Month: January 2025

Activities —– Show day: Only the two scarves I had made, made it in the show. Disappointed that the hats, jumper and jacket that I made weren’t used as I was really excited to see it all worn. Nice to have at least something I’ve made in a fashion show. Rearranged the studio back to… Continue reading Week 17 —–

Activities —– Knitted tension swatch for scarf + knitted two final scarves + washed + ends Knitted tension swatches for hat and knitted sample hat Made changes to hat pattern + knitted new tension swatch + calculated new stitches, rows, increases Knitted new hats and linked on binding + back seam Sewed up hem and… Continue reading Week 16 —–

Activities —– Hand sewed up hem of knitted zip up Knitted a zip up on double bed domestic ribber machine Checked over finished zip up pieces and fixed any dropped stitches + put in wash Knitted samples and tension swatches for another zip up jumper Pinned placements of crochet pieces onto jacket toile and tacked… Continue reading Week 15 —–

Activities —– Crocheting for Irish crochet jacket + working out placements on toile Knitted two baby blankets for a commission on dubied machine

Activities —– Knitted more scarves for orders + sewed on labels + finishes Crocheted a leaf for Irish crochet jacket Sewed on buttons for 4 shirts + sewed in care labels

Activities —– Sewed on clasps for fur jackets and weaved in all ends Sewed on buttons for trousers Knitted 10 scarves for a fair on a dubied machine Steamed, sewed in ends and sewed on labels for scarves Sewed up hem and sewed on zips for knitted zip up jumpers

Activities —– Lots of Irish crochet: Feeling a lot more positive about the internship – getting on better with Cecile + building relationships with the team Enjoying the work a lot more (I think because I’m doing more making and creating)

Activities —– Cutting out more pieces for knitted shirting Hand sewing together more fur jacket pieces Irish crocheting pieces for start if new collection jacket Never done crochet like this (or much crochet at all) so was an exciting are task to try

Activities —– Sewing in sleeves for hand knitted fur jacket + weaving in ends + sewing in label Traced and cut out paper pattern pieces Pressed and fused knitted fabric and cut out pieces for shirting

Activities —– Sewing on shirt buttons + ironing them + packing them for an order Hand sewing together pieces of hand knitted fur jacket Steamed and packed velour jumpers Hand stitched up hem and sewed on zip for knitted zip up