Things have moved along really well now! Today I went out and bought some wools that were far chunkier. I wanted to see if I could intensify the shape of the boil by giving a greater contrast from fine knit to fat knit. By starting off on medium sized needles I then transferred my stitches onto very large wooden needles. They were really fun to work with! I also started off with one thread of wool then added another colour as I knitted along. By adding two threads the sample became very chunky but it blended the wool colours very well! Unintentionally I also managed to shape my knit sample! This was due to the tension of the needles changing and the extra wool strand being added.
With the sourced cardigan I then began to play around with the knitted sample and the latex pieces. Looking at my reference image of a boil I realised that with a spot you always have the puffy lighter centre where the pus is under the skin and the redder area is always on the outside. I think when I create the textiles for the costume I want to blend the cardigan wool colour into the red outside of the spot into the lighter area of the pus centre. I will try and sample this idea before my fitting however I have got tones of stuff to do before then.
Learning how to knit has been really exciting and a lot easier than I expected! It's really addictive as well so I want to make sure this costume will look it's full potential when I make the real boil.
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