Sooner or later, for many fans of knitting art, a moment comes when it becomes closely at the next stage of creative achievements, the endless production of identical socks, hats and sweaters bothers. The soul desires flight and unlimited freedom.
For such restless craftswomen there is a special direction - creative knitting. The origin of the term is obliged to the English language, and literally means "creative."
Creativity in every loop
Creative knitting implies the presence of something non-standard:
- web forms;
- cut products;
- unusual combination of materials;
- the innovative use of beaten tricks.
In a broad sense, any product invented personally by a knitter and made according to the scheme she created can be called creative.
It can be children's socks in the form of carrots, a lampshade with plaits, a huge knitted carpet on the floor and other similar bold projects.
The value of planning in knitting
Freedom and flight of fancy is certainly good, but there are certain guidelines that it is advisable to adhere to. First of all, this applies to the manufacture of clothing. How many awesome projects have failed in their implementation! This is due to one specific feature that creative knitting has: some products are more interesting in the process than in the finished form.
Many knitters will remember the ill-fated "weed." Like any fancy yarn, it is very interesting to knit. It is difficult to predict the result and it is intriguing. In fact, clothing knitted from a synthetic bright thread of an incomprehensible shape is unfashionable, does not fit anything and has a “cheap” look.
Exit in careful planning. It includes several important points:
- drawing up a pattern and its compliance;
- sample production;
- calculation of loops and rows (if possible);
- comparison of the selected model with the materials used;
- visualization (schematic drawing of a future product).
Creative knitting
Knitting needles allow you to create a lot of interesting products. Creativity can be shown by changing the direction of knitting, as well as applying bold combinations of colors and textures of yarn.
Also interesting are products in which several completely different patterns coexist. Thus, an imitation of the patchwork technique is created, in which the fabric is created from stitched scraps of fabric.
"Freeform" - the top of knitting creative
The growing popularity of the freeform technique is logical. This is creative knitting in its purest form. Features of this style are:
- mandatory presence in the composition of the canvas fragments of different shapes and sizes;
- a combination of completely different techniques, styles (creative knitting, using a hook and a fork) and materials (inserts of leather, fur or fabric);
- inclusion of volume fragments into the composition of the typesetting (carried out by knitting postal or twisted columns).
Aerobatics "freeform" is the arrangement of colored fragments in the canvas so that a gradient transition from a darker shade to light (or vice versa) is formed. This technique is used when knitting cardigans or vests. Often, dark shades are placed at the bottom of the shelves, gradually brightening the product up.
Crochet Benefits
Based on the features of crocheting, this tool is more convenient for the manufacture of asymmetric paintings. Creative crocheting allows you to not worry about lost loops, broken proportions or too loose fabric.
As a rule, such a canvas has a more stable form, it is more convenient to apply it to a pattern and model. In extreme cases, thanks to the hook, you can add rows both along and across, and even diagonally.