Pattern Magic 2
Doelia Lanoue
Unlock the secrets of the universe using pattern magic, and then get tenure by publishing those patterns! Can you stop potential dimension-ending horrors while not missing that one faculty meeting you absolutely have to go to?
The pacing seem fine, though going in and out of the flashback can be desorienting . At least for me . At first, I was confused we were a student since the summary above say we gonna be a teacher . See what I mean?
This was great. I enjoyed the setting of the hidden magical department, and I liked all the characters met so far, especially Dr. Ellison and Gabriel. I liked how the world is being slowly revealed by having the MC set up their class/research/etc. instead of just jumping right into teaching. I really enjoyed the magic system, and how you presented how both exciting and dangerous using the patterns can be.
I also notice that sometimes there are pronouns error. Both darcy and manish are nonbinary in my playthrough, but sometimes they are referred to as he/him. Unfortunately i forgot to take screenshot. I will try playing again and find those if it helps.
Right now, though, despite liking the magic system overall, the use of patterns and synesthesia seem too much like plot devices. In both cases, I think more description, and being shown how those patterns and synesthesia look in this setting, would help make it believable that the character has such a trait and that this world has such magic.
The first one is "entity". Now personally, I don't mind at all using magicstrings when specifying field, filter, or column IDs - basically any of thevalues that come from the NetSuite record/search schema. These are extremelyunlikely to change and are generally self-descriptive enough that you'll knowwhat they mean if you have just a bit of SuiteScript experience under your belt.
But what about "358725"; what the heck is that? Based on the context we canprobably reason that it's the internal ID of an Entity, but which one? We don'teven know which type of entity it is. Customer? Vendor? Contact? Withoutdetailed commenting in every single place this value occurs, we are leftclueless, and requiring detailed commenting of simple code like this in multipleplaces is itself a code smell.
Wherever possible, code should be self-descriptive, not requiring extensivecomments to explain. Also, I hope the internal ID of that Entity never changes -say, after a Sandbox refresh. Find/Replace isn't foolproof.
What's probably not obvious is enums. First, it's the alias I givemy enumerationsmodule - a module I create in every single SuiteScript project. Moreimportantly, it's a great solution for the Magic anti-pattern.
In _most_languages, an enumeration - "enum" for short - is a really simpledata structure that maps a literal value (e.g. "358725") to a programmaticreference (e.g. enums.Vendors.Printful). Unfortunately in JavaScript, we don'thave a formal structure to build enumerations; we have to fake it, but we canfake it pretty easily. The enums module is extremely simple; we return anObject literal with properties as deep as we need to describe the various fixedvalues (like internal IDs) in our Project:
Now whenever I need the Printful Vendor ID (a pretty common need when you'rebuilding an integration to Printful), I load the enums module andreference enums.Vendors.Printful instead of having to remember anddocument "358725". Oh and by the way, when we do drop that Sandbox refresh, Ihave exactly one spot in my code to change: the enums module. Everywhereelse in the project is using the programmaticreference enums.Vendors.Printful; the only place that needs to change is theliteral value "358725".
If I wanted to get super cute, I could even add N/runtime and use it to detectthe environment and decide which ID to use, though I generally find thisunnecessary. Avoid the environment drift and refresh your Sandboxes regularly!
"Hi there! The clear explanation of the challenges faced and solutions provided in the patternmaking for fashion design of this bodice is really helpful. It's evident you stayed true to the original pattern's principles while adapting it to a different garment piece.
What I love the most is definitely how the seams are sewn cleanly and intricately. Great job!"
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And lastly. The grey herringbone twill. That I got at Sewing for Pleasure earlier this year, and it will be the jacket in the photograph opposite. Daughter no1 fancies it very much, but I will not be using the pattern directly from the Burda magazine. I am going to have to pattern cut it because I am not in the mood to use precious time adjusting a pattern a million times! Daughter no1 is petite, very slender, but needs a FBA in every pattern.
