Walter Rodrigues

A technique that could be created on the knitting machine knitting in strips or knots of chiffon and then roughly cutting them so they fray out. Must be quite thick strips/knots to ensure a good clear circle of colour.

Herb Williams Crayon Sculptures

New ideas

In Thailand I saw many amazing flower garlands which had been constructed in a very 3 dimensional way. I also saw sculptures created from thousands of mini flower buds which were very beautiful. They were very origami like and I am wondering how I can interpret these ideas into my work. The above images are made up of hundreds of chinese modular origami pieces. This could perhaps be created with layers of cotton fabric bonded together to create a stiff material that can be folded. The best way this could work would be to create folds in the knitted fabric by lifting stitches (could be in a pattern or random) and then attach the origami shapes into this fold, so they grow out of the tucks. I could also create circular growing origami shapes which have been sewn onto a knitted sample after. This could be done so by creating a simple entrelac sample and then attaching the origami pieces in different ways to these diagonal folds.

Katie Niewodowski

Love the colours, textures, melting, bubbling, embellishment, clustering.

Entrelac

Another technique I wish to learn!
Once I have learnt the technique I'd like to experiment with the sizes of the squares, going from a wide scale, and also combination of colours. Extreme, op art effects. Graduation in colours.

New Ideas

Ideas I am thinking of incorporating into my knitwear:
techniques such as cross stitch, crewel embroidery mixed with intarsia, shisha indian mirror embroidery. intense macrame.

industrials.
different gaige machines - very chunky/fine.
colours - few, neon, monochrome with highlights.
subject matter - broader, all spectrums of design. art, architecture, fashion, etc.

Indigo