Knit one, purl one, drop one, curl one

Knitting has been all consuming recently and I've managed to document bits and pieces along the way on my trusty blackberry. The project has pulled me in all different directions, whilst being true to my initial intentions. The project is in its broadest sense a 'reinvention of the football scarf.' This has been split into two directions, one reflecting football on the pitch, the other more personal, relates to events off it. The scarf count is around seven, which means the production line is nearly over. Im currently planning two books which will accompany the scarves.  The stat scarves are looking great, im really pleased with the level of finish I've been able to achieve. Each scarf has its own unique label, which in a sense parodies the conventional percentage labels you see with garments, stating the material content (eg. 100% cotton) 

They look great, its really pleasing to see everything coming together for the final straight.

The 'from terrace with love' element of the project is done and printed, all thats left for them is the packaging. 

so lots going on, lots left to be done.

Few hectic weeks coming up.

27/4/2011

Crossing the white line...

First finished scarf, inspired by Zinedine Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait and the sporting term, 'crossing the white line.' 

Hand knit

134cm x 13cm

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“Magic is sometimes very close,

To nothing at all,

Nothing at all.

When I retire

I’ll miss the green of the field

Le Carre Vert.”

Zinedine Zidane

Le Carre Vert - The Green Square

Ive also completed the first prototype for the 'stat scarf' series, more of this to come.

10/4/2011

Colour as representation

Ive been doing some research into information design and the use of colour as representation, I came across the work of cartographer Eduard Imhof, who makes some really interesting points.

The fundamentals  of colour in information design:

to label (colour as noun)

to measure (colour as quantity)

to represent or imitate reality (colour as representation)

to enliven or decorate (colour as beauty)

> ideas not only guide work, but also help defend our designs against arbitary taste preferences <

If one limits strong, heavy, rich, and solid colors to the small areas of extremes, then expressive and beautiful patterns occur.

7/4/2011

This week I have been mostly...

Feel like the blog has lacked attention lately, but in fact there's been quite a bit going on. The knitting is in full swing, with one scarf already complete, all hand knit, inspired by 'Zinedine Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait.' This was just a start to kick off the knitting really, I've now moved onto, 'stat scarves,' picture updates to come. As well as this I've been working on tying up my football song project, which was a fusion of my interest in terrace chants and my desire to use letterpress to reflect this. This has now developed and become a project I've titled:

'From Terrace, With Love.'

This has meant a lot of time setting type, but Im really enjoying it and think it's going to lead to a really cool outcome.

In other news, we met with Nude Magazine last week to discuss the summer supplement that we will produce for their final, celebratory issue, Im really looking forward to making a start on this and I'm excited to be working with Rachel Sale, I'm sure between us we are going to come up with something great.  I also had the shortlisting event for The Racing Silks brief that I mentioned previously, last week, which was fun. Their was beer, sausage rolls and I got shortlisted, so all good ! Its been really fun to work on and I'm really pleased I've got the chance to continue to work with it.

So lots going on, pictures of all this to come shortly.

4/4/2011