ConnieLene – KnitDesigner

I do not know the name of the model wearing my Great New Zealand Cloak – but it was a nice surprise to find this photograph today. I had followed an advertisement for the upcoming Italian “Vogue Knitting Italia 2010″ tour and explored and found this photograph from the 2007 tour which came to New Zealand & Australia. That tour was also hosted by Carla Scott and Nicky Epstein, and we were all delighted to meet them.

Vogue Knitter Tour member wearing The Great New Zealand Cloak

PDF file of the Vertical Asia Crossover Jacket

This jacket is knitted in one piece from left sleeve cuff to right sleeve cuff. The colour sequence creates different colour effects – that is the left sleeve and left front are different to the right sleeve and right front. You can create this jacket using less or more colours and you could also create this jacket with the colour sequence mirrored if you wish.

The knitting is finished with a crochet edge – which could be created using any of the colours in the jacket.

This jacket was included in an exhibition held in Auckland New Zealand that was attended by a group of knitters from the USA on the New Zealand & Australian Vogue Knitters Tour of 2007.

PDF file of the Vertical Asia Crossover Jacket

©2007 ConnieLene Johnston
connie@connielene.com
www.connielene.com

One thing I had not realised as I was preparing for the Colour Play exhibition to which I knew the Vogue Knitting tour group with Carla Scott and Nickey Epstein were attending, was that I had any hot pink yarns at all.

Melissa had said to me that I had to create a jacket, or waistcoat in hot pink as this was the in colour for 2007. I didn’t really believe her and I couldn’t rush out to buy a substantial range of yarns and colours in hot pink because that meant going to many shops all over Auckland to look for a good range – and there was no time to do that on top of creating the garments that I had already planned.

So we hunted through my stash – and to my amazement I had a lot of hot pinks or other colours to blend and balance with my hot pinks and so I created the “Hot Pink” sleeveless jacket. It turned out a real stunner and Melissa claimed it as her own as she had made me create something different, something very different. This really was playing with colour for the “Colour Play” exhibition.

Vogue Knitting Tour Group pictures from the Colour Play exhibition.
Fiber artist and knit designer Connie Lene Johnston gave us a sneak peek of her “Colour Play” collection. The show would officially open in a few days, featuring her work as well as that of students from the Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design.

During the wine-and-cheese reception, Ms. Johnston described each garment’s evolution, texture, construction and how she used color in each one. We were invited to try on the clothes—not your typical art exhibit.

Vogue Knitting Tour Group pictures from the Colour Play exhibition thank you to Alice Pepper

at the Randolph St Gallery – Whitecliffe School of Fine Arts & Design. September 2007.

ConnieLene’s unique knit designs alongside the work of BFA Fashion design students from Whitecliffe.

The Vogue Knitting Tour of Australia and New Zealand 2007, hosted by Nicky Epstein and Carla Scott,a Vogue Knitting Editor attended the special opening.