in order to not have the work grow each time, I needed to decrease before continuing to the second round.  One decision after another had to be made, pulling me away from any original drawings.  How deep did I want the scoop neck?  When should I stop with the twisted stitch rows?  I think the final product is sweet, though, and a great improvement on my preliminary drawings.  Now I have to extrapolate the pattern for larger sizes.