Origami jumper construction

Here are the photos of what I did with the two lengths of knit-weaving after they were completed.

I sewed part of them together and  marked where the neckline needed to go with a contrasting thread. Then took it into the Studio and did a zig-zag stitch just outside of the contrasting thread. That was repeated so as to make sure that when the inside area was cut away the knitting would not unravel. this was done yesterday.

This morning I hung the knitted strips onto the needles of the machine, the wrong side facing out. Then carefully pushed each needle through the cloth ( 144 needles in all). Carefully knitted each needle back so as to have the loops on the needles and the garment hanging down. Knitted 12 rows on Tension dial 7 then did one row on Tension dial 10 and another 12 rows on TD 7. Carefully picked up all the loops which were created when I first hung the garment and hand knitted those back one by one. Did one row with the carriage and cast off around the pegs.

 You can see by the above photo that it makes a neat neckline hiding all the cut bits of thread when the circle was cut out. 

On the left is the Origami folded garment which now needs to be hand stitched together.

I have spent about 20 hours , designing, swatching, knit-weaving,doing the neckline and hand sewing.....so at $30/hour that would come to $600 plus the handspun Merino/silk yarn and other yarns...

The garment is for sale at $700.00 and please don't rush me....Hahahahahaha

Origami and Knit-Weaving

It has taken a while for me to get  my enthusiasm back for knit-weaving. I do enjoy it, as it is a very straight forward process on the knitting machine I use. Doing the origami garments is excellent for using up oddments of yarn in the weaving in process.

I had to refer to my notes of years ago when I taught this method at the South Australian Machine Knitting camp at Melrose. Putting in the neckline is the most difficult part as it has to be a cut-and-sew job which can be very tricky if you have cut the knitted piece and find it is in the wrong position...

I will show the finished garment later in the week after having sewn it together and put in the neck opening.

My sister Jo, came to stay over the Easter break and we decided , that rather than drive anywhere, we would have our picnic in what we call "The Hundred Acre Wood" which is about fifty yards from the kitchen. Not only did we enjoy our picnic but were able to drink a bottle of Pinot Gris and not have to worry about breathalisers ....we had a lovely rest in the Studio afterwards, listening to Vivaldi's cello concertos...five of them....

 The Autumn light in the morning can be very lovely at the moment, it is my favourite time of the year...cool days and crispy mornings...

The vines are all colouring now and no doubt the wine is fermenting nicely in the winery vats....it will be interesting what the winemakers think of this vintage....

Let certain overseas countries drink Aqua Pura......

Haiku VII

                                                 We are Here on Earth 

                                                   To Hug each Other with Care

                                                    The Rose has Sharp Thorns 

Meeting the new Girls

Let me introduce Betty, Maud, Esme and Henny-Penny,... the latest guests to stay in Tineke's Chook yard. They are free range Hy-line hens, cast-for-age at eighteen months....I picked them up late yesterday afternoon from a place not far from here but along an amazing road , high in the hills south of Willunga. I will want to explore those roads now through those steep hills as the views are amazing.The little female family has settled in already and produced two eggs for my breakfast....They are wonderful calm birds and it is a joy to have them..

The photo on the right shows the empty cocoon of a large moth and I will endeavour to look up what it is called. There are a lot of them this year and it amazes me how something so soft can wriggle itself out of the heavy, hard clay... we have had very little rain to make it easy for them...perhaps they are a metaphor for us when we live in such interesting times.....

Haiku VI

                                                     The Thrush sings Courage

                                                    Into Morning Hesitations

                                                    Kookaburras Laugh

Haiku V

 

                

                                                                Autumn vines greet Dawn

                                                                Loudly Lorikeets Waken

                                                                Silent Eucalypts

Haiku IV

                                                     Noisy Miners Strike

                                                      Small Soft Lorikeet Stone Dead

                                                        The Wind Shakes Green Reeds