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Saturday, 5 December 2015

sample development





First Garment

First garment I've been working on is finished! and he first hand-in is on monday!
I have knitted this raglan sleeve style jumper on a Dubied knitting machine (5g.)
The jumper is knitted to shape to minimize the waste in the production. that means I had
to transfer  A LOT of stitches by hand!  but I am very happy with the result:)








yarn: Drops lace, alpaca/silk

Final year

Hello! 
It has been a while but im back!:)
I am in my final year of uni now and working on my collection. I will be posting updates of fabric swatches, design development and everything else that is part of my collection.

hope you like it:)










Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Hand knit project for uni

last term at uni we did a hand knit project inspired by 'the war years'. So we looked at the 1920s 1930s and the 1940s.
Using rowan yarns: Felted Tweed and Rowan Finest. I choose those 2 yarns because at time of war, yarn wasn't always available or affordable. felted tweed looks like it has been knitted, worn, washed before : unraveling and re-knitting
my designs are a combination of the two: 'old and new' yarn in one garment. linking and connecting with cables



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I got selected for the rowan design award 2015 by Marie Wallin!:)


Sunday, 1 February 2015

Firenze

Second day and shopping day in Florence!

Great shops with beautiful collections and sale!:)



we visited the Gucci Museo and had lunch at the Gucci restaurant.
The best brochette and the most delicious pasta picci
I am definitely going back there!
Piazza della Signoria, 10 - 50122 Florence
http://www.guccimuseo.com/en/






With my dear friend at Celine 
Trying on the Celine edge bag in burgundy red




The beautiful Chanel shop 


trip to Firenze, Italy

28-31 january 2015

uni trip to Florence, Italy

such a beautiful city!








Saturday, 24 January 2015

Project Drops Kid-Silk Cowl

Ordered some lovely Drops yarn from www.woolwarehouse.co.uk

first project: knit and pearl seamless cowl in Drops Kid-Silk.
The yarn is so soft and beautiful




Cast on circular needles
knit several rows then pearl several rows 
repeat till the end

I knitted 5 rows and then pearled 5 rows
x8


:)