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:)

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!:)

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!

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

:)

hand knitted cowl with recycled fur

I found some old mink scarfs in my great-aunts 

closet! you know the scary ones with head and paws. You can't really wear those anymore!

So I thought of a way to recycle the scarfs and make the fur more wearable. Better use them then to leave them in a closet!
The cowl is a combination of vintage mink fur with hand knitted wool. you can wear it with the fur on the inside or the out side.

LOVE KNITTING : THE FINALISTS

Finalist for the Love Knitting competition.

My design is called the SleeveScarf!:)
Big hand knitted scarf with one sleeve

http://www.fashionone.com/news/2014/05/23/blog-title-love-knitting-finalists/

introducing me:)

Hello!
My name is Laurie Bessems and I am from the Netherlands.
I study Fashion Knitwear and Knitted Textile Design at Nottingham Trent University.
I have been knitting and crocheting for as long as I can remember and now I am turning my hobby and passion into my profession. I am interested by the entire process: spinning, dying, hand/machine knitting, garment making, styling.

You can visit my Pinterest page for all kind of inspirational images. 

http://www.pinterest.com/lauriebessems/

thank you:)