designhogg: My Knitting Machine

Saturday, 23 May 2015

My Knitting Machine

A knitting machine of my own...

Although a simple punch card model, my new machine has allowed me to exsperiment more with colours and combinations of yarns...

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About Me

Hello!

I'm Rachel and I am about to graduate from the University of Derby having studied B.A Textile Design Hons, specialising in Knitted textiles.

This blog is devoted to my final university collection ‘This Way and That’. The collection describes the different directions of the knitted structures within this final collection of fabrics. The inspiration for this work comes from looking at repetitive patterns and colour, within natural forms, such as coral and markings of animals and sea life, as well as from art and architecture.

Artists Antoni Gaudi and Frida Kahlo are the main inspirations behind the use of colour in this collection due to their vibrancy and contrasting tones.

Architecture, such as the Louvre, and the London Eye has been the influence in creating open spaces within knitted structures. The geometry and the visibility of supporting structures was a huge influence. Primary photographs and visual research has enabled the development of the aesthetics of this collection, whilst experimentation with knitted structures, inspired by art and architecture, has lead to the structural development and manipulation of the fabrics you see here.

I hope you enjoy!

designhogg

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Saturday, 23 May 2015

My Knitting Machine

A knitting machine of my own...

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