City & Guilds in Hand Knitted Textiles

The C&G Certificate requires 4 assessed pieces of finished work, each to link to the technical and the design sides of the syllabus. These four are:

• a sweater with a round neck and set-in sleeves
• a cardigan or jacket with a different neckline and sleeve design
• an item for the home
• an accessory

This means designing and illustrating, writing a pattern, swatching, knitting and finishing each piece from scratch. I'm starting with the jacket. The sweater will follow it fast, I hope. I began the course more-or-less as a non-knitter, so my spidey sense tells me do the complicated, difficult things first and get 'em done and dusted before the summer starts again.

The course is taught by Fiona Morris: hand knitter, machine knitter, textile artist, teacher and designer.

Where Are You Coming From?

Here's the opening post on this blog, so let it be said I explained it all right at the start... A while ago in Foyles Bookshop in London I came across a copy of Lynne Vogel's Twisted Sister's Sock Workbook. At the time I didn't knit at all but the luscious photography and the spirit of the book whispered to me and I had to buy it. Now, a year and a half later, I'm half way through a City & Guilds Certificate in Hand Knitted Textiles, I own two spinning wheels and there's a whole lot of show and tell going on...