{"id":1276,"date":"2014-01-11T15:20:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T20:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicholaswaters.com\/beautifulcuteness\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2016-11-18T20:04:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T01:04:16","slug":"the-story-of-stripes-in-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/the-story-of-stripes-in-gray\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of…Stripes in Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those of you who may not know, I started my sock challenge about a year ago. In the beginning of 2013, I was not really feeling inspired and was in a design rut. My creativity was low. This is the third in that sock series. You can read about the first and second designs here <\/a>and here<\/a> respectively.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>As you can see from the picture, the socks I wore on February 3, 2013 were an argyle pattern in black and various shades of grays with a hint of white. Now, I didn’t want to just copy the argyle design. I’ve been wanting to try and make my own plaid patterns for a while and thought this would be the perfect opportunity.<\/p>\n

\"Stripes <\/a>
\nStripes in Gray Folio Planners<\/a> by ValeriesGallery<\/a><\/div>\n

But wait, you say! This pattern obviously isn’t plaid! What happened?<\/p>\n

After researching how to make plaids in Illustrator, I decided to give it a go. I made the vertical lines and liked how it looked. So, I decided to continue on and added the horizontal lines which I learned is called the weft. (And who says design can’t be educational?) Unfortunately ,it looked horrible! Although, I can’t quite put my finger on it, I think it’s because there ended up being too much gray for my taste.<\/p>\n

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However, since I liked how the vertical lines looked before hand, I decided to keep them and have a striped design instead.<\/p>\n

Although the plaid didn’t work out this time, I definitely intend to try again in the future. Do you have any tips for making plaids? Feel free to leave it in the comments!<\/p>\n

Stripes in Gray is available at Valerie’s Gallery at Zazzle<\/a>, RedBubble<\/a>, Skreened<\/a> and Imagekind<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gray stripes not your thing?\u00a0 Then check out these other striped, sock and black and white designs from other talented artist!<\/p>\n

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Happy Birthday Blue Stripes card<\/p>\n

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Fleur de Lis Thank You Groomsman card<\/p>\n

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Fourth of July, with Fireworks, Stars and Stripes card<\/p>\n

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Missing Sock Funny Father’s Day Card by
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Socks and Sandals Birthday Card by Lisa Crisafi<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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white satin be my bridesmaid card by eugenia bacon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Hands Holding Baby Feet Please be my Godmother Request card by Cherie Haines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mom – Happy Mother’s Day – Alphabet Art card by ABC by Sue<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nPink Monogram Chevron Stripe | Apple iPhone 5 Case<\/a> by Plush_Paper<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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