Knitting week 3

This week we were introduced to the new techniques of hooking up and partial knitting. These were techniques I found extremely valuable as they gave the knit a very tactile and textural surface. This is something that comes across in my drawings and so it only makes sense to show similar qualities in my knit work. I also took inspriatiog from the shapes in my drawings, I continued with my muted colour scheme and added some viscose loop with cotton binder to add another effect of a lustrous yarn. I continued to look at my artists and drew inspiration from them including Sonya Pillips.

During the demonstration of the partial knitting I felt slightly overwhelmed as it seemed a difficult concept to grasp, but as soon as I got onto the machine I found the technique a lot simpler and more enjoyable. The technique itself is very adaptable as it can be used to create a vast amount of shapes both regular and abstract.