Projection of a Pattern



this could be the best thing ever

 Patterns. That was a problem from the first second we clicked the link. A picture can only go one size before it just slips into the soap of black and white mush. It doesn't really work for two normally sized teenagers. I'm not a wizard of blowing up pictures.

I wish I was.

Nah, not so much.

BUT, my mother has super powers and an overhead projector.

Super powers because she's awesome and knows about all sorts of crazy stuff. Importantly, crafty stuff. Also she knows how to get a projector, give two teenagers a dubious look and hand it over slowly.

We cleared off a white wall, then took butcher paper and tape it.

Acadia then went and stood as I attempted to fit the pattern to her body. I dragged the projector across the old leather sofa sitting on a pile of books like an elephant on a tennis ball. With alot of guess work we adjusted it till it looked right. We dragged the pattern until it matched up to the butcher paper.

Then the dance of the pencils began. Between the two of us there was alot of lines to go over. I went down and she went up, together constantly discussing how our lines were not straight.

These patterns are big. Like feet long. That's one long line. I was weaving under her arms and she kept setting her elbows on my head.

We repeated this over and over with each piece, bantering back and forth. It took about an hour to just do Acadia's pattern.

Then it was my turn to stand in front of the bright lights as Acadia worked the projector to make it fit. It was funny because I couldn't see the pattern so I kept pointing to random parts of my body and the conversation went something like this:


"Is the line here?"
"No, it's there."
"Where's there?"
"There. You know...sorta near there...but not."
"Here or there?"
"No, it's there."
"Where's there?"

It was fun though, and together we got both the patterns mapped out in about two hours. We sat down on the ground and drew out two pairs of overly small scissors  and started snipping. It was fun, and we picked up all the little strips of paper afterwards.

Here you have it, two fully made patterns ready to go:

I hate to look at the countdown, 36 days....it bring stress. That's why tomorrow Acadia is coming over and we are doing tons of prep stuff!

I'm excited!

-Winn