It was time for me to be in ”safer waters” meaning create something out of yarn:it’s something I totally understand and it seems familiar .
I always loved to experiment as well as to create things in a bigger scale.
In this case I’ve knitted ribbon in different colours and sizes on an automatic strapping machine and I’ve use it as yarn to play with, making sure it has a loose reference on the painting I got inspiration from .
Also, to be more experimental,I’ve used different knitting media,media I have never used before in order to see how things work and in a way re invent knitting sequences:
I was quite happy with the marl effect :It can be worn as a bracelet to match the ring worn by the lady on the painting.
I thoroughly enjoyed this part!!!
Working with knitting machines on a daily basis, generating stitches and knitting techniques almost ”mechanically” and ”automatically” without putting extra thought onto them ,sometimes makes me disconnect from what I’m doing (the fabric/garment) whereas working towards this assignment and using pegs, hangers or even my fingers, and hand fed yarn onto my ”needles” made the whole process more personal and original. It gave me the pleasure of handcrafting: made me appreciate something I’m doing everyday even more and helped me connect with a skill that has been around for thousands of years allowing me see everything from a different ankle.
Walking around the house looking to find new knitting media was an absolute fun as it made me think out of the box , and even though I know the knitting game quite well , it was like I was reinventing the whole process. This-new-invented media has helped me to knit in larger scale and literally magnify my work where all knitting elements seem zoomed in .
Macrame on the other hand showed me a different perspective:knot/stitch creation happens rather vertically than horizontally (knitting) and due to the fact that it is knots and not loops gives a different texture and look. Knots cannot be unraveled as loops can , they create a smaller surface but macrame laces can expand and sort of ”interact” to each other with different binding and knotting techniques.
Great experience , great pleasure … looking forward for the next assignment .
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