Amy Heaney

The movement and patterns the waves make on the ocean floor and in the sand were the inspiration for these sketchbook pages. I have used...

Trip to Paris for Trend Union talk and Premiere Vision #adventure #university #trip #masters #degree # heriot-watt #premiere vision #yarn...

Here are some of my experimental samples. I have taken some of my favorite knit, crochet and macrame samples and experimented with them...

Presentation ready for external examiner. #presentation #board #external #examiner #samples #knit #crochet #macrame #fabric manipulation...

Teaching myself how to use the Dubied knitting machine. #knitting #machine #Dubied #industrial #needles #yarn #tension #dials...

Experimenting with using crochet and macramé in the same sample using cotton yarns and reusing found materials as a base structure....

Starting our materials file. #materials #file #yarn #knit #weave #lecture #fabric #learning #university

Experimenting with new stitches on the Domestic Knitting machine. #knitting #knit #yarn #colour #navy #sparkle #lurex #cotton #wave...

Starting first semester of with some colour inspiration from the yarn store. #colour #yarn #inspiration #knitting #first #semester...

Finished knitting my first hand knitted garment for myself. I first seen it when I visited the Knit and Stitch Show in London in October...

I had some spare yarn left over from my sampling so decided to make this cute little Pom Pom rug for my bedroom. #yarn #rug #pompom...

Learning how to do new Crochet stitches to make samples for my portfolio. Crocodile/Wave Stitch and the Diamond Trellis Stitch. #crochet...

Experimenting with some French knitting on drawer liner. Creating interesting patterns. #French Knitting #Knitting #Yarn #Black #and...

Bulk finished for VB, relabelling cones before returning the yarn. #Knitting #Yarn #Cotton #Viscose #Cone #Orange #Pen #Paper #Designer...

Learning how to do Plating - adjust the height of the feeder to pass easily over the needles to knit the Lycra in with the yarn....

First step in making a garment - make a tension swatch. #Knittingmachine #Knitting #Yarn #Cashemere #Sleeve #Tensionswatch #Tensionpage...

Making knitted samples today. The garments are made by knitting individual panels that are then linked together to make the complete...

Learning how to thread the 7.2 knitting machine. #Learning #Knittingmachine #Stoll #Threading #Yarn #Tension #Rollers #Eyelets #Needles...

Started my new job at the Albion Knitting Company as a Stoll Flatbed Knitting Machine Operator. Excited to learn about these machines...

This is the look I had the pleasure of helping to design and make during my time as an intern for Jane Bowler. #Fashion #Collection...