Blog | Elfy Arti

Dec 14, 2022
6 min

How to Look After Your Wool

'I would love something like this but wool is so itchy and it shrinks!' You would not believe the number of times I have heard this! Wool...

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May 25, 2021
5 min

Textile Collection: Technical Journal

I'm going to go through the technical processes and information for each of the textiles in my final textile collection. For the other...

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May 24, 2021
3 min

Final Garment: Technical Process

Part 1: Toiling After deciding on a design, the next step was to dissect the look into its parts to get an idea of what the flat pattern...

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Oct 3, 2020
2 min

Week 1!

Lets hit the ground running! Being back at grays is weird, but it feels so great to have a studio again, a dedicated workspace that isn't...

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Sep 20, 2020
2 min

Lets go honours year

Here we go... Honours year! honestly I am excited, I feel as though I have purpose, a drive to make something special, and to actually...

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Aug 10, 2020
5 min

Handknit: a lesson in slow fashion

Last week was a sort of breaking point for me. My knitting machine was playing up, the internet went down for 4 days and my oven broke...

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Things to remember when working for yourself.

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Jul 17, 2020
3 min

Things to remember when working for yourself.

I've just made a business... and it has made me realise a few things. I keep having to remind myself that I am working hard, and even if...

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Jun 29, 2020
2 min

I made a business!

The past few months have been hard for everyone, it has been a once in a lifetime kind of event that hopefully, we will never have to...

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Mar 25, 2020
2 min

Knit Workshop 2020 week 5

Fashioning, Shaping, Finishing samples and Plating. Fashioning/ shaping samples on the industrial machines works exactly the same as on...

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Mar 25, 2020
2 min

Knit Workshop 2020 week 4

Ribs and Tucks. This week I worked on the 7 gauge machine using the cream mercerised cotton I used last week and I also introduced an...

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Mar 24, 2020
1 min

Knit Workshop 2020 week 3

This week I worked on the 7 gauge using a beautiful cream mercerised cotton yarn. To make it thick enough for the 7 gauge I had to feed 2...

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Mar 24, 2020
1 min

Knit Workshop 2020 Week 2

This week had its fair share of restarting. I jumped straight onto the 10 gauge, I figured the best way to learn was to take on the...

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Mar 24, 2020
1 min

Knit Workshop 2020 week 1

This is the workshop I was most looking forward to this semester, learning how to use the industrial Dubied machines is one of the...

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Mar 23, 2020
2 min

Working Outwith

The last week has been a time of massive upheaval for everyone. We were left in a state of confusion and fear since last Thursday. It...

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Mar 19, 2020
1 min

Advanced Pattern Cutting Week 5

The end! Final Toile: I am quite happy with my final toile, I am definitely more confident in my pattern cutting skills now that I have...

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Mar 19, 2020
2 min

Advanced Pattern Cutting Week 4

Toile 1 My pattern for toile 1 worked quite well, I was happy with the pockets, the thickness of the waistband and the length, however, I...

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Elfy

Mar 18, 2020
1 min

Advanced Pattern Cutting Week 3

Time To Sew! Sewing Together 1. Sew together waistband pieces along the long edge. 2. Sew together 2 of the pocket decorations, turn...

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Elfy

Mar 18, 2020
1 min

Advanced Pattern Cutting Week 2

I spent a while this week figuring out how to sew a placket and fly- there are guides out there but I didn't find many of them helpful,...

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Elfy

Mar 18, 2020
3 min

Advanced Pattern Cutting Class Week 1

15 hours, 1 photograph, and a whole lot of calico... What could go wrong?! Week 1. Dissection. To start we were given a photograph of a...

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Elfy

Mar 8, 2020
2 min

We The Brave.

The key to making people understand your project is to nail exactly what it is. That may sound quite simple, but when you start a project...

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