Category Archives: Chunky Knit

Samantha Brooke

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on June 30, 2010. Filed under Cables, Chunky Knit, Nottingham Trent. Tagged knitwear, Nottingham Trent. 5 Comments.

Design Background: I studied 2 years of Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University (and did a placement at the school of arts in Le Man, France) then decided it was not the course for me, so moved onto Fashion [...]

Jillian Carrozza

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on June 15, 2010. Filed under Central Saint Martins, Chunky Knit, Crochet, Hand Knit. Tagged Central Saint Martins, jillian carrozza, knitwear design. No comments.

This collection is without a doubt my favourite of the 2010 graduates that I’ve seen so far. I can’t even begin to imagine the amount of time that went into these garments. It would be crazy if she isn’t snapped up straight away by a designer/company. Design Background: Studied fashion at Mt. San Antonio College in [...]

Onez Lau

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on May 26, 2010. Filed under Central Saint Martins, Chunky Knit, Intarsia, Macramé. 5 Comments.

I absolutely love this time of year when all the students are graduating and we get to see their unlimited creativity before they get bogged down with the worry of commercial design and budgets. I spotted Onez’s collection on my facebook news feed and I loved it. The photos of her collection (below) are by [...]

BARBARA Í GONGINI

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on March 9, 2010. Filed under Chunky Knit, Coated Knits, Loose Knit, autumn winter 2010. 3 Comments.

This is the Autumn winter 2010/11 collection of BARBARA Í GONGINI, a Nordic brand based in Denmark. The designer behind the brand (Barbara) graduated in 1996 from Denmark’s Designskole, Institute of Unica Design. The aim of this brand is to create Nordic clothing based on a conceptual approach, where experiments with different forms provide the visual motive in the [...]

Shao-Yen Chen

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on February 23, 2010. Filed under Central Saint Martins, Chunky Knit, Fringing, Ruffles, Uncategorized, autumn winter 2010. Tagged Shao-yen Chen. 8 Comments.

This is a bit of a follow up from my last post. This is Shao-Yen Chen’s MA graduate collection as shown on Sunday night. It’s absolutely beautiful and I love all these irregular shapes made from built up fringing. As always I have a mini interview…. I am inspired by HUMAN BODY, MOVEMENT, NATURE, LANDSCAPE. I have interned [...]

Steven Oo

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on February 16, 2010. Filed under Chunky Knit, Hand Knit, autumn winter 2010, ribbing. 5 Comments.

It’s not often that I post the entire line up from a graduate collection but I just love Steven Oo’s work as shown as part of the Academy of Arts show at New York fashion week 2010. Originating from Yangon, Myanmar he has just graduated from Fashion and Knitwear design. The collection is made [...]

Unknown Knitters!

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on January 31, 2010. Filed under Cables, Chunky Knit. Tagged Chunky Knitwear, knitwear. 3 Comments.

Sorry everyone for the lack of posting, I’m in the middle of moving house/ am generally very busy. I’m actually starting to panick about the amount I have to write about, my computer is currently filled to the brim with pictures of knitwear. This is a quickie post…I did actually email the college for more [...]

Skull Knits

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on January 24, 2010. Filed under Chunky Knit, Embellished Knit, menswear. Tagged mcqueen, menswear, skull knits. 5 Comments.

This is going to be a quick post. I just spotted this skull jumper (above) in the Autumn/Winter 2010 Alexander McQueen collection. It sparked of a memory of an image I had saved before….so after searching my computer for about an hour I found the image below..a more textural version skull inspired jumper. I’m not too [...]

Matalafria

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on December 22, 2009. Filed under Artistic Knit, Autumn Winter 2009-10, Chunky Knit, Fabric Manipulation. Tagged machine knitted, matalafria, program knitting, sculptural knit. 4 Comments.

This knitwear label sent me over images of their work a little while ago. The label is a Barcelona based knitwear brand called Matalafria. Each piece is made from programmed knitting machines to achieve new modern and innovative dimension to their designs. The collection is an experiment of volumetric structures in Merino wools that sculpt around the [...]

Derek Lawlor Spring Summer 2010

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on October 20, 2009. Filed under Central Saint Martins, Chunky Knit, Embellished Knit, Spring summer 2010. 3 Comments.

I’ve written a post all about Derek Lawlor before ( http://knitkicks.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/derek-lawlor-fall-2010/ ) so there’s no need to repeat myself on the history part. These are pictures of his first post-MA spring summer 2010 collection. I’ve been spotting his pieces here and there so it’s nice to see him getting some attention and hopefully we’ll see his pieces [...]