Things are getting a little crazy...

I've begun sampling with some of my new yarns I bought from Fairfield yarns. I love it there (as you can tell). I think I need a yarn sort out and clear some room for myself!

Gaining Direction..

I've found putting up images on my wall really helps to keep my ideas focused. Rather than flipping through a sketchbook all the time I can now keep looking at my images to inspire my knits.

She sells sea shells by the sea shore..

I've started collecting my own shells to use as inspiration. My mum actually brought back these amazing coral coloured ones from the Cape Verde isles. I think the colour in these are amazing. I love the idea of having soft natural tones with highlights of a vivid coral.

Looking For Inspiration...

So it's my final year and I want to do something amazing. I've come across these x-ray images of shells on the internet which I think are amazing. I want to use these to inspire the silhouette and shape of my garments. I love the idea of something being protective yet revealing at the same time.

Knit is anything but ordinary..

So to take my ideas further I starting to distress my knitwear as you would a pair of jeans. I am knitting with a denim yarn which has the same properties as a pair of jeans ( only denim is typically woven and I am doing the opposite by knitting with it). The samples have had everything done to them you would do to denim, i.e bleaching, sanding etc. I took these images at Formby incorporating my samples with my inspiration and I am really happy with the result.