A pattern name April 23, 2010
Sometimes the name of a design I’m working on just jumps out at me. Sometimes, after digging around on the Internet for a bit, following links here and there, I find inspiration, and the perfect name is right there in front of me. Sometimes, no matter what I do, no matter what I discover, what I find isn’t quite right.
Sometimes I just need help. Like now. I need help discovering the name of a pattern that I can’t show you. 
The pattern is a secret. I know! How do I get myself into these messes? Sigh. Anyway, the yarn is a rich chocolate brown. The lace has large and small leaves. The large leaves look like hearts when inverted.
In considering tropical sources, I’ve gotten some wonderful suggestions from friends, including Loulu (a type of palm native to Hawaii), Ishtarut (pronounced Ish-ta-root, a Portuguese fort built near an oasis on an island in the Persian Gulf), and Al-Ain (a suburb of Dubai in the UAE). All are wonderful names. But none of them feels… right.
I’ve also considered names like Valrhona and Dagoba, but found that those are chocolate company names, not places, so those won’t work. I’d hoped they were named for places. Disappointing. I was looking forward to naming the pattern Dagoba. I love the way it sounds. And tastes. Yummy. Wouldn’t that have been lovely? Alas. It is not to be.
Because of the nature of this one, I cannot give away a copy of this pattern, but if you twist my arm, the person who suggests the name I end up using will get to choose one of my other patterns as a thank you gift.
Before that can happen, though, I need your suggestions. Please leave your ideas in the comments to this post. If you want to add reasons why or how you arrived at your ideas, I’d love to hear them. I’ll run a little poll next week with the best of the pattern names suggested here.
nestra April 23
Dagobah is the name of a planet in Star Wars - I think it is the place where Yoda lives that is swampy and jungly. Or were you looking for a real place?
I agree Dagobah is a fun word to say.
Mary April 23
eldfjall hjarta = volcano heart
yvonnep April 23
Dagobah is a nice word and it reminded me of Paramaribo (capital of Suriname). It’s Caribbean, so it’s tropical. :-)
And you can think of this: Faja Lobi = national flower of Suriname. Name means burning love (I thought about this because of the leaves, the hearts and the tropical chocolate brown).
Carolyn April 23
Kumasi - it’s a town in Ghana.
Suzanne April 23
Mamaki - a hawaiin herb grown in volcanic soil on the big island. Used to make tea.
Denise April 24
“Kardia” Greek for “heart” <3
- Denise (aka dlotter on ravelry & twitter)
diane April 26
how about… cacao bliss?
Karen April 28
Hearts of Palm?