Industrial Evolution

For this project I looked at the 2014 trend 'Industrial Evolution' to create a menswear jumper/sweater.

Stephen; fellow knitter, modelling his final piece in this picture and Sarah in mine. No Sarah it's meant to be a men's sweater!!!

Knit

I have now officially chosen knit as my pathway on 'Fashion and textiles' at Winchester school of art. So far I am loving it! There is so much more to it then I first anticipated. 

A few of the knits I have been working on...

From my first project. Using laddering.

For this sample I used frilling with cables and added a hand crocheted edge.

A pocket detail form my most recent project. I will be posting about this very shortly!!

Hand in day! At last...

So tomorrow I will be handing in all the work I have done so far at uni, the two projects being; opposites attract', where I looked at the contrast between natural and man made structures and 'Story lines and Icons' where I focused on the film 'The Wizard of Oz' to create an accessory.

 As per usual I had a lot to do at the last minute (still got a bit to do now in fact!!) I completed my concept boards today...

Opposites attract

 Storylines and icons

I also used illustrator and photoshop to aid the storylines and icons concept board for the first time (ish) and after many frustrated hours I am quite happy with the outcome.

Final piece- The Wizard of Oz

With just a few days left of the Christmas break I finally started some work! I finished my final piece inspired by 'The Wizard of Oz' and got round to taking some pictures today!

Oh and Happy new years!!!

The Wizard of oz- Storylines and Icons

For my second project at uni I has to work within the theme of 'Storylines and Icons' I chose to look at 'The Wizard of Oz' for inspiration! I thought blue gingham...ruby slippers...and munchkins, this can't be a bad combination! Right?

It was quite a while ago that I last watched The Wizard of Oz and you wouldn't think that aged 18 I would still find the wicked witch of the west terrifying...but I did!!

I have been working on a lot of knitted samples for this project as this is what I think I will be specializing in.

Here are a few of my favourites...

Colour palette

I will be creating a collar piece (this week if I manage my time well...) from some of the knitted samples I have created. I will post the final photos when it's complete!!

Stag head embroidery

I mentioned in my last post that I was going to attempt a freehand machine embroidered stag head to turn into a cushion. I have never tried such a detailed embroidery on this big a scale before and it took me 2 hours of machining!! My eyes were so sore from the concentration!

 

Having finished it, I'm not happy with the shape and overall look. I decided to put it on here anyway because it allways makes me feel better when I see other people make mistakes too!

 

To give you a sense of scale the fabric is 40x40cm.

Whether or not it will ever make it as a cushion or just be forever a 'sample' I'm not sure!

 

University

I must start my post by apologising for my lack of posting recently (I feel like I do this way too often!) but the last couple of months have been crazy! I started university in September at Winchester school of art studying fashion and textiles so will be posting more about what I get up to in the future.

 

So far we haven't done much practical work- just settling in. We have been given the project 'opposites attract' in which we have to produce a jersey/knitted outcome along with other samples. I have decided to look at: natural forms v man made and liquid v solid. My friend and I took a trip to the local Winnal Moors for some inspiraration and images. He is also a blogger so you can visit his blog here: http://f-t-d.blogspot.co.uk

 

I was focusing on the man-made v nature theme but also took some photos of water with the liquid theme in mind. Here are a few of my favourites:

 



I thought spiders webs might be interesting to look at for natural forms and could potentially inspire some knitwear.

 

 I think barbed wire contrasts well against the nature reserve.

 Okay, the following image has no relevance really but I thought it was sweet.

 

That's it for now, but I have been desperate to do some sewing (on my new machine which I have only had time to use once!!) and my next project in mind is a cushion cover or wall hanging with a freehand machine embroidery of a stag, like this one, only much bigger!

 

So watch this space...

 

Thanks for reading

Millie

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