The CONSTRUCTIONKNITTING idea has grown since its inception in 2009 where it began as a project to stimulate new interest in knitting and make it relevant to design culture - by defying specific contexts and genres of knitting. The project has been presented at Sydney Design Week at the PowerHouse Museum, been the recipient of Melbourne Design Award in 2011, the topic of postgraduate academic research rigor and peer review in the UK, published in educational forums for secondary school and tertiary students (and in the Finnish language), and has crossed boundaries between hobby craft, design, fashion and knitting technologies. Most importantly the project has landed on the laps of many who get to knit, which out of a sense of purpose and happiness have got to create something that’s characterized by personalization, and which can’t be found in bought mass manufactured fashion. The sharing of knowledge has always been intrinsic to knitting culture; (but new to design culture). It is almost an expectation that a knitting pattern or knitting skill should be shared. With the aim of integrating platforms of Knitting and Design, my sharing of the ConstructionKnitting project provides the tools and resources to enable the user to engage in design process (as deep as they wish), and not only just follow a pattern. The intention is to bring about a new consideration of what knitting is.
