I'm a textiles student in St. John's, Newfoundland. The current semester of the program I'm doing is one of self-directed study, culminating in a final body of work that will be on display at my graduate exhibition and fashion show.
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| Minke Whale |
One of my major areas of study this year has been knitting, and for one of my term projects, I've decided to knit a life-sized Minke Whale. I'll be using this blog to share the process I'm using to create the whale, with progress updates along the way.
Here's a quick rundown on some basic details of the project:
The whale will be 28 feet long, from nose to tail, and three-dimensional. The whale's circumference at it's widest point will be about 15 feet around. The knitting itself will be done mostly on a knitting machine, with a few bits here and there being hand-knit. I'll be using a 2-ply, medium weight yarn made from 100% Atlantic Canadian wool. I'll be hand-dying the wool myself using natural dyes. The whale's interior structure will be largely constructed from pex pipe, in a ribs and spine-type form.
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