Final Samples prep

For my final samples I have prepared my image into the different sections that I plan on knitting, Each knitted piece will represent one final sample and have representation of the section of the image chosen. Here are the chosen sections:

Let the knitting begin...

Contextualising my work

I am now thinking about where my work will fit into the world of textiles, as I have always had an interest for the interior side of things, I decided that maybe interior accessories would be a good place to start...

I thought about various basic interior accessories such as lamp shades, throw blankets, cushions, cushion covers, rugs etc. 

If I had more of an idea of what I wanted to focus on earlier on in this project I would have tried to create more samples that could be seen as more of the items listed above, however for this projects samples I think cushion covers would be a suitable thing to put my designs/samples on. Although the quality of these edited images is far from perfect I am happy with the outcome of this idea:

  This is my favourite cushion sample as there is more going on than in the rest, I do however feel that it would be better it the shape of the knitting matched the shape of the cushion.

I quite like they was this sample looks on the cushion as it looks as though it has been enlarged.

Although this is one of favourite samples I don't like how I have lost some of the knit when cropping the image, I do think it shows the best part of the sample though.

I really like that there is quite a lot of detail in this sample when you see it close up, I'm happy with this piece but I could like for the edge of the knit image to be less sharp.

Putting sections together

After my initial samples I was drawn to the idea of knitting the sections of image focusing on significant elements of each section, however I also thought it would be interesting to try knitting the sections together to make one larger piece of knit, almost like patchwork maybe?

I got as far as knitting 10 individual sections of the image, I then hooked each piece back onto the machine to knit them all together and create a larger piece, below is a picture of the 10 sections knitted together.

I feel that this outcome has been a success as it looks better than I imagined it would, although the piece looks better in person I am now left thinking about what it could possibly be used for in the textile industry....

Samples

I have started to do some samples using various sections of the image as inspiration, I made a plan for each sample which included yarn colour, techniques and layout. (see sketchbook) 

I really like the pulled e wrap technique, I think it has a great effect and could be used to interpret a wide variety of sections in my work. Although I have steamed this sample the variation of the positions of e wrap had affected the shape of this sample.

I don't really like this sample at all, it seems pretty pointless as it is so small, I do however like the effect of partial knit on the bottom left corner but I am not sure this works well at this point.

In this sample I have simply e wrapped different colours in, I quite like the finished effect but unfortunately the casting off on this sample is too tight and has warped the shape slightly.

 

This is definitely one of my favourite samples as the colours are lovely, and the pulled e wrap technique really flatters the sample.

I am not sure how I feel about this particular sample as there re a few mistakes that I recovered, I think if I had used a tighter tension to darker blue knit would look much better.

I really like this sample as rather than looking at any specific detail in the image I focused more on the colours that were in the section, I love the inlay of the red and yellow yarn at the bottom.

This sample was aimed to have a more simple look and I feel that it has worked really well and this sample had a beautiful texture.

Drawings

Here are some drawings that I did from my chosen image, I used a small range of media to ensure I do not get carried away with them and so that the focus stays on the sections rather than what they are drawn with.

Felt tip pen shadow drawing.

Various Drawing media with different thickness nibs.

Felt tip, section of image.

Painted gouache section.

Painted gouache section.

Ink and bleach section.

Ink and bleach section.

Chalk pastel section.

Chalk pastel section.

Chalk pastel section.

Chalk pastel section.

More Sectioning

I really love this image as the colours are so vibrant, the sky section is my favourite as the colours compliment each other so well. I have started to try out some yarn wrappings looking at the colour proportion in the individual sections to determine the amount of colour in each yarn wrapping.

I continued to try more image selections but nothing really appealed to me as ,uch as the image above. I feel that I am doing these cut outs and drawings simply for the sake of it. From now on I am going to focus on the one image.