Introduction At last, time to put your skills into practice! In this final lesson you’ll be taking your work from the previous lesson and translating that into a finished sectional blanket or hanging. Objective Your aim for this final section …
Objective For this final assignment on the use of shape in design you’ll be using the information you gained in the shaping tutorials and tasks to produce a series of 3 samples based on your own design and choice of …
Objective For this assignment you’ll be using the information you gained in the earlier shaping tutorials and tasks to produce new samples, exploring and thinking about how increases and decreases can be used practically and creatively to add structure and …
Objective For this assignment you’ll be using the information you gained in the earlier colourwork tutorials and task to produce a new sample based on your own design and choice of colours, this time using the intarsia technique and thinking …
Objective For this assignment you’ll be using the information you gained in the earlier colourwork tutorials and task to produce a new sample based on your own design and choice of colours. Assignment 6 Part One – Design and make …
Objective In this assignment you will be putting all the skills you have learned in this section, exploring Fair Isle colourwork and how colour schemes can be developed. Assignment 5 Part One Using what you have learned so far, find …
Using decreasing techniques to create shape We’ve looked at increases and how we can use these for both functional purposes and as design features in their own right. In this next series of lessons and tasks we’ll be exploring how …
Create a unique colourway by dyeing your own yarn and knitted fabric Working with colour is wonderful. What makes designing even more special is when you can create a colour of yarn that is unique to you! In this lesson …
Using shape to create interesting edgings Introduction When we see a design, we may not be immediately aware of it, but our eyes often focus on the finish of the piece and, in particular, the edgings used. A good edging, …
Use increasing techniques to create shape – The ‘lifted’ (knit below or row below) increase & the ‘raised’ increase There are a number of ways in which we can create shape in our knits. Increasing is one such way and …