Well, I got one trellis done, ready to be mounted as soon as the paint dries. After that it started to pour.
So I spent the day researching pattern makers. Not the colorwork type this time, but the symbol charts for pattern knitting or crochet. There seems to be only one decent one out there, which I might try the demo version of.
But I found a set of symbols for download as a true type font. Four bucks. Very cool. The tiger suggested a vector graphics program for writing the charts, and I must say I like. I have to work my way through one or the other Inkscape tutorial now. Exciting stuff this. I know I get excited about the weirdest things.