Dyed Yarns

Although I dyed some of these yarns during my Colourwash project for my knitting folder, I also dyed some more yarns to use. I quite like some of the yarns as hanks and you can see the colours better. 

Pinterest board for Grids & Structures

Ideas and inspiration to kick-start my project:

Throughout my project I found I was looking at diamond shapes a lot so I have also made boards for inspiration of these shapes:

Colourwash project

For this project, our tutor made a Facebook group and invited contacts from around the world to upload photos of colour from the countries they were in. It was so interesting to look at all the photos that were uploaded not only for the vast array of colours that were shown but also the different cultures and how colour is used within their society. Here are the photos I chose to look at which I found from the album Dubai:

Here is some of my book work as a response to these photos:

Single and mixed colour yarn windings

Looking at the colours in different media

Looking at colour charts for the exact colours and shades of the colours. Also a Polyvore mood board matching the colours.

Single and mixed colour yarn windings

Dying swatches of fabric to match the colours in the photo. Also a quick response in chalk pastel of the lights.

Single and mixed colour yarn windings

Dying swatches of fabric to match the colours in the photo. Looking at the shapes of the lights and also the order that the coloured lights go in. (Painted in watercolour). 

Single and mixed colour yarn windings

Looking at the colours in different media

Dying swatches of fabric to match the colours in the photo. Quick response again in chalk pastel of the lights and the colours they cast.

Looking at colour charts for the exact colours and shades of the colours. Also a Polyvore mood board matching the colours.

Using the colours from the photos I died some yarn ready for the knitting project next:

Plain coloured yarns

Dip - dyed yarns

Using my response from photo 3, I scanned it in photoshop and came up with this pattern. The one on the right is printed on acetate and sewn into on a machine.

Image on the left: Blue pattern from the photo above and a black and white acetate version layered on top of each other.
Image on the right: Original pattern made smaller and then using the liquify tool on top on certain parts.

Artist research

Response to Mary Katrantzou using my patterns.

This was a book I had at home which uses repeat patterns as the main image but then also has a 'hidden' image within it.

Looked up how to make a stereogram, however my responses to it didn't work.

More photoshop patterns I created.

Using two layers of acetate I came up with this pattern.

Again, using two layers of acetate both in different colour ways I produced this pattern.