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These are a few of the swatches that made it into the final collection.

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This sample was knitted on the Shima, using a beautiful merino yarn from Uppingham Yarns in the UK, monofilament, lycra and nylon. I love watching what happens when the sample is steamed!

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One of the samples I love but it never quite made into the final collection. It was a nightmare to programme and even more of a nightmare to knit. Thank goodness for the amazing Shima technician!

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This is one of my favourites. Weaving / knitting and lots of 70s referencing!

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More samples from my final collection on the chunky domestic machine.

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Produced on the chunky domestic knit machine, these are from my final collection. Using a combination of merino, mohair and silk mohair.

#knit #knitting #knittingmachine #merino #wool #wovember 

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Still more to do and some nuno felting to get onto too

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Digital prints on a very fine piece of machine felting. The sample is very thin so we decided not to wash it as per the usual process in case it fell apart, so I gave it a gentle handwash instead. The ink really washes out but I don’t mind that. I then did some machine felting over the top of the washed piece -  it’s still a work in progress.

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This is a machine felt sample that I’ve stamped holes out of using leather-ware tools and I’m awaiting the result from the lab of the photograph digitally printed on it.

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Working on the Brother Domestic Chunky knit. Still some work to do but I like the textures and effects that can be created by hand manipulating the stitch structures.

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One of my faves. I made this on the Brother Domestic Chunky machine. 

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Trying out digitally printing over a merino Shima knit swatch. This might not have been the right shot to print over the structure, but I love the texture that comes through the knit and I also like the slightly washed out colours once the print has been washed. I’d like to do more of this.

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These are a combination of intarsia and plain all needle, using back and front bed to create different structural effects. I’ve used monofilament, pearl lurex and gold lurex in the swatches - so much fin!

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These were both produced on the Shima Seik. The navy sample is a combination of merino and metallic yarn, using all needles. The below sample ia half gauge sample.

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More swatches based on the micro photographs

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Shima swatches, based on my micro photographs. More samples to come and then next step is to start on the garment design....

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These were taken in the Catlins as we traipsed around beautiful beaches looking for locations. I’ll include these as inspiration for 2016 studio.