conversation pieces jumper

conversation pieces jumperA gently scoop necked sweater with set in sleeves. The Conversation Pieces pattern motif is engineered (being placed in the garment, rather than using a simple repeat). The luxurious extra fine merino yarn has been knitted at a slightly loose tension, to give a silky drape. Wear with a singlet or a long sleeved T. Design The colour shifting motif is in part inspired by Anni Albers manipulation of a restricted palette to create further colour. Here,

A gently scoop-necked sweater with set-in sleeves. The Conversation Pieces pattern motif is engineered (being placed in the garment, rather than using a simple repeat).

The luxurious extra-fine merino yarn has been knitted at a slightly loose tension, to give a silky drape. Wear with a singlet or a long sleeved T.

Design

The colour-shifting motif is in part inspired by Anni Albers’ manipulation of a restricted palette to create further colour. Here, three yarns give six colours.

Browse other pieces in the Conversation Pieces knitwear collection.

Materials & manufacture

• 100% extra-fine merino wool
• Made in the Shetland Islands, Scotland

Sizing & fit

Sizes available: small-medium; medium-large.

• A (underarm-underarm): 50cm; 60cm
• B (back length): 56cm both sizes
• C (sleeve length): 45cm both sizes

Conversation Pieces textile in the Nielanell studio.

Design inspiration & process

Conversation Pieces is a celebration of friendship, and particularly the big ideas that we discuss with our friends. In the Covid era these in-person meetings have been suspended, so this collection is in a sense a time capsule of life before Covid.

I met with two artist friends, who both live in different countries, in London in early 2019. This was a trip for exhibition-going, an annual event, with one of the shows being Anni Albers at Tate.

I was so inspired by Albers' use of colour in her textiles

Albers work became the inspiration for a colour-shifting collection, worked in a restricted palette, which I combined with my ideas about discussion and debate. On these trips there is a great deal of debate! Our ideas on subjects can be so different, but they can also overlap—and be changed through discussion.

One of my linocuts produced during the design process, with Conversation Pieces swatches: the printed motif made its way into the textile.

I reached the final textile design through various steps, including linocut printing to create a motif.