Three

I went in to this weeks tutorial still feeling like I was going round in circles a bit. I had a lot of ideas but wasn’t sure quite how to realise them.

We discussed a range of different sample ideas and from the tutorial I felt much more confident to get on with knitting and test out my ideas.

I am quite pleased with the results of this sample, which I washed so the wool would felt. I would be interested to increase the contrast in density and play with the composition of the ladders.

I have been exploring different ways of creating holes and spaces in my knit. For the sample below I used a method of casting off and increasing stitches. I then experimented with embellishing lace to create an infill layer. This has good potential but I need to refine it much more to fit in with the aesthetic of my project. 

I wanted to play with the idea of removal and addition of colour so dyed up some yarn and bleached it out in sections. 

The worn looking effect thats achieved fits nicely with my concept and I quite like this way of working, adding the colour detail after knitting.