Objective For this final assignment on the use of line in design you’ll be using the information you gained in the line tutorials and tasks to produce a series of 3 samples based on your own design and choice of …
Introduction So far we’ve knitted our samples according to the number of stitches with minimal requirements for needles sizes, yarn sizes and finished measurements. Of course, when we come to making finished projects, whether from a commercial pattern or for …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …