ERIBÉ have featured me on their ‘students‘ page! A little write up about my placement with them! Also, they gave me lovely parting gifts and a card! Lovely people.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP – Week 7 : Wool Winding and Mending!
There was lots of winding to be done this week! As well as this I had to mend various cable-knit hats and headbands which are to be sent to a stockist, Cameron Taylor, who have a shop in Edinburgh. Some seams on various hats were not straight and there were various holes to be mended … Continue reading
SUMMER INTERNSHIP – Week 6 : Measuring, Labelling, Bagging, Packing and Dispatching!
Eribé have a very exciting STOLL knitting machine, a huge industrial machine which knits large amounts with a number of yarns. The machine is mainly producing garments for their Autumn/Winter 2013 collection which is to be sent to buyers between now and September. I spent most of this time measuring garments to make sure they … Continue reading
SUMMER INTERNSHIP – Week 5 : Never Ending Fingerless Gloves!
Eribé’s cable-knit fingerless gloves are a best seller with their German customers. I was given the task of labelling a very large batch of these to be sent to Germany, each one displayed an Eribé label as well as stating what yarn they are made from. I used the sewing machine so it didn’t take … Continue reading
SUMMER INTERNSHIP – Week 4 : Pattern Hunting!
As well as continuing with the production tasks, I was asked to look for various hand-knit patterns that related Eribé’s Autumn/Winter 2014 theme. The theme is based around traditional fairy tales and folklore topics; it was exciting to see some of the ideas as mood boards displayed on the wall in the studio! I was … Continue reading
SUMMER INTERNSHIP – Week 2 & 3 : Buttoning, Labelling and Wool Winding!
This gave me some hands on experience with the garments themselves. Eribé take pride in the majority of their products being ‘Made in Scotland’, there are various labels to be attached to garments with information about where they are made, what type of yarn and if they are hand-made. Also, Eribé create a lot of … Continue reading
SUMMER INTERNSHIP – Week 1 : Pom Pom Making!
I got a chance to experience the Pom Pom Maker (something I definitely need to invest in!), I had to make a batch of Poms and get them ready to be attached to cable-knit hats, the Pom Pom maker makes them so much faster than the traditional way! This particular batch was for a customer … Continue reading
SUMMER INTERNSHIP
Sorry for the lack of summer blogging! I’ve been very busy working away and I am also lucky enough to have a summer internship with Eribé Knitwear Design! Eribé are a knitwear company based in Galashiels, Scotland. They create innovative design-led collections as well as giving traditional Scottish knitwear a contemporary edge. I have been interning … Continue reading
BRORA PROJECT
For our main Textile Design project we have been given the exciting opportunity to create a design for the knitwear company Brora! Brora is one of Britain’s best-loved and most successful modern cashmere & clothing brands. They are also well known for their Scottish Cashmere. Brora are strong believers of ‘made in Britain’ and all of their … Continue reading
DESIGN AND THE MARKET UPDATE – FINALLY AN INTERVIEW!!
UPDATE: So as you can see from previous blog posts for my current Design and the Market module, we were asked to interview a designer or entrepreneur that we admire in our discipline groups. Rebecca, Jennifer, Hannah and I were really struggling to actually get an interview with a designer we liked, after sending many … Continue reading
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