Tag: randolph St Gallery
Jacket pattern brewing
by connie on Jun.13, 2010, under Blog
This sleeveless jacket pattern will be a doddle in English but a real challenge for me in Danish as my written Danish is very very average, and then my Norwegian is, well it is really nonexistant. That is I do not really know any Norwegian. I will be bribing the requesters for the help I need with the testing and checking of the pattern.
Fortunately I know one very well (my Danish cousin) and the other I am getting to know (lovely Trine from Norway). I hope they read this – which is why I have written the words down – they will need to be my testers.
But of course I am digressing – the real purpose of this post is to tell you that I will also create the pattern for lighter weight yarns as well, as the style is classic and interesting, as you can see in the version below with long fitted sleeves and shaped peplum and without the shawl collar.
I think this jacket will work well in a double knitting (8 ply / worsted weight yarn), making it a great in between seasons jacket.
I am not committing to writing the pattern in any other languages however. I shall get the sleeveless one completed in the three languages and then see how well I survived the process and then decide.
Both versions of this jacket were included in the Colour Play exhibition held in the Randolph St Gallery, at Whitecliffe School of Fine Arts and Design campus in 2007. A Vogue Knitters Tour Group from USA hosted by Nicky Epstein and Carla Scott attended the opening.
Peplum
Curiously Peplum has two distinct and almost separate definitions. Its early origins are Greek, and peplum was simply the word for tunic. The peplum, a term dating back to the 19th century, is also a short overskirt that is usually attached to a fitted jacket. My jacket is certainly a fitted jacket with a short skirt.
The Purples Batwing Sweater
by connie on Jul.02, 2008, under Blog, Intarsia
This piece was created for my Colour Play Exhibition held in Auckland at the Randolph Street Gallery, at Whitecliffe School of Fine Arts and Design in 2007.
There were, and still are many purple yarns in my stash. I created this sweater using mohair, and many other yarns that knitted at a similar tension. I do not have a pattern for the sweater or for the intarsia design on it – it is knitted in free form. 
It was created from the waistband which I knitted in the round. I then knitted the front and the back at the same time up to the shoulders – (back and forth not circularly).
This enabled me to continue the colours at the sides so that when stitched together the design wrapped around and it reduced the effect of the side seam. The shoulders were bound off with a 3 needle cast off. The neck band was originally a rib knitted in the round. I ripped that out and knitted a semi cowl collar in stocking stitch and reverse stocking stitch. I liked it so much I ripped out the waist band and knitted the new waistband down using the same yarns and stitches as at the neck. The cuffs were knitted down from the sleeve in rib.
I have knitted many sweaters in this way, with free form intarsia on a knitted shape. This is the first where I have removed the original neckline and waistline ribs and replaced them with stocking stich and reverse stocking stitch finish.
The owner of it loves it.
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