Live brief_ progress

This week has also been mostly dedicated to the branding brief, for which I have begun sampling in knit. My tutorial advice was to be very bold and experimental with colour and technique for this project so I have been really trying to push this, letting myself work quite instinctively.

I have been working on my own fair isle design as this is something that reoccurs throughout Sibling collections. Based on a monster face/ skull, I experimented with scale and colours to see what worked best.

I quite like the pattern here but it is too small and isn't distinct enough.

Here I increased the scale in an attempt to get the face motif to come through stronger, I think this is more successful, the black creates a strong, defined line. I will continue to experiment with colour and yarn choice to 'lift' the sample and give it a Sibling edge. 

Texture was the focus for this sample, I wanted to create a shaggy, furry surface reminiscent of the monsters. On a larger scale I imagine it as a crazy jumper or coat.

This chunky hand knitting has a nice quality to it, different from what can be achieved with the machine. The dark base with the lighter tassels fits well with an A/W colour palette although it could be a bit bolder and more extravagant.  

I feel I have made some good progress and am along the right lines however I do need to pick up the pace for the last week to be able to resolve my ideas.