Exploring Knit: Other Yarns & Knitted Garments.

In my knit sampling process I also looked at knitting other materials. Plastic bag knitting had been bought to my attention a couple of years ago, but I had not yet had a go at it myself. I looked at knitting with thin & thicker plastic bags, alternating the colours to create a marled effect.

Another idea came to mind, taking inspiration from Claire Anne O'Brien, the idea of knitting with something that is already knitted. So using the same technique I'd to create yarn out of plastic bags, I took to cutting an old woollen jumper in strips and knitting that into a sample.

This then led to trying out the same idea on knitted jersey tops & t-shirts.