LamiKnit is a material exploration into the potential of jacquard knitted fabric as a formable composite fabric. The aim is to push the boundaries of traditional textile techniques through exploring the tactile possibilities of knit with three-dimensional forming.
Yarns, finishing treatments and processes are combined in unexpected ways to develop a composite fabric collection that questions the existing fields of both jacquard knit and composite fabrics.
Through a practice which is driven by a demand for a more innovative approach to sampling, while questioning our traditional perceptions of knit as a textile there was a desire to investigate methods of waterproofing and forming within the knit process.
Exploring new and intriguing surfaces for varied applications through a paradoxical tactile experience has resulted in the creation of a textile which is both hard and soft, tactile yet firm, and suitable for thermoforming into a chosen shape, form or three-dimensional surface texture.
![*Formable Jacquard*, knit composite](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/katie-hanlan/12f4f57283-1684841644/1-thumbnail-katie-hanlan-1500x-q90.jpg)
Formable Jacquard, knit composite
![Digital embroidery as additive for strength and structure](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/katie-hanlan/1e35ad056c-1684841644/3-3-katiehanlan-1500x-q90.jpg)
Digital embroidery as additive for strength and structure
![Heat formed 12gg Jacquard knit](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/katie-hanlan/405886526f-1684841644/4-4-katiehanlan-1500x-q90.jpg)
Heat formed 12gg Jacquard knit
![*LamiKnit*, heat-formed formed surface](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/katie-hanlan/43cfa7ca34-1684841644/5-5-katiehanlan-1500x-q90.jpg)
LamiKnit, heat-formed formed surface
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Research
![*Lami-Knit*, initial test samples](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/katie-hanlan/043c1e75f2-1684841644/8-1-katiehanlan-1024x-q80.webp)
Lami-Knit, initial test samples
![Moisture resistant 12gg Jacquard](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/katie-hanlan/e217bcdbfd-1684841644/9-8-katiehanlan-1024x-q80.webp)
Moisture resistant 12gg Jacquard