Surrounded by yarn...

The past couple of weeks have, for me, consisted of yarn, knitting, more yarn and even more knitting... and i've been loving it! Machine knit is a dream come true: so easy to get started and there's loads of room for experimenting with colour and texture. (Hand knit is a different story but hopefully this week i'll get to master that too.) My 'Pop-Up' collection, which has worked to inspire my work in the knitting technical block, was based on an 'organic' theme- think tree bark, flowers, autumnal leaves etc.  I was drawn to the colour pallet the natural world has during Autumn and Winter, like burnt oranges and dark purples. I created some drawings, wrappings and windings based on my collection...

These are a few of my favourite drawings...

The following images are my attempts at using paint and ink in experimental methods such as drawing with twigs and using a straw to blow the paint around the page...

I like the more abstract appearance of the plant in this drawing, rather than it looking completely life like as in the image below...

Using a twig and ink, I tried to draw a bundle of berries I had collected...

I'd like to use this image when it comes to print!

And here are a selection of wrappings and windings drawing from the colours of my objects...

I'm sure i'll be adding to my Pop-Up collection and body of work over the next few weeks, and i'll be trying to push what I do based on my objects even further during stitch, print and weave!