Sampling

So far I have been unhappy with my knit samples, this is because I felt they look just like what I produced last year. I realised this was because I hadn’t experimented enough the past few weeks with yarns and the machines I was using. I have found a fine domestic machine this week so I tried working on that, this made me much more pleased with my work. I think it has a much softer and clean look like my research and was what I was hoping my samples would look like. I have also been experimenting lots on the dubied machines which has been very time consuming but worth it. I am pleased with how much I have progressed on these and feel much more confident on them. I think my work suits these machines and I enjoy working on them and pushing myself to use it well.

On the dubied machines I have been trying to create the mesh look that Laura had previously suggested for me in a tutorial though using lace holes repeatedly on top of each other, I found this challenging at first as I couldn’t grasp picking up stitches when dropped and it was very time consuming transferring the lace holes on an un-familiar machine. Because of the time taken on my techniques, I think my work would be suited in high fashion rather than high street as it couldn’t be mass produced cheaply or fast. I am so pleased with this technique so will be including it in my final collection.

I have started looking at my collection as a whole now rather than individual pieces, through my sketchbook I have a range of minimal pages alongside quite full ones and would like this to show through my collection. I will do this through some minimal fine gauge samples and other more detailed ones. I have also tried dying a sample to show my use of water colours.