A gently scoop-necked sweater with set-in sleeves. The Conversation Pieces pattern motif is engineered (being placed in the garment, rather than using a simple repeat).

The luxurious extra-fine merino yarn has been knitted at a slightly loose tension, to give a silky drape. Wear with a singlet or a long sleeved T.

Design

The colour-shifting motif is in part inspired by Anni Albers’ manipulation of a restricted palette to create further colour. Here, three yarns give six colours.

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Materials & manufacture

100% extra-fine merino wool
Made in the Shetland Islands, Scotland

Sizing & fit

Sizes available: small-medium; medium-large.

A (underarm-underarm): 50cm; 60cm
B (back length): 56cm both sizes
C (sleeve length): 45cm both sizes

Conversation Pieces textile in the Nielanell studio.

Design inspiration & process

Conversation Pieces is a celebration of friendship, and particularly the big ideas that we discuss with our friends. In the Covid era these in-person meetings have been suspended, so this collection is in a sense a time capsule of life before Covid.

I met with two artist friends, who both live in different countries, in London in early 2019. This was a trip for exhibition-going, an annual event, with one of the shows being Anni Albers at Tate.

I was so inspired by Albers' use of colour in her textiles

Albers work became the inspiration for a colour-shifting collection, worked in a restricted palette, which I combined with my ideas about discussion and debate. On these trips there is a great deal of debate! Our ideas on subjects can be so different, but they can also overlap—and be changed through discussion.