Wednesday, March 24, 2010

machine knit fairisle


machine knit fairisles this week on our knit design course
It's all looking good and students who have never tried it before are making some lovely stuff!!
















not machine knitting, Alfriston instead





the National Trust Clergy House

Super-pretty Sussex village



knit design courses



well it's not all machine knitting! here we are getting to grips with body proportions through a drawing lesson. we include this so that the students can start to interpret their own designs into drawings..we see it as another communication tool

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

machine knit garments


garment in progress
5gg machine knit with crochet in white cotton

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

knit design courses

garment making techniques
for machine knitting
From Catherine, soon to be a download pattern
for machine knitting on www.knit-1.com
student Shirley Ann
knitted this on an ordinary domestic knitting machine


Student Charlotte assembling an amazing collection of
machine knitted swatches


tutor Catherine and students Liz and Christine
discussing garment making on knitting machines

knit design courses

classic breton knit
cast on 10 am


back bodice





back bodice off the machine



front and back bodices cast off together at shoulders




sleeve





1pm all knitted and sew in sleeves








sew up sleeve and bodice side seams














ok for a boy or girl








Friday, March 5, 2010

get more from your knitting machine





all made on standard gauge domestic knit machines but with a good helping of creativity!!
see what you can do?