Knit textiles + inspiration

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specifically for fabrics created using the knitting /crochet technique

garments
fabrics
etc
also inspiration !

 

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KNITTING / CROCHET

Adolphe William Bougereau - knitting girl 1869


Winslow Homer - mending the nets

livingknitting.blogspot.com

 

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knitty.com

 

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Graduates from English schools...

Nicola Lagan




Rebecca Weber




Hannah Hazell



rca.ac.uk / texprint

 

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Sandra Backlund
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f60/sandra-backlund-55422.html?highlight=backlund



styleskilling.com

 

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from Glasgow School of Art
(major in knitted textiles)





gsa.ac.uk

 

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winner of textile students awards showcase 2005

Nikki Ryan
from Brighton University

My final collection concept was based on weather. I looked mainly at thewinter sky and explored my theme using photography, looking into clouds,their textures, colours and moods. I aimed to create a sophisticated but warm and cozy winter collection of garments and accessories, to wrap up inagainst the elements.

bhkc.co.uk

 

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Claire Lester
of RGA Grays School of Art

Biological Identity​

My work is based on Biological Identity. Through personal research of my own inner identity, i.e. D.N.A, bacteria and electron microscope work I have produced a fabric collection for contemporary women’s fashion. Mainly focusing on magnification, multiplication and the structure of my research imagery. All pieces reflecting clinical, contemporary science and modern living.
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bhkc.co.uk

 

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Liz Collins
(my scan)

lizcollins.com / fashioning fabrics - Elyssa da Cruz

Liz Collins is an artist and designer, recognized internationally for her use of machine knitting to create ground-breaking clothing, textiles, and 3-D installations.

After five years as an independent designer of seasonal ready-to-wear collections in New York City, Collins returned to her alma mater, Rhode Island School of Design, as an Assistant Professor in the Textile Department. In addition to teaching, Collins currently designs knitwear under her own label, which she sells at trunk sales and select boutiques in New York and Tokyo. She also collaborates with other designers, producing signature knit pieces and collections for them. A member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Collins was has been cited by the New York Times as a creator of “brilliantly crafted” garments and a “designer with many industry accolades”. In the spring of 2005, a new facet of Collins’ work emerged: a series of performance-based installations called “KNITTING NATION”, that employ uniformed machine knitters to create a multi-sensory experience that examines the relationship of humans to manufacturing and the process of machine knitting. Collins is a 2006 United States Artists Target Fellow in Crafts and Traditional Arts, and received at $50,000 fellowship award for this honor.

 

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Louise Rolfe
from Swansea University

Swansea Institute​

‘The Nomadic Traveller’My work explores the theme of body protection and covering. I take my inspirationfrom travelling; through experiencing different cultures and customs. I develop mywork using a combination of machine knitting, stitch and felting. I create wearablepieces for the body which are contemporary and conceptual.
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bhkc.co.uk

 

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Emily Burnham
Central Saint Martins, UK

'Inside/Outside'. In developing the concept of inside/outside I will be taking inspiration from the doll itself and many other areas of interest, the human body, mannequins, the patchwork quilt, and different illnesses and their medical treatments. Through my visual research in these areas I aim to develop work where distorted forms come together in fashion with beautiful fabrics.

bhkc.co.uk

 

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from Winchester School of Art
2001 graduates

Louise Rolt -


Natalie Ratledge -


Christina Poxon -


wsa.soton.ac.uk

 

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I love this red one here in the centre.. Is that possible with knit? I didn't know you could 'draw' --it seems like embroidery. Unfortunately she doesn't have a write-up next to her work


Claire O'Brian
Central Saint Martins

bhkc.co.uk

 

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Graham Tabor

grahamtabor.com

 

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a photograph by Koray Birand

mdolla.com

 

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Japanese design duo Sacai often use experimental knitting techniques..

S/S 09

i-eh3.com
orig. posted by runner

 

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Blobitecture Form
idebut.org

 

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issey miyake 1977

united colours of benetton

tendances-de-mode.com | sunandtan.blogspot.com

 

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300 carpet

An oversized knitwork which appears as if it originated in a different
world. A hand-knitted carpet, not
only representing the result itself but also the process of work as a
performing act with the intention to create a
product identidity, creating a reference to material and handcraft
tradition.



Designer: Sebastian Schönheit (Germany)

 

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"seamless hands-up" knit top from carol christian poell
it's knitted in the literal shape of hands-up and you can see a scar running diagonally.


my pics