Wednesday 9 July 2008

Bags and Felt



This is my first attempt at a bag to sell.  I have knitted a small rectangular shaped piece of fabric then stitched it up 2 sides.  I have made felted flowers out of blackfaced sheep wool that has been dyed.  The felting was fun to do as I haven't done it for ages.  I'm going to try and sell it on my etsy.com shop.  This design is just a test to see if knitted bags sell.  I will be basing my new designs on actual projects I am doing at the moment.
Hopefully more bags will be on the way soon but first I need more yarn and time!  

Monday 7 July 2008

knitwear



Here is one of my jumpers, modeled by my dog Halley, he wasn't very impressed.  I knitted this on my brother knit machine then felted it, as it is only the second jumper I have made I was pretty pleased with it even though it was far too small for me!  I plan to knit more garments and accessories to sell, not for dogs though!  I'm currently working on a simple lambs wool knitted bag so images of it will be up shortly!

Sunday 6 July 2008

Colours and patterns




Well this is my first post so I thought I would show you a bit of my work.  This is a photograph from my exchange to Finland last year.  I really liked the autumn colours, they were so rich over there.  The strong colours intertwine with more neutral tree trunks to create an interesting pattern.  I really like patterns in nature and think my final year project will be based on it alot.
Will post again soon with more of my work!