knit one

I started the Territories of Practice elective with some trepidation. I was very much looking forward to getting an in depth look at how to use sustainability in my own practice and how others manage to do this successfully in a number of different ways. Whilst I did enjoy the lectures given to us by Miriam (a TED fellow and associate lecturer with UAL) I found myself strangely limited by the…

I have recently finished the project that I posted about a while ago – and I am really pleased with the result.

I managed to create my Jumper inspired by my recent trip to the Aegean, and it was all knitted on an Industrial 12gg Dubied machine using the hold technique. The idea to create this jumper again in a sustainable manner is one that I am currently working on, and I will be knitting it…

  I wish to create a collection of sustainable textiles made from home grown and hand spun silk. This is developing ideas discussed within the mantle of Textile Environmental Design. Specifically of interest to me within this project are No. 6 (Design That Takes models From Nature/History), No. 7 (Design For Ethical Production) and No. 10 (Design Activism). Each of these philosophies interacts…

How can we design to minimise waste in our current rapid consumer environment? There are a number or excellent and innovative projects successfully creating products that have been designed to minimise or even eradicate waste completely. For example the practice of zero waste pattern cutting can be extremely successful. Holly McQuillans’ blog http://hollymcquillan.com/ show cases her Zero-waste…