During our tutorial yesterday, Robin suggested that we try
using alternative materials to yarn as we should be trying to set up the exhibition
practically for free. That’s perfectly fine by me! Lizzie mentioned that she
had tried knitting with torn strips of fabric. He suggested that we try looking
into a charity warehouse called Grumpy’s that sold very cheap crafts items.
Unfortunately, it later turned out that the Manchester branch had been closed
down due to lack of funding in March. The consolation was that if we got
desperate we could always make a trek to Stockport for its alternative branch
if we needed to. That's if we get really desperate!
But for the time being we could always make use of scraps of
fabric from past projects that we no doubt had laying about (I have a tendency
to buy too much fabric...though I’m sure you can never have too much fabric!). For once I had a little extra time on my hands
today so I thought I would give it a go.
I did this by very simply tearing a sheet of cotton into
strips and as this was a quick experiment I simply tied the ends together to
make a continuous trail. The strips of fabric then were quite easy to knit but
the only problem was that unlike the yarns we used in our trail installation over
the weekend, the finished piece did not stretch as much as I would like. At the
moment, I can’t really see us using this version of the technique in our
installation but it was worth a try!
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