on the shoulders of giants

posted on by Lee Cattarin

ok so. five image collage showing the front, 3 inner spreads, and back of a riso-printed zine in green and light blue. it's called 'on the shoulders of giants' and it's about a knitting technique I learned from Stephen west and how I built on that technique. it talks about joining two adjacent panels without seaming, instead knitting the second panel onto the selvedge of the first. then it uses that technique to approach two panels knit with significantly different weights of yarn ok so. five image collage showing the front, 3 inner spreads, and back of a riso-printed zine in green and light blue. it's called 'on the shoulders of giants' and it's about a knitting technique I learned from Stephen west and how I built on that technique. it talks about joining two adjacent panels without seaming, instead knitting the second panel onto the selvedge of the first. then it uses that technique to approach two panels knit with significantly different weights of yarn

Riso printed!

  1. pink socks

    • knit
    Feet propped up on a car dashboard, with a desert landscape beyond. The feet are in salmon-colored socks with black flecks, and decorative lines running down the socks.

  2. kestrel zine

    • print
    • zine
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    A 5 photo collage showing the front and back cover as well as 3 full spreads of a folded zine about Kestrel, my dog, who is a 65lb Malinois with a goofy smile and floppy ears. it is printed in two layers of color, blue and orange, and each image depicts Kestrel in various posts... alert and watchful, resting, looking mopey, wearing a sweatshirt.

  3. brooke's socks

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    Feet in a pair of colorful socks. They are identically striped and quickly vary between yellow, green, blue, white, and gray.