Today I'm sharing another treatment on my reknitting sampler garment. I've previously posted about the stitch-hacked initials and frills; in this post I describe how I inserted a pocket to the fine fabric of the jumper. I adapted a technique described by Elizabeth Zimmermann – she calls it an 'afterthought pocket'. First, I decided how to … Continue reading Sampler: afterthought pocket
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Julia’s cardiganisation
This reknit project was created by Julia, one of the participants in my PhD research project in 2012-13. My choice of project was to ‘cardiganise’ a jumper I had in my wardrobe. It was knitted in lambswool and was bought from the Edinburgh Woollen Mill shop. It had not been worn for some time but … Continue reading Julia’s cardiganisation