So I have been wanting to
make another piece of jewelry since I made the Halite Choker and the Salt
Bracelet. They were fun to think about and knit up.
As I was contemplating what
to do, I thought about this concept of salt with the other two pieces and
became interested in how the salt crystals grow. Sodium Chloride (NaCl) or salt
crystals are very rigid and structured but each salt crystal is shaped
different as the crytals compound on one another.
Salt crystal from the Great
Salt Lake.
The idea of a randomly
generated crystalline structure could be envisioned in a knitted design. The design
would have to be conceptual, in that I would have to create a blueprint to follow
but that each piece would ultimately end up slightly different. Just like salt
crystals.
I began fiddling around with
randomly generated lace designs using a six-sided dice to determine when to
create knit 2 togethers and yarn overs.
I think I am onto something.
I will refine some of the details and write up a conceptual design to see where
it goes.