OUGD505 // Task

My Chosen Thing:

Textiles eg bunting, wall hangings, fashion, bed sheets etc

10 good things:

Makes a house a home
Good decoration
Comfort
Gives people a wider choice when it comes to clothes/fashion
Good Present
Good Packaging
Brings characteristics to things
Can express culture
Can be used for celebrations
Accessible to the majority of people
Crochet/ Knitting very warm

10 bad things:

Colours may run in wash
Often hand wash only
Can go out of fashion easily
Some prints may be offensive to some people
Can be expensive to produce
Can be expensive to purchase
Can't print small text on fabric
Children may get bullied if they don't have the latest prints (eg clothes)
Mass produced printed textiles means everyone ends up looking/ dressing/ decorating the same.
Knitting/ Crochet can be itchy

Research:

Crochet Bunting

Granny Bunting- Remix Styles

by Crochet with Raymond

Helloooooo!!!

I’m discovering that writing patterns is quite different to writing photo-tutorials!  As I type out the patterns for my students-to-be to learn from, I’m noticing that everything needs to be perfectly clear as I can’t rely on pictures to explain things for me!

As I promised that I would share these classes with you lovelies, here is the latest installment, the Granny Bunting pattern, cut and pasted, fixed up, de-photographed, and re-worked to (hopeful) perfection!  Enjoy!

You will need:

• 3 different colours of 8ply wool and one length of white/cream wool
• A 4mm crochet hook
• A wool needle for darning in ends

To begin:

• Make a magic ring and into the ring make 1slst, ch3 (counts as 1dc) 2dc, ch4, 3dc, ch4, 3dc, ch4, join with a slst to 3^rd ch of original 3ch.  Fasten off.
• Join new colour into one of the 4ch spaces with a slst and ch3 (counts as 1dc) 2dc, ch4, into the same space 3dc, ch1, into the next 4ch space make 3dc, ch4, 3dc, ch1, into last corner space, 3dc, ch4, 3dc, ch1 and join with a slst to the 3^rd ch of original 3ch.  Fasten off.
• Join new colour into corner space with a slst and ch3 (counts as 1dc) 2dc, ch4, into the same space 3dc, ch1, *into side 1ch space make 3dc, ch1, into next corner space 3dc, ch4, 3dc, ch1* repeat ** until the round is finished.  Fasten off.
• Join first colour into a corner space and repeat previous round, allowing for two sets of 3dc along each side.  Fasten off.

Edging:

• Join the same colour with a slst into one corner space.  Ch1, sc into each stitch along the side of the triangle, including 1ch spaces.  When the 4ch space at next corner is reached, into the 4ch space, make 1hdc, 1dc, 1htr, ch1, 1htr, 1dc, 1hdc, sc into each stitch along next side.  At the last corner space, make a slst, ch1, turn.
• *Slst into next 3 st, ch3, slst into 3^rd ch from hook (picot made)* repeat ** around both edges.  At bottom corner, take care to ensure picot is made on very bottom stitch, if not, make an extra slst on either side.  At last corner, slst into 4ch space and fasten off.

Blocking:

• When all 5 bunts are made, it is essential to block them.  To block, dampen each bunt and pin them to a secure surface.  Pull gently to stretch bunts to the shape you want them, taking care to pin bottom picot so it is nice and pointy, then spray gently with water.  Leave until dry.

 Assembling:

• With white/cream wool, ch10, join with a slst to 1^st ch, ch10, *attach bunt with right side facing in corner space with 1sc, ch1, skip 1 st sc into next stitch until end corner is made, ch5,* repeat until all five bunts are attached, ch20, slst into 10^th ch from hook, fasten off.

I am such a sucker for granny bunting these days, I’ve made a million sets and still ready to make more!  These ones are currently hanging on my front door but are destined to be a display, which is a terrible shame because I’ll have to make another set to replace these when  I take them down!

OK then, just a (re)pattern for today, but I’ll be back really really soon because I have some felting to show you which I am sooooooooooooo excited about and can’t wait to share!

How to make bunting http://www.housetohome.co.uk/articles/How_to_make_bunting_395603.html

* Fabric and thread

* 13mm-wide bias binding tape

* Pinking shears

Step 1: Draw a triangle on some cardboard and cut it out to use as a template; or download, print and cut our bunting template.

Step 2: Pin the template to your fabric and cut around it using pinking shears to avoid fraying. Repeat until you have enough flags.

Step 3: Evenly space the flags along the bias binding tape, folding the shortest edge over, and pin in place.

Step 4: Sew on the flags with a straight stitch, leaving at least 40cm of tape free from flags at each end for hanging.

West Norwood Slow Food Festival http://www.westnorwoodslowfoodfestival.co.uk/the-curious-origins-of-bunting/

The Curious Origins of Bunting

Nothing says a festival more than bunting.  Those swathes of string bejewelled with triangular shapes of coloured fabric make an English fete all the more bright and cheery.  We’ve scoured the history books to enlighten our dear Slow readers with the origins of bunting.  Expect to see a lot of it on at the festival on March 31st, as we wrap it around anything we can think of (and anyone, for that matter).

Bunting was originally a specific type of lightweight worsted wool fabric, manufactured from the turn of the 17th century and used for making ribbons and flags, including signal flags for the Royal Navy.  Amongst other properties that made the fabric suitable for ribbons and flags was its high glaze, achieved by a process called hot-pressing.

Today, bunting is a term for any festive decorations made of fabric, or of plastic (ours will not be plastic, they will be as handmade and Slow as possible!), paper or even cardboard in imitation of fabric.  Typical forms of bunting are strings of colorful triangular flags and lengths of fabric in the colors of national flags gathered and draped into swags or pleated or fan shapes.

The term bunting is also used to refer to a collection of flags, and particularly those of a ship.  The officer responsible for raising signals using flags is known as “bunts”, a term still used for a ship’s communications officer.

Festival Flag Hire - http://www.eventflaghire.co.uk/flags-and-bunting.html


Find pictures here: http://pinterest.com/teaandbourbons/bunting/




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Think of a range for example: make your own bunting, create packaging, magazine article and an advertisement.