Industrial project

This is the first project of the second year which is designed to be a mock for the FMP. We were required to write our own brief and make a capsule collection of two outfits.

                                            

I started looking at tropical flowers as I had visited the island of Madeira and also the Eden project.

Digital Print of my design

Below are some pictures of my sketchbook work. 

Hand sewn fabric in my sketchbook

Sketch of some Orchids

Using solufleece and bondaweb, 

Appliqued flowers

Trapping layers of fabric using free hand embroidery 

Appliqued flowers

From my sketchbook work I started sampling with knit. 

Knit sample using the dubied

Knit sample using the dubied

Knit sample using the chunky knitting machine with the ribber

From my knit samples I started to lead these into final designs and garments.

Below are some examples of my CAD work and also my final dress idea coming together.

Fashion drawings using illustrator 

Here is all of my completed work including fashion illustrations of my outfits. 

Fashion illustrations

Final presentation

Final presentation area

Live Project Knit Samples

I created a range of knitwear samples as part of the Live project. Below are photos that show some of those samples. I have changed the make up of my yarns from those that I originally started off with, as now they contain a higher silk content. I really like the way these knit samples look and I'm pleased that they have turned out this way. I hope that they will go well with the embroidery panels I plan on using.

Sam

        

Blue Project Presentation

For my Blue project I was required to complete a mood board, an illustration, technical drawings and fashion flats, a technical file and six final samples. 

My inspiration was waves which I discussed in an earlier blog post. I think that my results tied in very closely to my theme and I replicated it well with my final knit samples. I hand-dyed all of the yarns that I used in these samples and this was an achievement for me as it's not something that I would normally do. Working with a small colour palette was also a challenge but it was interesting as it allowed me to focus more closely on depth and tone. I really enjoyed working on this project and was pleased with my final results. The photos below are of the presentation of the project in my base space.

Sam

Venice Project Overview

Back in October 2014 our group visited Venice to gather inspiration for our first project of the second year. Below are photos of the knitting and construction of my final outfit of the Venice project which was made up of a crop top and culottes. This was the first knitted outfit I have ever attempted to make. 

The sleeves for my top took a very long time to knit as the lace carriage wouldn't work with my yarn. Instead of using the lace carriage I transferred each stitch by hand to create all of the lace holes. The crop-top was relatively straight-forward to knit although it was also the first time that I had knitted a hem.

The culottes consisted of four identical knitted lengths of fabric which featured a complicated pattern made of five different yarns, each with their own colour and texture.

Considering this was the first knitted outfit I've made, I was extremely pleased with the final result.

The knit for the sleeves still on the knitting machine

A close up of the sleeve knit

Hooking up the hem of the crop top

Knitting on the machine for the culottes

The final four pieces of knit for the culottes

Laying my pattern onto the fabric of the crop top

Pinning the fabric of the culottes ready to be steamed

Another piece of fabric pinned ready to be steamed

Marking out pattern pieces ready to cut

Pattern pieces marked out to be cut

Sleeve material marked out ready to be cut

The waistband of the culottes on the linking machine

The final garment with all of the supporting work

Samples and toiles

Latest Project - Blue

Yarn Dyeing

This week was the first week of my new project which focuses on the colour blue. As a knitter, we are required to dye our own yarns which we will come to use later on in the project. This week saw me experimenting with different types of yarn and dye to find a suitable combination to use.

I'm not particularly comfortable with being in the print room and dyeing but it turned out to be much more enjoyable than I initially thought that it would be. It was a good experience and the group shared ideas and I got some interesting results from my experiments.  Below are some photos of the day.

The skeins of yarn I made ready to be dyed.

 All of the skeins the group made to be dyed split up into yarn types - wools, cottons, silks, polyester etc..

On the left I am using navy acid dye and on the right Karen is washing out yarns.

Above is Karen indigo dyeing and on the right is Nicole using procion dye.

I wanted a dip dye effect so here I am using procion dye and dipping half and half into different shades.

Here are some of the different results we all got from this workshop.

 On the right are all my yarns that I bought and dyed.

I am hoping to write some more blog posts in the future to show some of the further steps of this project.

Sam