INSIDE Crochet | TRENDS FOR AUTUMN
some beautiful crocheted cardigans coming up in their autumn/winter collection, made with haphazard stripes of warm shades, in keeping with the folksy theme. Topshop’s unique range also showed some crocheted motif skirts and dresses with crocheted inset panels, showing how quickly the trends fi lter down to the high street. However, if after reading about all of this beautiful inspiration, you don’t wish to adopt some of the key shapes and textures (and perhaps do not want to rely on mass-produced high street knitwear to replicate the trends for autumn) then just using some contemporary yarn in a classic pattern is a great place to begin and utilising some of the themes for colours, yarns and fi bres this season is sure to be a winner.
Sustainable chic
Continuing with the eco trend, the colour palette for autumn/winter tends to be muted and neutral, with warm earth tones as common accents. This is a great time to try out naturally dyed yarns, such as the soft shades produced by the Natural Dye Studio or those spun from sustainable sources, such as The Flying Flock yarn, with shades determined by the natural colouring of the fl eece of the local sheep. The key to using fi bres for autumn is to play with the contrast between luxurious, soft, fi ne
ABOVE: The trend for neutral colours with warm accents was everywhere, even at the Pitti Filati show.
BELOW: Yarns from the Natural Dye Studio are ideal for creating sustainable yet stylish garments.
Fibres were often worked into fringes, looped and piled fabrics, and openwork.
yarns and irregular, hand-crafted, natural and eco ones. The shift towards the handmade and eco-friendly in fashion saw the catwalks full of slubby effects, fl uffy textures, chunky weights, brushed surfaces and pure roving. These fi bres were often worked into fringes, looped and piled fabrics, and openwork, displaying their natural textural qualities to the full, not just restricting them to fl at, dense fabrics. Try yarn from local companies like Felt Studio UK, with their beautifully knobbly hand-spun yarns, or a British Breed yarn like that from The Nude Ewe (
www.bedslife.org.uk/ nude-ewe), which is 100% pure, undyed British wool spun from conservation fl ocks. Or why not try spinning your own?
Perhaps this autumn will not be about fashion at all, but about taking up yet another new hobby! Whatever you decide to take on this winter, it will be sure to fi t into at least one of fashion’s new themes: the eco theme! You cannot get more sustainable than a lovingly handmade item, which will last for years and you’ll love so much that you will be bothered to repair it when it wears thin!
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