Research Knits: Sandra Buckland

Sandra Bucklund Collections
http://www.sandrabacklund.com/previous-collection.php?page=38

Illustration, Mode and Fabric Boards

Illustration Board

Mode Board: I added a heavy thread which i machine sewed on to excentuate an organic free spirited mode

 

  

 

Background for Fabric Board &

Fabric Board. Because of the width of the board the scanner didn't catch all of the colour of the board background









My Skirt Design in the Making

Below the images you can see are of my under-skirt in the making  from my chosen design posted earlier. I will re-post these again at the end of this blog with my finished skirt. Also the images shown are front back and Side reading from left to right:

I have not cut to right lengh yet as this will be done at a later stage.

The fabric i have chosen is of medium weight. This is to create a solid enough structure to carry the weight of the later attached over lying layers, and allowing them to free and firmly stand out.

Second Layer: Creating Shibori on the Stand. This i have done by laying the fabric over small rolled up balls of wadding and wrapping thread around them to hold them in place. Because my front and back of my skirt design are similar my shibori will be too. The images below shown are front, back, right Side and left Side, reading from left to right:

Attaching the Two Layers: Shibori layer i have gathered at the top and machine sewn to under-skirt. The images below shown are front, back, right Side and left Side, reading from left to right:

Waist Band Pined to Skirt.  The images below shown are front, back, right Side and left Side, reading from left to right:

waist band and zip attached and under-skirt cut to the right length, so it can't be seen. The images below shown are front, back, right Side and left Side, reading from left to right:

Skirt in-side-out to show under-skirt differing length. The images below shown are front, back, right Side and left Side, reading from left to right:

Seen in images are pieces i have created spiraling curls and loose curls to attach onto my skirt being its finial layer: 

Final set of images show my finished skirt next to my design drawing. The images shown run in the same way as previously, front, back, left Side and right Side, reading from left to right with the added drawing of my initial design:

Different Knit Stitches Swatches

Top Knit piece is a Tubular knit created with five knitting needles and a variety of stitches includding Stocking, Garter, Moss and Five Stitch Knit.
Bottom is a combination of Stocking, Moss, 2/2 Rib and a five Stitch Knit.

Grille Pattern, Knot Ridges, Brick Pattern.

Intarsia

Colour Ladder & Twist Pattern, Slip Stitch Crosses, Narrow Chevron Stripes

Ridge Lace Pattern, Simple Lace, Eyelet Lattice Insertion

Little Hour Glass Ribbing, Woven Cable Stitch, Open-Worked Ladder Stitch

Snow Shoe Pattern, Traingle & Lace, Diagonal Ridges

Double Eyelet Rib, Fishermans Rib, 1/2 Fishermans Rib, Wavy Rib

Vandyke Lace Pattern 1, Vandyke Lace Pattern 2

Bobbles & Ridges, Big & Small Bobbles, Loop Stitch

Medallion

 



Top is a Stocking Stitch, middle a Garter stitch and bottom a Moss stitch.



Top left is a 1/1 Rib, Left middle 2/2 Rib. top right Rib into Stocking and bottom right a 1/1 Rib into Stocking increasing by one stitch between Ribs.