Revisiting the Face

We thought the journey was over, but, surprise surprise, here we are again. 

This past week we have revisited the face. Take a look at what we did.

The plan was to print the final knitted face on t-shirts.

To do this we used rubylith. An acetate sheet with a ruby coloured layer that peels off.

Each group would prepare the printing for only their colour. As the pink group we prepared our grid to show all the pink blocks.

We cut out all the spaces except our pink blocks which were left as red blocks on the acetate sheet.

This is done by placing the rubylith sheet on top of the grid and cutting lightly through the top red layer of the sheet. The unwanted parts of the design is then peeled off.

Here is our finished design for the pink blocks.

This was then transferred to a silkscreen.

 We struggled quite a bit with the carousel, but eventually placed all the screens of the different groups on the carousel with as perfect a registration as we possibly could. What a challenge!

Finally we started printing.

And the results were great:D

As the first group of students to make use of the printing carousel, we are proud of the outcome this project has delivered and plan use of this process again.

Day 12: GRAND FINALE! THE FACE IN YOUR FACE.

       With blood on our hands from non-stop knitting the face has been born.

                                            

                                                      So we decided to violate the face a little

  Snow Angel On The Face

Die On The Face

A Quick Look Back

Here are some of the different stitches we used to knit our blocks:

Take note: This is continental knitting. In other words, knitted from both ways (left and right).

Abbreviations: 
k - knit
p - pearl 
skpo - slip one stitch, knit one stitch, pass slipped stitch over 
yf - yarn forward between needles from back to front
k2tog - knit two stitches together
sl - slip stitch


(Abbreviations from: Jones, M.P. 2002. The Knitting Stitch Bible, London: B.T. Batsford Ltd.)

Basket
10 stitches. 14 rows.
Row 1 : k3 ; p3.  Repeat to end of row.
Row 2 : p3; k3. Repeat to end of row.
Repeat

Broken Garter
11 stitches. 18 rows.
Row 1: p5; k1; p5. Repeat to end of row.
Repeat

Cable
10 stitches. 14 rows.
Row 1:  k1;  skpo (to back);  skpo (to front). Repeat to end of row.
Row 2: k row.
Repeat 

Diagonal Knitting
10 stitches. 15 rows.
Row 1:  k2; p2. Repeat to end of row.
Row 2: k1; p2; k2. Repeat to end of row.
Row 3: p2; k2. "
Row 4: p1; k2. "
Repeat 

Diagonal Pearl
10 stitches. 14 rows.

Row1: k1; p1; k8
Row 2: k 7; p 1; k 2
Row 3: k3; p1; k6
Row 4: k5; p1; k4
Row5: k5; p1 ; k 4
Repeat 

Double Moss
10 stitches. 18 rows.
Row 1:  k2; p2. Repeat to end of row.
Row 2: p2; k2. Repeat to end of row.
Repeat 

Garter
10 stitches. 16 rows.
Row 1: k row.
Row 2: p row.
Repeat

Knitting with holes
 10 stitches. 15 rows.

Row 1 : p row.
Row 2 : k1 ; ( yf/ k2tog); k 2; ( yf/ k2tog); k 2 ; k 1

Row 3: p row.
Row 4 : k 2; ( yf/ k2tog); k 2 ; ( yf/ k2tog); k 2

Repeat

Knitting with holes 2
 10 stitches. 14 rows.
Row 1: p row.
Row 2: k1; (yf/k2tog). Repeat to end of row.
 Repeat

Moss
10 stitches. 10 rows.
Row 1: k1;p1. Repeat to end of row.
Row 2: p1; k1. Repeat to end of row.
Repeat

Paneled Rib
 12 stitches.20 rows.
Row 1: k3; p3. Repeat to end of row.
Repeat

Pearl
11 stitches.12 rows.
Row 1: p to end of row.
Repeat 

Rib
 11 stitches. 17 rows.
Row 1: k1; p1. Repeat to end of row.
Repeat

Ridge Rib
11 stitches. 12 rows.
Row 1:  p2; k2.
Row 2: Repeat row 1.
Row 3: p row.
Row 4: k row.
 Repeat 

Ringwood
11 stitches. 14 rows.
Row 1: k1; p1. Repeat to end of row.
Row 2: k row.
Row 3: k row.
Repeat

Slip Stitch Rib
11 stitches. 14 rows.
Row 1:  k row.
Row 2:  k3; .sl 1. Repeat to end of row.
Repeat

Welted Rib
11 stitches. 12 rows.
Row 1:  k row.
Row 2: k2; p2
Repeat

Day 11

And yes, this is our final quadrant. No need to say we are pleased! Smiles all around :)

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                                                      INVISIBILITY CLOAK VIBES

                                                           SPIDER MAN'ED VIBES

                                                         MAGIC TRICK VIBES

THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH OUR QUADRANT

                                                                     SURF VIBES

MOSQUE VIBES.

MEDITATE...AND LAUGHING VIBES

TAN VIBES

CRYING VIBES

WEDDING VIBES

Credits: Thank You Sheldon.

OUMA AFRICA VIBES

YOGA VIBES

Day 10

After most of the rows were completed we knitted them together to form our quadrant.

Day 9

Next we knitted the blocks in rows.

Day 8

After knitting most of our pink blocks we assembled and traded with the other groups to get the colours we needed. 

Then we placed the blocks according to the grid without knitting them together. 

    And it's actually starting to look like                            something!!