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 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 …
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 colour to create geometric & fluid, organic shapes In addition to the smaller, more detailed patterns that can be created using Fair Isle techniques, colour can also be used to create a wide range of shapes; strong geometric lines, …
Introduction There are a number of ways to incorporate colour within a knitted fabric. One of the most popular and versatile is Fair Isle. Also referred to as ‘stranded colourwork’, Fair Isle is a way to combine colours using a …
Lines and mark making in print and paint The expresssion of lines in knitting may occur in a number of ways: It may be the choice of pattern stitches like cables, travelling stitches or ribs but it may also be …
Shape into form Of course, shape doesn’t stop at two dimensions, particularly in knitting! As we are both making our own fabric and fashioning it into its eventual form with our knitted fabric, we have at our disposal a vast …