The difference between fashion illustration sketches, and reality! This is a sketch of the blouse I am making, the sketch on the left is done using a template from this book from Morplan, and the next one was done over a photo of moi. What a difference proportions make!
So the front and back are stitched, French seams throughout on this fabric, and all that is left to do are the sleeves and hem. And the cami. And the slip. In the meantime daughter no 2 needs a pattern for a prom dress she has designed, so I had better get my skates on!
But I did finally manage take some photos of it, and with the Winter Magic pattern being the $5 pattern of the month I thought you'd like to see the pattern sewn up in different fabrics than what is shown on the pattern cover.
The Winter Magic pattern is a medallion-style quilt, but it is not as difficult to piece. I really love the look of medallion quilts but sometimes getting everything to line up just right can be tricky.
Here's one tip for you - I found it to be helpful that as you cut the background pieces, take a minute to stack pieces of the same size together and then label them with the size (I just use a scrap piece of paper that I pin to each stack - keep it simple!)
The fabrics used in this quilt are from the Christmas Morning line designed by Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics. It was released last year and now the prints are pretty hard to find, but there are a few still on etsy!
But if you love this look I have some good news for you! Vanessa (Lella Boutique) has a new line coming next May that is closely related and you can use her new line (called Christmas Eve) to make this same quilt.
Thank you for this detailed description to create this intricate design! It looks so simple, but it quite complicated. Just like the designs by Vionnet. Most pattern magic patterns I can manage, this one faild twice and today it worked.
This pattern is a reference and to be used as a substitution for sections of other patterns that require circles with similar stitch counts. When the technique is understood it can be applied to circular patterns with other stitch counts and even other shapes. I use the same idea for starting and joining rounds when making solid squares.
Round 2: Ch 2. 2dc in the same dc that you slip stitched into to join previous round. (2dc in next dc) 10 times. Dc into the slst that closed the previous round. Slst to the first dc made not the ch2.
Round 3: Ch 2. Dc in the same dc that you slip stitched into to join previous round. 2dc in next dc. (Dc in next dc, 2dc in next dc) 10 times. Dc into last dc. Dc into the slst that closed the previous round. Slst to the first dc made not the ch2.
Round 4: Ch 2. Dc in the same dc that you slip stitched into to join previous round. Dc into next dc. 2dc in next dc. (Dc in each of next 2 dc, 2dc in next dc) 10 times. Dc into each of last 2 dc. Dc into the slst that closed the previous round. Slst to the first dc made not the ch2.
To finish off: invisible join by taking the yarn under the top two loops of the first dc the dc you would normally slip stitch to thereby creating the top two loops for the ch2 and completing it as the last dc. (Alternately you can slip stitch to the first dc made and then fasten off.)
My blue ripple blanket usually has a cheeky little dachshund called Suzy K sitting on it. And my orange granny stripe serves as the throne to the magnificent cat Zelda. This blanket will most likely end up with Millie (a little rescue dog) as its model. Love it.
I tried the 17 stitches-it worked for the right number of clusters, but they do no look right. When do more than 17 the clusters decrease. I do the sc between the turning chain and the last dc of the last row. I do not understand the difference between in USA and UK stitches.
I watched the pininterest video and discovered that this is called the block stitch and I discovered my error in reading the instructions. I have been making sc between 2 separate sc after the 2 chain and throws the count off. Would like to have the revised pattern for the USA and the diagram also please. Thank you so much.
Hi Robin, from Brisbane. Australia. Have been a fan of yours for ages, but only began tatting a year ago. Your designs inspire me and am now branching out into something other than bookmarks. When you say two colours would look good, do you mean doing the chains and rings in different colourse, or each magic square in a different colour? Thanks heaps - and especially for sharing your creativity - hugely appreciated!
Hi Avie, more in the rings and chains sense, where you load shuttle 1 with your first color and shuttle 2 with a second color. The red and blue in my diagrams shows how the colors would be placed. Everything in red represents thread coming from shuttle 1 and everything in blue is thread coming from shuttle 2. From this, you can get a basic idea of the color layout (but try imagining it in colors other than red and blue). Hope this helps!
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