Builders overalls

thick straps of twine, string and wool plaited and chain stitched

thick straps of string and wool plaited
 and chain stitched 

 All of this week I have been working on the Builders, making sure there all prepared and adding the final braidings onto the overalls. This has become an interesting problem solving task as I have to find a way of making each different but tie in together. So far I have used a combination of wool, string and twine. Each has been crocheted with various hooks and then either sewn down or plaited/ braided. Come Wednesday I found that it started to get a bit repetitive, however with some ideas being bounced around between the group I found new ways of making the overalls interesting and textural. The smaller pairs of overalls have chunkier straps whereas the larger pairs have long but thin straps. To get around this I used single plaited strings and then sewed them down, though for the thicker straps I had to vary the plaiting and chain stitch. Below are the final results of each. In reflection I wish I had learnt more plaiting techniques which could have been used and maybe used more bolder colours of wools, however I am happy with what I have done. For future reference i must remember to cluster barnicals together, otherwise they look bare.

thick straps of twine, string and wool plaited, woven and chain stitched

thin straps of twine, string and wool plaited, woven and chain stitched

thick straps of twine, string and wool triple plaited and chain stitched. two different styles

thick straps of twine, string and wool plaited, woven and chain stitched

my wonderful model Libby wearing a final pair