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krishna temple

100 PERCENT NY -- A/W 2012

most recent project | a collaboration with 100 percent NY for the A/W 2012 season

I hand-knit four pieces using a blend of Bartlett wool yarn and shetland from the

Hudson Valley Sheep & Wool Co. | dress knit in the round using a series of stitches.

wool roving knit-in at points for both texture and to act as a sort of fusible at shoulders.

(back of work)

tank knit in the round | stitches include knit, purl, a twisted rib,

a looped bobble stitch and wrapped jersey and purl stitches

the sweater | main focus being the sleeves, which are engineered to serpentine

around the arm and end on a straight cuff. linked seam on the outside

to define the spiral. mock turtle neckline.

back of the body contains more openwork looped stitches,

while the front of the work is filled in more with stitch work, only being

looped towards the shoulders in a sort of sweetheart shape. So, the front

of the sweater body had to be engineered with more courses, to account

for the longer stitch length on the back of the body & balance out the hem.

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first sleeve test.

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invite to the presentation featuring the finished sweater, neck piece & their maker...

was pretty nervous, but the photo & invite came out great!

photos from the presentation by Luis Artemio De Los Santos

100 percent ny lookbook

mom's christmas gifts the past two years!

Mom's christmas present last year 2010 | chest piece knit in Lion's Brand yarn

float jacquard multi-colored stitch design finishing with 2x2 rib around the neckline

Mom's gift this year 2011 | hand-knit vest in Hudson Valley Sheep & Wool Co. Yarn

mix of a quilted stitch at top, knit, purl and looped stitches, and a multi-colored

float jacquard design. 1x1 twisted rib at hem

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US Great Plains | courtesy of Dave Chapman

few swatches

most recent | "limestone" roving from the sheep

and wool festivel knit at hem, then wet/needle felted.

Felted portion transitions into knit Icelandic Lopi from the

Hudson Valley Sheep and Wool Co. in Redhook.

Knit-in of machine knitting poly/mohair blended yarn

swatch from last year I never photographed |

mohair yarn blended with a cotton crochet thread in a webby drop

stitch and pointelle stitch. Bits of sparkly red embroidery thread in parts.

short row shaping at hem

Black Stone

Andy Goldsworthy

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