KNIT ROTATION
Half milano machine knit and inlay detail with drop stitches to reveal the detail.
Using thinner yarns to ensure contrast in the samples as a collection.
Playing with making structures as loose and possible - seeing how tangled and wild I can go before the structure is completely lost.
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Tuck machine knit using the colour to create the contrast and pattern.
Taking advantage of the structural nature of knit to push the architectural side of my concept but the texture created by the tuck technique helped bring in that natural more wild aspect - even if just a hint.
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Looping hand knit using chunky wool yarns and plastic details to add hints of colour.
Focusing in on those tangled, wild, natural side of my concept was easier with the hand techniques. I love how this displayed this but also had a structure to it somehow.
Visualised as a winter wear jumper.
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Ripple machine knit using varied yarn thicknesses to play with mimicking a rough looking surface that contrasts the actually soft touch.
The ripple technique really linked the ridges I'd seen in urban landscapes but also resinates with the tubing shapes of natures branches and stems.
Visualised as a high-neck jumper.
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Moss stitch hand knit combining plastic and wool to create something structural but loose - combining natural and urban properties.
Materials was really important for me this rotation and I have really loved the openness of using very thin yarns next to chunkier ones.
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Ripple machine knit with inlayed knitting tubing.
This piece is the most literally of my concept - playing with the visual of ivy or moss climbing up structures and how nature interacted with urban environments
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