For my weave, knit and crochet samples I decided that I wanted to incorporate wire into the manipulations of the thread. so that I could sculpt the samples after they’re made, into the shapes of my sound waves.

So for weaving I changed out the warp threads for some thin copper wire, and then used a naturally dyed yellow wool for the weft. You can’t really see it in my images but as I was weaving I built up certain areas more than others and then built it up to the standard straight across weaving, this creates nice waves in the weave, it shows up better if you do it in a different colour, however i wanted it to be really subtle like the build in tempo of music.

With my crocheting, I crocheted with a blue wool, and some red plated copper wire, so the wire is completely within the crocheting, this created really beautiful glints of red shining through that catch the light. I then manipulation the fabric to have the dips and rises of the sound wave in my previous post.

I also like the this sample if you put it in front of a light because it shines through all the holes in a beautiful way.

I decided that fro the knitting I wanted to try a different approach, without the wire. I did a ribbing stitch at the beginning and the end and a one row including a bright yellow thread which I created different sized loops coming through the front. I think this is really effective.

for my last sample of the week. i did a plain square of stocking stitch, and then picked up a row of stitches going the opposite way in the middle and did a few rows of garter stitch and cast off. I then threaded a piece of wire through the garter stitch so I could manipulate it.

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