This week I have found that knitting a block colour base to work into with embroidery has been my most successful part of sampling. Working with a Black background then bringing in the blue on a punchcard and then detail with either hand embroidery or some machine embroidery I find has been working best.
Taking things further this week, we spoke in my crit about finding the right shades of blue, as I have yet to find the right colours. So it was agreed that I should take to the dye lab and do some of my own.
To define my ideas even more we spoke about composition of pattern and how and where embroidery could be placed, not just all in one place but sectioned parts of the pattern. Also to think about which side of my knits would look better embroidered into. Whether the technical back on punchcard would look better than the technical front, once I have embroidered them, and this was something I needed to explore with my samples.
Looking at Peter Piliotto and a few of his recent designs have inspired me to work more boldly with my pattern and colour. Pulling out a more bolder and colourful design. Using my embroidery work to make the colours thicker and pattern stand out. Working more with machine embroidery than hand with this, I feel it is more effective and striking than hand embroidery, I don't think it works as well as the techniques on the sewing machine.
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