I love big, chunky knit sweaters. It is because I am a designer knitter and they knit very fast. I never follow patterns nor do I write them down when I design even though I could. Instead, I sketch out my ideas or just wing it as I go along. I love working in shapes with beautiful combinations of yarn. It is more like sculpture to me. So, of course I was pleased to see chunkies hitting the runways for winter 2012. I haven’t picked up my needles yet this fall which is unusual but I am feeling the inspiration of color, texture and shape again and am ready to design. First the inspiration,(I’m seeing red) then the pen, and finally the needles.