The last two weeks of knitting
have been extremely busy and at times stressful. These last two weeks are where
I have had to focus on identifying a chosen style of working. I began the first
week evaluating over my samples and identifying the techniques I thought would
work most effective.
I didn’t attend the tutorial on Tuesday which I
personally felt was a disadvantage in terms of sampling; because I didn’t speak
to a lecturer I felt unconfident as to whether my ideas were strong enough to
be incorporated through knit for my collection of final samples. I spent the
beginning of the fifth week sampling and using my own initiative to develop the
lace hole samples I had produced earlier on.
With
influence from knitwear designer Alison Woodhouse, I began knitting samples,
which expressed strong colour stripes within my palette.
The fifth week of Unit X is where I began
understanding the yarn qualities, I began knitting with different yarns which I
felt expressed a better understanding for my context. In the first weeks I
experimented using acrylic yarns however, when reflecting over these samples
they look very flat and I felt like the yarns did not give the quality of
movement and sculptured effect that I was hoping for. I began working with 2/16
merchandised cotton, these yarns gave my samples a lot more exciting qualities.
Focusing on these particular yarns, I began knitting colour stripes in
correspondance to my mark makings. Using a range of blue, navy and turquoise I
began incorporating lace holes and ladders where I felt was relevant to express
movement.
I have
really enjoyed knitting, at first I found it a struggle to pick up all the
techniques however, personally I feel like I have put a lot of time and effort,
attending all of the taught knit sessions to build up my skills in this area.
Relating
to my research, I wanted to create structure within my samples, I have incorporated
lace holes because this is a great way to add thin wire through the yarn, expressing
the textured movement.
laddering
I have
really enjoyed knitting, at first I found it a struggle to pick up all the
techniques however, personally I feel like I have put a lot of time and effort,
attending all of the taught knit sessions to build up my skills in this area.
Relating
to my research, I wanted to create structure within my samples, I have incorporated
a number of lace holes and ladders because this is a great way to add thin wire
through the yarn, expressing the textured movement.
my samples
When reflecting
on the work I have produced, I feel like I could have gathered more visual
research at the beginning of the project because at times, I have felt slightly
confused and un inspired. Even though I chose to work within a high street
fashion context, I could have expanded in this area by going to high street shops
and photographing knitwear, which relate to my passimentory sampling.
I need to
add the final touches to my samples, which is incorporating structural elements
in the knit by using wire and stitching which will result in me creating a collection
of samples that reference my context. I would like to continue working to
create knit pieces in the near future, I want to be able to further my
experience in sculptural knitting and I feel that the 3 dimensional approach to
knitting would be really interesting.
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