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?

knit design courses

get more from your knitting machine!!

how about these then??

these are some pieces made in the studio by our knit design students and also by the in house team

knit design courses

knit design courses

Charlotte's fabulous creation grows

knit design courses

fame at last via Charlotte, one of our lovely students in the workshop. she chose 'the oldies' on Steve Wright in the afternoon and got a name check for knit-1.

she is currently working on very intersting float piece..she is super creative

here's the first image to see how it grows..

machine knit flowers

this week getting frightfully floral!
developing an online knit course in creative
textiles. Learn how to get more out of your basic domestic knit machine!!
It's amazing what a bit of imagination can lead to.
we made all sorts of flower and petal shapes as well as leaves and stalks...it looks very cute for necklines, hems and the edges of scarves

Cables and Macrame

We're nearly at the end of another successful 6 week course. Within the 6 week course, each week you can choose between two machine knit techniques. This time around on week two everyone chose to study Cables.

We look at all aspects of knotting and cabling so it makes sense to study the humble art of Macrame. A firm favourite of 1970s craft magazines and the ultimate way to make a cheap rope hanging plant pot ( should you need one) it also has infinite applications in fashion.

Making cables off the machine is a great way to play with and sculpt your knots.

Pitti Filati

Trends and colours from Pitti Filati:

U-NISEX

Displaying ideas on kimonos to focus on the element of shape,

highlighting materials and stiching.

CHIL-DISH

Displaying techniques and colours using rag dolls

PRE-HE-STORY

Using a limited colour palette using lots of effects such as fringing giving a very
primitive feel.

Fashion at work at trend area

Spinners:

Pinori: ponchos using giant stitches and heavy yarns

for a very pieced together look.

Avia:
Distressed, thick and thin yarn used giving a warn out look

Acadamia:

Displaying techniques using lanterns

Be miva:

HF Filati

Shops

Gucci womenswear, using all tweeds and tartan for a tailored,

classic look

Ballantyne:

Roberto Cavalli