SYDNEY DESIGN

Sydney Design at the Powerhouse was huge. So big, (and so busy) in fact that I didn't get a chance to get around to any of the exhibits. Regretfully missed the Castiglioni retrospective, and Benini both at the Powerhouse, only a level or two up from the Knitting Workshop Tent where I was.

It was a joy getting some beginner knitters on the needles and churn out a scarf or two in the workshops; they were so surprised and chuffed at how easy it is; but also at how design can improve an outcome by making the process more accessible. The theme of Sydney Design this year was about how design has a story, and how the designer connects their ideas with an audience through that story. It was great to participate in this process, and be part of these symbiotic conversations.

WORKSHOP AT SYDNEY DESIGN

I'm getting a lot of emails about the Workshop and what standard of knitter one needs to be to attend. So, I just want to confirm that the Construction Knitting Patterns are for really basic knitting skills, and they are so easy. In one workshop you should be able to whip up a whole garment. It's big chunky knitting so it grows quickly; and the shapes are easy and uncomplicated knitted rectangles and squares. And I'm there to show you how to join the pieces following the pattern, to make all the different garments.

So, I'll be running Construction No 1 in the morning workshops, and Construction No 2 in the afternoon workshops.




Now these strange little shapes that you keep seeing, are the shapes of the pieces you knit to create these different constructions.

CONSTRUCTION NO 1:

& CONSTRUCTION NO 2:


For example; this shape below corresponds to to this piece (A: SCARF) to start you on your Construction No 2 pattern.

WORKSHOP TENT

Intense workload this week/ screenprinting 60 metres of fabric for the Workshop Tent. The Tent will be shipped all the way from New Zealand to Sydney / Look out for it at at the PowerHouse Museum for the Construction Knitting Workshop.
Don't miss this space!!!

SYDNEY DESIGN

I'm running a KNITTING CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP during Sydney Design at the PowerHouse Museum; August 15-18.
There's only 20 per class; which will be a nice hands on group size for me to show how to make pieces from the Construction Knitting Patterns and join them to make different garments. I will be adding little annexes (some extra shapes) to the patterns in these workshops and I'll show how to get some extra variations within the constructions. I'll also be sharing some stories on how my bespoke yarn is made; images of where I source it and the way its processed. I'm also going to have some new products on display - I'll keep that a surprise; and new yarn colours at the YBM Design Market.