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

Riso printed!

  1. a largely unseen person holds up an expansive knitted shawl, built in 6 sections of different textures and colors. in the background, trees and dappled sunlight.

    textures unite

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  2. A diaphanous knit lacework scarf draped over the back of a chair. It is split down the long way into two colors - one tinted orange and one tinted mint blue. Both colors, the orange and the blue, are held double with the same variegated gray, making the piece more cohesive. The yarn overs in the lacework create airy repeating holes.

    brooke's scarf

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  3. Hands wearing a pair of pink and grey gloves with convertable mitten tops.

    butch hands pattern

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