pre-judging

one week later/after the last critic meeting- OUR GARMENTS WERE DUE!

once again- no sleep the night before. 

it doesnt matter how much you work in advance...

little things keep happening and your to-do list keeps growing

I re-hung the panel I ruined (not all of it was ruined so i just re-knit was was bleached) and fixed it in class, now i just had to:

look1 | look 2

1.  re-dye it
2. mattress stitch the panels together
3. work on the back "roots" piece/tulle
4. make trims for neckline/attach them
5. clean all loose yarn ends
6. attach strips
7. crochet all edges
8. clean all loose ends
9. dye garment bottom
10. wait for it to dry
11. work on closure

I went over to my friend Jessica's house the night before (Saturday) so that we could help each other stay up and work all night- considering we were so exhausted-

 and so that we didnt have to do an "all nighter" on sunday

 right before our meeting with Reiko for pre-selection.

i am always amused by the power of collaboration, sharing ideas an discussing design,

 specially when you do it with people that have been on this journey with you since day 1, 

and know what you are all about. 

their comments always make you re-evaluate/grow/perfect your work, 

because they see the things you don't

Jessica and I stayed up all night (like we did for fusion) and yet we were really far behind, so we decided to head to school the next morning at 9am- even though we were running on virtually no sleep.

it was 11 am and i felt like it was 8pm.. twilight zone!

 and imagine, gowing through this while having to knit in a place WITH NO WINDOWS!!!

well... the only way possible is when

 YOU DO WHAT YOU LOVE,

 YOU BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU DO,

 and YOU ARE IN GREAT COMPANY

i mean... it was 3am, and i was done with look 1, but i was STILL crocheting the edges of all the strips of look 2: which meant i still had to dye it, clean it and wait for it to dry

not to mention- get ready and get to school by 9am.

I DID IT!

my second look/cotton smells like curry and coffee... LOL.. this is what I "dyed" it with!

look 2: COTTON inc:

made on a 3gg bulky brother® knitting machine with  recycled cotton yarn, donated by Lion Brand (this is from USA T-shirt production waste)

 and dyed with greener dyes® + curry + coffee

look 1: BFA

made with 100% muesling free xtra fine merino wool annd handpainted with greenerdyes® +curry, backpiece made with handfelted recycled sweaters.

 

last meeting with critic

i know, i know... its been a longlonglong time since I've updated you, 

but its difficult to see outside of the storm when you are right in the MIDDLE of it...

I am now officially OUT

- well, of the big storm-

please enjoy some images of the process...

 these are from out LAST meeting with our critic... Reiko Waisglass 

for this last meeting we were supposed to have at least 90% of our garments complete

 so that Reiko could give us her last comments 

and allow us to make adjustments a week before -PRE-JUDGING- day.

AS ALWAYS... we run out of time. 

I was in pretty good shape with the main pices of the garments themselves but of course,

 too many hours of knitting and hand painting fabric/embroiderying, ecc...

 are sometimes dangerouse because IF YOU DONT TAKE BREAKS,

 you might have LITTLE ACCIDENTS... like I did!

 LOL! (its funny now, but not when it happened)

I spent my whole saturday painting my bubbl-ED knit panels with my amazing non-toxic dyes, and they were looking so incredibly perfect. But - i hadn't looked at anything else for days, so i allowed a divine inspiration to tell me to completely immerse the bottom of one of my panels

-IN GREEN DYE- 

ERROR!

oh gosh... terrible

 I ruined it -and in my desperation- ran to the supermarket and bought a bottle of bleach

- like tara says: YUCK- 

(which completely contradicts my vision and statement, BLEACH is the worse chemical ever... but i had no time to knit that panel again since it took me about 10 hours) 

the bleach- DID NOT HELP- 

the fabric actually turned yellow and the chemials sort -of  "ate" the fiber... so part of my panel was not "poofy" :(

sssSAD story... but you can't let that stop you...

then on Sunday night, i spent many hours hand-felting the "roots" that would hold up the flounce of my dress...

 and painting the  100% organic cotton flounce i knit... 

just to decide the next day- AFTER ONLY SLEEPING 2 hours- 

that IT WASNT doing anything for the dress and that I wouldnt use them.

so- i made them into a hair piece (its not finalized, just an idea)

 

this is what happens when you don't sleep!

reiko said...

 "omg, it really looks like your sketch", i didn't know if that was good or bad.. but, she was definitely surprised!

i still need a TItle but this is my MANIFESTO of creative moulding and critical weathering

 

 

+++ critical weathering

mittelmoda, here i come!

this is why i spend +than 10 hours at the knitting lab!

just wanted to share some progress with you...

Ive been knitting the "REAL" pieces... 

AND spending TTOOOO much time at the "dungeon" (aka: knit lab)

(there are no windows down there, and its like a VORTEX)

at least I'm happy with the results and- my teacher said im knitting "a masterpiece"

♥♥♥

look2/proto#2

Ladies and gentelmen.. on this rainy rainy night in NYC... 

I introduce to you PROTO #2 x look 2 of my thesis project.

I finally finished draping it, the back part was difficult to figure out because I had too many ideas running through my head!

Putting it on pattern and re-sewing it felt good, now its like I am working with a blank canvas

- I can transform it!-

wee!

i also had fun taking pictures of it!

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look1/edited proto

perfecting a prototype is a LONG process. next monday we have a meeting with our critic: Reiko Weiss from theory. and a model fitting. 

here is an update:

this is the top back of the proto the night before class/we had a "deadline" of 1 finished drape the next morning!

 and this is what happens in class:

professor tells me to slightly move my princess line, for a more "flattering" effect

on the picture at right, you get an idea of what the real fabric will look like!

sleevedetail. will have elastic

 this is super exciting. 

I changed the back a bit, and continued with the felted roots back thing... 

its"growing"on me!